Route 1 – Vestkystruten

Cycling in Denmark – Route 1 – Vestkystruten

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Many thanks to Margarethe for the translation help.

1. Impressum

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Date of publication: 1.5.2017

The maps used in this book are from the OpenStreetMap project (www.openstreetmap.org) whose copyright they are underlying "© OpenStreetMap contributors" pointing this.

The data underlying them are used under the "Open Database Licence", see: www.openstreetmap.org/copyright or www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl.

The map displays (tiles) are www.openstreetmap.org/ under the "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence", see www.openstreetmap.org/.

The cards used in some parts of the OpenCycleMap.org project subject to an additional licence of "Thunder Forest":

Maps © Thunderforest, Data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

In this map the existing and excellent cycling routes are marked in colour, often red or blue. A small number indicates to which route it belongs.

We are very interested in new observations and corrections in order to develop this book further. Please advise us your comments so that we can include them into the next edition. You can reach us at:

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Since 2015 we also offer guided tours in the summer months in Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein and Niedersachsen. Please contact us via email if interested.

2. Cycling in Denmark

Currently, there are eleven national cycle routes and quite a vast number of "local" routes in Denmark. The national cycle routes have numbers from 1 to 12 - number 11 has not yet been assigned.

2.1. Denmark’s national cycle routes

These are the previously existing national cycle routes:

1 Vestkystruten, ca. 560 km (North Sea Cycling Route)

2 Hanstholm → København, ca. 420 km

3 Hærvejsruten, 450 km

4 Søndervig → København, ca. 310 km

5 Østkystruten, ca. 650 km

6 Esbjerg → København, ca. 330 km

7 Sjællands Odde → Rødbyhavn, ca. 240 km

8 Sydhavsruten (Rudbøl → Møn), ca. 360 km

9 Helsingør → Gedser, ca. 290 km

10 Bornholm round trip, ca. 110 km, see your book (will be published 2017).

11 currently not used

12 Limfjordsruten, ca. 610 km

Routes with odd numbers mostly run from south to north, routes with straight numbers rather from west to east, with the exceptions in the tours 10 and 12.

Note: According to experience the course of the cycling routes varies in the course of time.

2.2. Follow the signs…

Actually it is quite easy to follow the cycle routes, as they are usually well signposted. However, in practice and in detail there are some problems. This is, for example, missing or wrongly set signs, others are hidden by vegetation or other things. And there might be road works which make it impossible to follow the signs.

In all these cases, you need a good map showing you the rough course of the route, so you can reach it again at ap