Why this ride
A 275 km round trip from Fredensborg - roughly 3 h 21 in the saddle. On the way it passes Borgring, Trelleborg and back through Borgring. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ridestien in Grønholt Vang and Trelleborg
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 275 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 21
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. 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. Ridestien in Grønholt Vang
A ridestien is a bridle path, and in Denmark they are taken seriously. Grønholt Vang, in the woodland and open country of north Zealand, has a network of them, and the one marked here runs through trees and along the edge of open ground a few kilometres from Fredensborg and Hillerød. The paths are meant for riders on horseback, so a motorcycle has no business on them, but they are a clue to the character of the area: an old landscape of forest and estate, now shared by walkers, cyclists and horse riders.
Read the complete Ridestien in Grønholt Vang write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ridestien in Grønholt Vang 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 75 km in. Next is Trelleborg.
3. Trelleborg
In the late tenth century, on the western coast of Zealand, King Harald Bluetooth built a fortress that must have looked to its neighbours like a statement written in earth. Trelleborg is a perfect circle, about a hundred and thirty metres across, ringed by a high rampart with four gates facing the compass points, and inside, sixteen long houses are arranged in four neat blocks around a central crossing, like a plan drawn with a compass and ruler. Archaeologists dated the timbers to around the 980s, and the same geometry turns up at other Danish fortresses, at Fyrkat in Jutland and Aggersborg by the Limfjord, which suggests a royal building programme under a single mind.
Read the complete Trelleborg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
150 km in you reach Trelleborg. 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 Ridestien in Grønholt Vang.
5. Ridestien in Grønholt Vang
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ridestien in Grønholt Vang write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Ridestien in Grønholt Vang. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Ridestien in Grønholt Vang to Borgring
Ridestien in Grønholt Vang → Borgring is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Borgring to Trelleborg
Borgring → Trelleborg is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Trelleborg to back through Borgring
Trelleborg → back through Borgring is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Borgring to Ridestien in Grønholt Vang
back through Borgring → Ridestien in Grønholt Vang is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.