Why this ride
310 km from Stege to Stege, about 4 h 15 of riding. On the way it passes Borgring, Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn and back through Borgring. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Møns Klint and Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 310 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 15
- 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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
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 Borgring.
2. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Borgring comes up about 105 km into the recorded legs. Next is Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn.
3. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 160 km into the recorded legs you reach Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn. Next is back through Borgring.
4. back through Borgring
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Borgring write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Borgring, late in the day. Next is Møns Klint.
5. 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
Back at Møns Klint. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Møns Klint to Borgring
Møns Klint → Borgring is 105 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Borgring to Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn
Borgring → Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn is 55 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 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Borgring to Møns Klint
back through Borgring → Møns Klint is 97 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.