Where should I go bicycling?

The Signs of the Bicycle Routes
The Road Directorate had made rules for, how bicycleroutes had to be signed. The common symbol is a white bicycle on a blue background, which together with a number or a name is the mark for a route. By this the signs get separate paths, tracks og official roads to hang together as routes.
The national routes are known by the national colors: White numbers on a red background. They got the numbers from 1 to 12. The regional routes had blue-white numbers above 30; but at some places you can still come across old bicyclesigns with lower numbers, as well as you can meet regional signs in other colors than blue and white.

The National Bicycle Routes
The national bicycleroutes had numbers from 1 to 12. North-south going routes got uneven numbers, east-west going had even numbers.

Vestkystruten – “The West Coast Rute”
550 km – 67 % asphalt
Vestkystruten from Rudbøl to Skagen offer waves, extensive sandbeaches, wind in your hair and a scent of seaweed and salt. The change of the coast scenery from tidal flats to dunes and sandy beaches is a stunning experience. The route is preferable cycled from south, having the down wind in from the southwest. A considerable part of the route is along gravelled roads which can be quite troublesome to pass on narrow tyres.

Hanstholm-København – (Hanstholm-Copenhagen)
350 km – 88 % asphalt
The Danes know the North Sea as the “Vesterhavet” (West Sea). It could therefore be said, that this route takes you from the modern port Hanstholm of the wild West to the ancient port Copenhagen on a sheltered position by the Sound. The route runs through fields and woods and along beaches. The cycling is done mainly on asphalted municipal roads. Several stretches, however, have gravel surface for instance in “Nordskoven” (The North Forest) by Jægerspris passing the oaks a thousand years old.

Hærvejsruten – “The Old Army Road”
450 km – 78 % asphalt
The historical cycle route between Viborg and Padborg has recently been extended all the way up to Skagen. Through the ages people have travelled along the most passable way on top of the Ridge of Jutland. Following the watershed the crossing of rivers and streams was avoided. As you use the bicycle as a time machine you can be taken back to the grave mounds of antiquity and the churches of the Middle Ages.

Søndervig-København – (Søndervig-Copenhagen)
300 km – 85 % asphalt
From the very level Western Jutland this route takes you over the highest peaks of the Central Jutland Lake Highland. You really get to experience the change of landscape by the Ridge of Jutland where the ice front stod many years ago. The route mainly runs by municipal roads partly following the old royal road from Kalundborg towards Copenhagen.

Østkystruten – “The East Coast Rute”
625 km – 91 % asphalt
Like a fine braiding of lace from Skagen to Sønderborg the East CoastRoute clings to the heads, brows, spits and tongues of the landscape. The East Coast is so winding that it becomes the very longest.

Esbjerg-København – (Esbjerg-Copenhagen)
325 km – 93 % asphalt
The route runs from Esbjerg, the port of entry from England, through Odense to Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. En route you can experience Danish farmland with black-and-white cattle in Jutland and waving corn fields in Funen and on Sealand.

Sjællands Odde-Gedser
230 km – 89 % asphalt
Route 7 combined with the East Cost Route makes it possible to cycle from the northernmost town Skagen to the southernmost Gedser without glancing once at the map! From the the Spit across Western Sealand the traffic-safe paths Isefjordstien and Jyderupstien are followed. The road surface, however, might at some places challenge your patience. This route is very suitable for families.

Sydhavsruten – (Rudbøl-Møn) “The South Sea Route”
315 km – 96% asphalt
This route starts by the tidal flats in the west and ends be the tall chalk cliff of Møn. You first experience the southern borderland and afterwards the glittering South Sea Islands of Als, Funen, Tåsinge and Langeland and finally cross the islands of Lolland and Falster. It is a most varied tour, alternating land and water, the crossings by ferryboats offering wonderful brakes.

Helsingør-Rødby
230 km – 94 % asphalt
This route has an international touch as it connects the Scandinavian countries with Europe. Going down Sealand and Falster, however, everything appears most Danish due to the winding roads, plough land and the large fields of the manors.

Bornholm rundt – “Around Bornholm”
115 km – 92 % asphalt
Bornholm, the island of cliffs and sunshine, is very different from the rest of Denmark. Though situated in the Baltic its small towns with steep streets rather look like those of a Mediterranean island. The tour round follows many good cycleways, made on old rescue paths, abolished railways, woodland roads and lanes.

Limfjordsruten – “The Limfjords Route”
610 km – 90 % asphalt
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The regional bicycleroutes
The regional bicycleroutes are too many to mention. I can only surgest that you buy one of the maps containing the routes…