31 hours on the boat from Hirtshals, Denmark to the Faroe Islands.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Ominous. 😀

After cycling Germany for about 3 weeks, I took the train through Denmark up to Aarhus.

Nice city.

One highlight for me was a weird installation on the harbour called The Dome.

A public space for music, art and culture. Lectures and yoga. Cup of coffee or a glass of wine in the cozy café. Or bring your own lunch.

The Dome kinda symbolizes the benefits of Northern European socialism. There’s no profit motive. Only the public good.

Next day, another short train ride — to Aalborg.

In fact, this should be my last train with the bike in 2024.

From Aalborg I cycled 4 days through the gorgeous top of Denmark’s west coast.

The highlight here is cycling the beach.

Denmark doesn’t have full right to roam, as do many Nordic nations. BUT free camping here is even better than Norway, IMHO.

Download the Shelter app.

And look for free camping with water, toilet, fire pit, and shelters.

If the shelters are already taken, you can tent.

One night I did get a shelter. Tent is for keeping out mosquitoes, spiders, and (mainly) slugs.

Løkken was a very cool stop.

There are many WWII bunkers, built during the German occupation.

Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse on huge sand dunes was a highlight.

I’m already thinking of returning to Denmark to do the entire west coast. It is awesome.

I arrived in the port city, Hirtshals, a day early — just in case.

It’s very much a place where people are just passing through.

Hirtshals 35-metre-high lighthouse is a highlight. I hung out there.

Cost was 157 EUR for me and my bike to the Faroe Islands on Smyril Line. A very reasonable price, I thought.

You could call it a long ferry (glass half empty) … OR a short cruise (glass half full). 😀

Cost includes a couchette. Bunk way below water level. First to drown, I assume. 😀

I have 11 days to explore the Faroe Islands. A roof over my head every night but one.

related article – How to cycle to Iceland, part one: pedalling through Denmark