Ecotopia Biketour
We try to make the tour as inclusive as possible for any level of fitness or experience with bike touring. We cycle a maximum of 30–70 km per day (depending on the hills), and on average half of the days we stay in a place without cycling. Our experience is that almost everyone can manage this, but there is the possibility to shorten the distances if we discover that it is too much. People cycle in small groups or alone, at whatever speed suits them, and many people like to take it slow and take lots of breaks. A detailed route plan for the day is shared in the morning, arrows are drawn with chalk on the road at every turn, and if you get lost you can always call the Biketour phone. If you have a shitty bike, you will not be the only one, and we enjoy supporting each other if something breaks. We make sure that the last people to leave carry a toolbox, a phone and a first-aid kit in order to assist if anything goes wrong on the road.
Read more about what the Ecotopia Biketour is. If you would like to get an insight into the organisation or just ask a question, contact us.
Ecotopia Biketour 2026
 Ecotopia Biketour 2026 will happen in Sápmi and Scandinavia. |
 On 1–14 August around Göteborg, the Childish Weeks will put a special focus on the needs of participating children. |
Biketour concepts
Core Values & Practices
> core values and practices
> awareness
Self-Organisation
> how it’s prepared
> consensus
> circles
Online Tools
> online-tools
> photo-sharing
On the road
> on the road
> tasks & rota
> trailers
> wildcamping
Food
Whenever it’s possible we go dumpster-diving and buy food from local farmers and small shops.
> veganism
> rocket stove
> dumpster-diving
Activities
> skill-sharing
Latest blog posts
An amateur-proof guide to inspecting a bicycle’s technical condition
A relatively short-ish guide focused on what can be easily checked by a layperson, with a handful of simple advice; harder shit omitted. With POST SCRIPTUM: IF YOU’RE JUST LOOKING FOR A BIKE FOR EBT Introduction Tour is much more challenging for bikes than usual riding. A lot of bikes have malfunctions during the journey. A lot of people neglect to check the bike well before touring. Some don’t try, unsure of their capabilites. EBT is generally open to join with a shitty bike. We also know that it can be difficult to come to the tour from far away…
Childish Weeks: Sjövik–Trollhättan
The paved part of the former railway ended exactly at our sleeping place in Sjövik. Afterwards, the cycle route would turn north to find its way back into the valley of the Göta älv river towards Trollhättan. This national cycle route was now following a very busy road. We did not know this in advance, as we had simply assumed a national cycle route would follow child-friendly bike paths, but we had not checked it outselves. Somewhat luckily, one family had left us this morning, and now only one toddler on a child’s seat and one child with their own…
Childish Weeks: Göteborg–Sjövik
We woke up to a really windy and cold day on the lake in Göteborg. Our communal space was on a rocky peninsula reaching into the lake and completely exposed to the winds. Things kept flying away, and it felt like the wind was stressing us to leave. During the route planning it became clear that with our new daily distance of 15 km and still one rest day per two cycling days, we wouldn’t be able to make it to Trollhättan on time. This did not seem like a big issue, as few people are joining in this last part…
Childish Weeks: Göteborg
Our sleeping place in Göteborg was about 5 km outside the city limits on the shore of Lilla Desjön lake. It was the perfect mix of being close to the city but not having that many people around. There were picnic benches, a fireplace and a toilet. In the day, some people came around by bike, by walk or by boat, but at night we were alone. The only downside of the place was the long uphill to get there when returning from the city, but at least that kept us fit on the rest days. We decided to have two…