Viking and Biking

Viking and Biking

Viking and Biking takes you to sites of historical interst, specifically from the viking age. On two wheels.

The combination comes from my interest in biking and the viking age. While writing the thriller Vikingaprinsessan (The Viking Princess) much of the research was done on on bike, around Gothenburg, and further away with the combination of train and bike. Many interisting sites are easily available by bike in the southern parts of Sweden, as well as in Denmark and Norway, which you will see in this channel.

A real viking ship

A real viking ship

Götala Temple Hill

Götala Temple Hill

Vikings in Gothenburg

Vikings in Gothenburg

A Viking Church

A Viking Church

Viking roads

Viking roads

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  • @keumpeter
    @keumpeterАй бұрын

    Great video! Sweden area reminds me a lot like area around Pacific NorthWest here in Seattle :) I'm planning to head back to Korea in two years to ride more route and this time, I'm planning with Brompton clone bike for easy transfer and travel :) keep on riding and looking forward to more vidoes!! 💌

  • @vikingandbiking
    @vikingandbikingАй бұрын

    Thanks! I haven't been to the NorthWest corner of the US (yet), but it's interesting to hear about the similarity. Good luck with your plans, Korea is definitely worth a second (or third) visit :)

  • @myronas
    @myronasАй бұрын

    Amazing places

  • @SloMo2723
    @SloMo27232 ай бұрын

    Greetings from Northern California, I had never heard of this route. Thank you for posting this video. Cheers

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61282 ай бұрын

    Thanks 😊 There are sooo many nice routes, happy cycling!

  • @schonbuchgams
    @schonbuchgams2 ай бұрын

    Nice Video Thank You, and a New Abonnent, grüße Michael

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61282 ай бұрын

    Thanks 😊 I hope you find the videos useful!

  • @Jess-in-Switzerland
    @Jess-in-Switzerland2 ай бұрын

    Great Video! Looking to get into cycling as I live in a prime spot for this....

  • @user-qz9mc8zi2t
    @user-qz9mc8zi2t2 ай бұрын

    I hope you had a pleasant trip to Korea. 😊

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61282 ай бұрын

    Thanks, it was excellent! 😊

  • @sarahstevens4396
    @sarahstevens43962 ай бұрын

    Hi - thanks for this video. A question .. did you hire bikes to do this? If so, where? What gears did you need? Thanks Sarah - NZ

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61282 ай бұрын

    We brought our own bikes, by car. If travelling in continental Europe you can take your bike on many trains, but unfortunately still not on the fast, long instance trains. Normal road bike gears are fine in general, but for the steepest part of the pass it was nice with a climbing gear, mainly to be able to go slow without being totally exhausted.

  • @OldButElectrified
    @OldButElectrified2 ай бұрын

    Excellent film Mats, good snappy editing with lots of interesting clips. Must have taken forever. Well done

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61282 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your kind words, I appreciate them! 😊

  • @user-uk5in7ru1z
    @user-uk5in7ru1z3 ай бұрын

    Intersting video! Nice thanks for sharing, can you please share map of trip

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61283 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I don’t have a map, you can see the route on Google maps. We started cycling in Onomichi, took the Shimanani Kaido to Imabari, followed the coast to Matsuyama, ferry to Hiroshima, biked through the city, train to Fukuoka and ferry to Busan.

  • @PaulWilliamson1
    @PaulWilliamson13 ай бұрын

    The comment that Naver maps and Kakao maps is in Korean only applies the to web versions. Mobile version of these available have facilities mostly in english.

  • @4limusic542
    @4limusic5423 ай бұрын

    did you camp along the way? or slept in hotels?

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61283 ай бұрын

    We didn’t camp on this trip, but stayed in private rooms, B&Bs and hotels. There is plenty of accommodation along the way to choose from.

  • @MetConst
    @MetConst3 ай бұрын

    Thank you, it was very interesting.

  • @user-ko1xd7mn6f
    @user-ko1xd7mn6f4 ай бұрын

    From my personal experience, Japan has better scenery and Korea has better bike paths.

