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  • NYE Camping – Farawayistan does Good Night 2022 4 January 2023
  • Farawayistan x Gestalten – Grand Bikepacking Journeys 8 November 2022
  • Bikepacking Routes Sweden – Söderåsen and Hallandsåsen 10 October 2022
  • Bikepacking the Banvallsleden with Dad 19 June 2022
  • Farawayistan does Trans Balkan Race 30 May 2022
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  • Farawayistan Winter Bikepacking Sweden Sun Singletrail Sabina

    NYE Camping – Farawayistan does Good Night 2022

    For a lot of cyclists, the last week of December marks the annual Festive 500 challenge. Cycling enthusiasts attempt to ride a total of 500 kilometers between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve in a challenge. We also intended to saddle up and power through the 500 kilometers, like we did last year. However, a…
    4 January 2023
    Adventures, Bikepacking trips
  • Bikepacking Söderåsen Sweden Farawayistan

    Bikepacking Routes Sweden – Söderåsen and Hallandsåsen

    For this Swedish Bikepacking Route (more here and here), we share our micro-adventure bikepacking Söderåsen and Hallandsåsen. Should you travel to Sweden especially to ride this route? Probably not. But if you're looking for a bikepacking route near Malmö and Copenhagen, definitely keep on reading. The western part along the coast of Skåne isn’t exactly…
    10 October 2022
    Bikepacking trips
  • Bikepacking Banvallsleden gravel grus climb

    Bikepacking the Banvallsleden with Dad

    My father is the one who inspired me to take up cycling. Every year, we took a trip to a popular cycling destination. We traveled to Mallorca, Girona, and Flanders. This year, we chose bikepacking the Banvallsleden in Sweden. Perhaps you recall the family bikepacking journey down Denmark’s Haervejen last year. A few weeks ago…
    19 June 2022
    Bikepacking trips
  • Robin Rapha Winter Bikepacking Sweden

    Winter bikepacking – A photo report plus 5 tips to help you survive the cold

    Winter bikepacking takes a special breed of cyclist. You have to be willing to embrace the cold winds and snow. Yes, it can be cold. Very cold. But if you prepare, it can also be a liberating experience when the rest of the world is stuck indoors. Here are five tips to help you survive…
    9 March 2022
    Bikepacking trips
  • Amazing gravel road near Girona

    Gravel cycling in Girona – 12 cycling routes in Spain

    Gravel cycling in Girona along peaceful roads and tracks in stunning scenery. On our two-week holiday we cycled around Girona and Banyoles with its stunning lakes, forests and rivers. Our 12 routes will show you quiet roads and tracks, quaint villages and ancient fortresses, churches, chapels and monasteries; we pedalled through nature parks full of…
    8 November 2021
    Bikepacking trips
  • Bikepacking the Hærvejen family reunion

    Bikepacking the Haervejen – A family reunion

    Travel and bikepacking was near to impossible for a long time. Even family visits between the Netherlands and Sweden were a hassle for months. So when the travel restrictions finally allowed it, Robin, his father and brother travelled to start of the Hærvejen in Denmark. Here they would finally meet again after a long time.…
    16 October 2021
    Bikepacking trips
  • Bikepacking the Blekingeleden

    Bikepacking the Blekingeleden – Our second attempt

    In 2020, we made our first attempt at bikepacking the Blekingeleden. With our bikepacking bags strapped to our trusty steel touring bikes we set off. Deep in the beech forest, we climbed the Ryssberg and were rewarded with fantastic views of lakes. But we weren’t ready for the trails covered in tree roots. Now, a…
    29 July 2021
    Bikepacking trips
  • Cloud rolling in rain bad weather bikepacking gravel cycling

    Lightweight bikepacking set-up – 3 day bikepacking trip in spring

    Every trip we take our bikepacking set-up gets lighter, and we manage to slim down our lightweight bikepacking set-up. After experiencing how hard it was to push a heavily loaded touring bike through mountainous terrain, we turned saving grams into an art form. Here is what we brought for a three-day bikepacking trip. When the…
    15 May 2021
    Bikepacking gear, Bikepacking trips
  • Swedish Bikepacking Routes – The wilder side of Stockholm

    A big of a part of preparing our move to Sweden, was of course researching trails and routes. We read all the articles and blogs on bikepacking and gravel cycling is Sweden that we could find. The endless gravel roads, easy camping rules and extensive nature reserves surely called for bikepacking adventures.   At every…
    22 December 2020
    Bikepacking trips
  • Swedish Bikepacking Routes – The Blekingeleden

    It was time to discover a different corner of south Sweden, the province of Blekinge. Adventure was calling. Eager to hit the trails we stuffed our gear into our bikepacking bags and loaded our Wahoo's with the gpx-file. Right from the start, we realized this wasn’t going to be a relaxing bikepacking adventure. This was…
    7 October 2020
    Bikepacking trips
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