About
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.
Latest blog posts
Links #5: Bike caravan, Ban on Abortion, Ban on Gas-Powered Cars, Cycling Diary, Velocipedia
Sorry this entry is not available in this language For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. DIY micro mobile home Mass Mobilization Against the Ban on Abortion in Poland The Netherlands Will Ban New Gasoline-Powered Vehicles By 2025 Cycling in the north: Travel diary of a cycling trip in the north of Germany and in Denmark Velocipedia: 3D models of bike sketches that people have drawn
Biketour in Stockholm
Sorry this entry is not available in this language For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. On the 21st of August 2015, the Biketour arrived in Stockholm. Our sleeping place was meant to be Kulturhuset Cyklopen, a cultural centre in the south of Stockholm. Arriving there, it turned out that there was not really a lot of space to sleep, so we decided to only spend one night there and have a look for new sleeping opportunities for the other 4 nights…
Links #4: Blocking a Pedestrian Crossing, Consensus, Białowieża Forest Logging, Unusual Bikes
Sorry this entry is not available in this language For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Random guy shows car driver how a pedestrian crossing really works! Beyond ‘Consensus’ decision making (written by a former Biketour participant) Poland approves large-scale logging in Białowieża forest, one of the only original forests left in Europe. The Biketour will cross it on the way from Warsaw to Minsk. Cycling scarecrow Artist rides dinosaur bike across Norwegian Bible Belt
Biketour in Uppsala
Sorry this entry is not available in this language For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. The discussion about how many days and when exactly to go to Uppsala almost lasted longer than our actual stay there, but in the end we decided to stay for two nights, but spend the second night a bit further in the direction of Stockholm so that we wouldn’t have problems making it to the Anarchist Bookfare two days later. We had gotten a request by…