  • @TheEssexSpurs
    @TheEssexSpurs4 ай бұрын

    God if only I could find the time to do this!!! It's bad enough finding time to do 30 miles!! Fantastic video people. Greetings from East Anglia your old home.

  • @kayakerjer
    @kayakerjer5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for making this video! As a retired Canadian, I’ve cycled east to west across France on the Canal des Deux Mers with my wife, and north to south across the Netherlands and down to Bruges with my brother. For both trips, I booked self-guided tours through a cycle touring company that arranged the hybrid bikes, accommodation and usually also luggage transfer (instead of carrying our clothes in panniers). My brother and I loved Stockholm and the Stockholm Archipelago and have been considering cycling up the Kattegat from Malmo to Oslo, or along the Gota Canal, or a cross-country cycle like yours. Do you have a favorite long distance route in Sweden for the best combination of safety (cycle paths), scenery and accommodation (not tent camping)? Your route on this video looks pretty great! Do you know of any cycle tour companies through which we could book your favorite long distance route? I’d really appreciate any advice you could provide. Cheers!

  • @davor1726
    @davor17265 ай бұрын

    Great video, I've been cycling with my wife last year from Salzburg to Grado, it was great trip, now looking for new adventure.😂

  • @qubiq-wolf3857
    @qubiq-wolf38575 ай бұрын

    Schöne Strecken, bin ich auch schon gefahren. Da habts aber einen Schnittfehler drinnen: Zuerst Passau, dann 17km bis Grein und dann Schlögen wird nicht funktionieren, wenn man von West nach Ost fährt. 😂

  • @SloMo2723
    @SloMo27235 ай бұрын

    Another great video! Going there in 2025 with my buddies. This was most helpful. All the best

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61285 ай бұрын

    Thanks! 🙂 Enjoy your tour!

  • @yaelfisher3260
    @yaelfisher32606 ай бұрын

    How many days it takes ?

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61286 ай бұрын

    It’s about 600 km one way, so a week or two depending on how much you cycle in a day.

  • @cccheung4006
    @cccheung40066 ай бұрын

    Did u start your bike touring from Korea or Japan?

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61286 ай бұрын

    We started in Japan.

  • @SloMo2723
    @SloMo27237 ай бұрын

    Greetings from California, We did this trip after watching your video and was so happy we did. We did the Danube river with Lake Constance follow by biking and hiking in Switzerland. Thank you for posting this video. It was very helpful! God Bless my friend

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61287 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your kind words and for getting back regarding your trip! It’s really a great biking area. We can also recommend South Korea which has excellent bike routes. For your next trip 😊

  • @CS-wo1gn
    @CS-wo1gn7 ай бұрын

    Your video inspire me to take same journey from Inssbruck to Venice. So, I am planing to take same journey with my brompton bike coming June. But according to my search for detail route including googling, all of them is guiding me to follow different route from what you took zig zag huphill to reach Nauders(Reschpass). For me, it looks that the route suggested by goolge map is reletavely easier than zigzag uphill you took. Was there any reason why you took zigzag uphill ?

  • @godzilla-i5q
    @godzilla-i5q7 ай бұрын

    дуже гарно

  • @vikingandbiking
    @vikingandbiking7 ай бұрын

    Спасибо! (If Google Translate is correct) :)

  • @StuzR
    @StuzR7 ай бұрын

    this needs more views, awesome video thanks

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61287 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your kind words! 🙏

  • @StefanoRodighiero
    @StefanoRodighiero7 ай бұрын

    Thank you for taking the time to make this video! Very interesting and helpful

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61287 ай бұрын

    I’m glad you liked them 😊

  • @keumpeter
    @keumpeter7 ай бұрын

    This is super helpful and wonderful video series you've put together. Now I want to travel to japan as well! Thank You.🤩

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61287 ай бұрын

    Thanks, I’m glad you liked it 😊 Go for it!

  • @eprohoda
    @eprohoda7 ай бұрын

    wow!you createdd best video-work. 😊

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61287 ай бұрын

    Thanks! 😊

  • @brukernavn142
    @brukernavn1429 ай бұрын

    did you cross any border control between Germany and Denmark?

