Why this ride
From Roskilde it runs 123 km to Roskilde; allow about 2 h 15 of riding. It goes by way of Borgring, Stevns Klint and back through Borgring. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Roskilde Cathedral and Stevns Klint
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 123 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 15
- 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.
Scenic road chapters
Roskilde Cathedral → Borgring
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 26 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 26 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Roskilde Cathedral
Roskilde Cathedral is where Denmark keeps its kings. Since the fifteenth century, almost every Danish monarch has been buried here, and the chapels and crypts hold around forty kings and queens, from medieval stone tombs to ornate baroque sarcophagi and modern designs. The cathedral itself, begun in the late twelfth century under Bishop Absalon, the warrior-churchman who also founded Copenhagen, was one of the first big brick Gothic churches in Scandinavia, and it set the style for church building across the region. UNESCO listed it in 1995. Inside, look for the clock with the figure of St George slaying the dragon, which strikes the hour, and the pillar where royal visitors have marked their height.
Read the complete Roskilde Cathedral write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Roskilde Cathedral 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 33 km in. Next is Stevns Klint.
3. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
66 km in you reach Stevns Klint. 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 Roskilde Cathedral.
5. Roskilde Cathedral
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Roskilde Cathedral write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Roskilde Cathedral. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Roskilde Cathedral to Borgring
Roskilde Cathedral → Borgring is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Borgring to Stevns Klint
Borgring → Stevns Klint is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Stevns Klint to back through Borgring
Stevns Klint → back through Borgring is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Borgring to Roskilde Cathedral
back through Borgring → Roskilde Cathedral is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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