Why this ride
387 km from Stege to Stege, about 6 h 09 of riding. On the way it passes Stevns Klint, Borgring, Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn and back through Borgring. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Møns Klint and Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn · 387 km from Stege
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 387 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 09
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Møns Klint
The chalk cliffs of Møn rise out of the Baltic in a long white wall, with beech woods growing on top, and it is one of the few places in Denmark where the land stands up and makes an impression. At its highest the cliff is about 120 metres, and it runs for around six kilometres along the island's eastern coast. The chalk was laid down on the sea floor in the Cretaceous period, about 70 million years ago, from the skeletons of tiny marine organisms, and glaciers in the last Ice Age pushed it up and folded it into the shape you see.
Read the complete Møns Klint write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Møns Klint is where the day begins. Next is Stevns Klint.
2. Stevns Klint
Stevns Klint is a white cliff of chalk and limestone, some fifteen kilometres long, on the east coast of Zealand, south of Copenhagen, and it holds one of the most important records of a global catastrophe. About sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid struck the Earth near what is now the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, causing a mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs and much of life on Earth. In the cliff, a thin, dark layer of clay, called the fish clay, marks that moment, and it contains high levels of iridium, a metal rare on Earth but common in asteroids. This layer was a key piece of evidence for the impact theory, and the cliff was listed by UNESCO in 2014.
Read the complete Stevns Klint write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Stevns Klint comes up about 104 km into the recorded legs. Next is Borgring.
3. Borgring
In 2014, archaeologists using laser scanning of the landscape noticed a faint circle in a field near Køge, on the Danish island of Zealand, about forty kilometres south-west of Copenhagen. Excavations confirmed what they had hoped: it was a Viking ring fortress, one of a small group of perfectly circular fortresses built in Denmark in the late tenth century, probably under King Harald Bluetooth. It was named Borgring, and it was the first new ring fortress to be found in Denmark in over sixty years.
Read the complete Borgring write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 142 km into the recorded legs you reach Borgring. Next is Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn.
4. Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn
Danish kings loved to hunt, and in the late seventeenth century they laid out forests north of Copenhagen in a geometric pattern of straight paths radiating from central points, designed for par force hunting, in which riders and hounds chased a stag until it was exhausted. Jægersborg Dyrehave, the deer park, and Jægersborg Hegn are included in UNESCO's inscription of the par force hunting landscape in North Zealand, together with forests further north. The star-shaped network of rides is still visible, with numbered stone posts at the intersections that helped the hunters find their way.
Read the complete Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn, about halfway. Next is back through Borgring.
5. back through Borgring
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Borgring write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Borgring sits at 197 km, about halfway. Next is back through Stevns Klint.
6. back through Stevns Klint
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Stevns Klint write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Stevns Klint comes up about 284 km into the recorded legs. Next is Møns Klint.
7. Møns Klint
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Møns Klint write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Møns Klint closes the day.
Leg by leg
Møns Klint to Stevns Klint
Møns Klint → Stevns Klint is 104 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Stevns Klint to Borgring
Stevns Klint → Borgring is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Borgring to Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn
Borgring → Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn to back through Borgring
Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn → back through Borgring is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Borgring to back through Stevns Klint
back through Borgring → back through Stevns Klint is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Stevns Klint to Møns Klint
back through Stevns Klint → Møns Klint is 103 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.