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading61289 ай бұрын

    No, you don’t even notice where the border is.

  • @jmarcinho
    @jmarcinho9 ай бұрын

    Great video !!! Thanks for sharing

  • @paullindberg6219
    @paullindberg621911 ай бұрын

    Tack för en bra film!

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading612811 ай бұрын

    För all del, kul att du tycker om den!

  • @HerrmannHinz
    @HerrmannHinz11 ай бұрын

    at what time of the year did you ride this? we are planing to do it in mid september to catch some late summer sun in italy

  • @vikingandbiking
    @vikingandbiking11 ай бұрын

    It was early September and indeed summer in Italy with afternoon temperatures close to 30C.

  • @CraigFav
    @CraigFav11 ай бұрын

    Wow great Video guys. Thank you. Do you have your route recorded anywhere so we can follow it? GPX, Strava, Komoot or such?

  • @manalivealiveo
    @manalivealiveo Жыл бұрын

    Hey. How long did you take toget to Stockholm from Gothenburg, and

  • @manalivealiveo
    @manalivealiveo Жыл бұрын

    And was it enough time? 😊

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading6128 Жыл бұрын

    Hi! About 8 days biking one way. It was enough for some sightseeing, but it really depends on how you want to spend your days.

  • @adilalbhadly
    @adilalbhadly Жыл бұрын

    Very nice beautiful lovely

  • @darcytholerealty789
    @darcytholerealty789 Жыл бұрын

    trying to do a bike tour that goes through this route. did you do it with a company? do you know of any companies that do it? awesome video. so inspired.

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading6128 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! We did the tour on our own, so I don’t know any tour companies. We took our own bikes in the car and parked it in Linz. Then took the bikes on the train to Landeck and from Vienna. Good luck!

  • @TheBicycleTourists
    @TheBicycleTourists Жыл бұрын

    Hallo, mein Name ist Roland Leppek und ich produziere wie du Videos zum Thema Radfahren, die ich auf KZread veröffentliche. Die meisten sind Vlogs unserer Radtouren in den USA und Europa, aber jetzt stelle ich ein Video zusammen, das viele der längeren Radwege in Europa auflistet. Ich liebe dein Video vom Inn und Donauradweg und würde gerne ein paar kurze Clips/B-Roll einbinden. Darf ich dazu Ihre Erlaubnis haben? Gerne nenne ich deinen Beitrag im Abspann und einen Link zu deinem Video in der Beschreibung. Hier können Sie einen Blick auf meine Arbeit werfen: @TheBicycleTourists Vielen Dank im Voraus, Roland Leppek

  • @MrLeszqo
    @MrLeszqo Жыл бұрын

    Hi there! Nice one! :) What month did you do it? Did you get wet a lot? :) Greetings from Wroclaw, Poland!

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading6128 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! It was early September and very, very dry. Lowest temp 10C in the morning in the highest peak, 30C in the low land.

  • @MrLeszqo
    @MrLeszqo Жыл бұрын

    @@matsstading6128 that's great! :) And how mamy cycling days did you need to complet it? My wife and I are thinking of covering the Alpe Adria and Adige Valley in one go from/to Venice in September and now I'm already less concerned about the weather :))

  • @vikingandbiking
    @vikingandbiking Жыл бұрын

    @@MrLeszqo Sounds good :) Yes, September was nice. We started in Innsbruck and it took 10 days to Venice. We didn't go the same way back, but t may take a bit longer as the climb is longer from east to west. Have a great trip!

  • @carlosmoncada2683
    @carlosmoncada2683 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting this vid..! How many days do you estimate it takes to cycle from Donaueschingen to Vienna? (slow pace for pictures and that kind of thing...) And, would you recommend bringing a tent+sleeping bags for camping along the route or no?

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading6128 Жыл бұрын

    I’m glad you liked it! We haven’t cycled Donaueschingen-Vienna in one go, but it’s almost 800km. If you cycle 50km per day you need 16 cycle days. We have cycled Passau-Vienna twice. First time at a leisurely pace with many stops and it took us almost a week. Second time we speeded through it in 3.5 days so it is really difficult to give advice on required time. But we warmly recommend this route.

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading6128 Жыл бұрын

    There is plenty of accommodation along the route, both camping, rooms and hotels. You don’t need to bring a tent. We have never booked ahead and always found a vacancy, but camping is of course less expensive.

  • @carlosmoncada2683
    @carlosmoncada2683 Жыл бұрын

    @@matsstading6128 Super helpful... thanks very much..!

  • @erickfinsternis8911
    @erickfinsternis8911 Жыл бұрын

    Seems pretty good to bike, amazing video

  • @vikingandbiking
    @vikingandbiking Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! It’s indeed a great route which I warmly recommend.

  • @thinkoholic9441
    @thinkoholic9441 Жыл бұрын

    Looks like a nice ride, can you share a GPX/KML file?

  • @vikingandbiking
    @vikingandbiking Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I don’t have the complete gpx-file, but I have listed the routes we followed in the text for the video, and you can find them on opencyclemaps.org.

  • @SloMo2723
    @SloMo2723 Жыл бұрын

    Great video! I never thought of biking Sweden! Thanks for planting that seed! Was going to bike the Danube again next year but who knows....

  • @SloMo2723
    @SloMo2723 Жыл бұрын

    Hey buddy, Great video! I was going to bike the Daube next year with a couple of friends but now you got me thinking of Lake Constance. Maybe both lol. All the best from California

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading6128 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks,I’m glad you liked it. Try both, or at least part of the Danube trail. They are quite close to each other :)

  • @SloMo2723
    @SloMo2723 Жыл бұрын

    @@matsstading6128 Ok my friend because of this video we booked Lake Constance for 5 days . We then head to Passau to bike to Vienna followed by biking in Switzerland. Thanks for posting these videos. Amazing job my friend! All the best

  • @SloMo2723
    @SloMo2723 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, Great video. Very informative! Thanks for posting

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading6128 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching, I’m glad you liked it 😊

  • @LaurenandScott
    @LaurenandScott Жыл бұрын

    What bag are you using on your rear rack? Nice video!

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading6128 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! The bag is a modified, waterproof Ortlieb Velocity back pack. I have attached a MIK plate (www.mik-click.com) and added extra padding on the back and changed the shoulder straps. The MIK plate clicks on to my rack (also Ortlieb) and the straps are thin enough to be folded under a cover. I couldn’t find an easily detatchable rackpak over 20 litres, so this solution has worked nicely for many trips.

  • @LaurenandScott
    @LaurenandScott Жыл бұрын

    @@matsstading6128 awesome! Great idea. Thanks heaps

  • @jamyjansen5614
    @jamyjansen5614 Жыл бұрын

    10000th viewer ❣️🥳🌟😘

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading6128 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! 🙏

  • @iriegomez9711
    @iriegomez9711 Жыл бұрын

    Why tf, don't you know Sweden is the birthplace of most nightmares

  • @swissride4k
    @swissride4k Жыл бұрын

    Lovely!!! I like to do that during my Cycling Tour in Switzerland!!!

  • @carl-axelhafstrom9332
    @carl-axelhafstrom9332 Жыл бұрын

    Vi har nu tittat på alla Era filmer. Vi är imponerade av Ert sätt att resa i den lugna takt som det är när man cyklar. Det är extra roligt när man känner igen vissa av platserna som ni har besökt. Vi ser framemot flera intressanta turer. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iI6CqpptXbzOcag.html

  • @vikingandbiking
    @vikingandbiking Жыл бұрын

    Roligt att ni tyckte om filmerna! Och tack för film och bildlänkar, mycket intressanta.

  • @BicinViaggio
    @BicinViaggio Жыл бұрын

    Very nice, well paced video. Thumbs up. And three new subscribers here 🤗 Danke!

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading6128 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! 😊

  • @ReimaginedAdventures
    @ReimaginedAdventures Жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @matsstading6128
    @matsstading6128 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! 😊