Cycling around the world – at a leisurely pace, with a sense of curiosity, and in a narrative style.

Anyone planning to cycle around the world often thinks of records, mileage totals and peak athletic performance. This journey follows a different rhythm: it is an attempt not to conquer the world, but to circle it – at the speed of a bicycle, which allows for chance encounters, permits detours and brings history and stories to life.

This website is a / my travel diary, but also a little literary experiment. Anyone who reads along is travelling with me.

The stages of this project:

Stages completed

Leg	Begin	From	After	Duration	Countries	kms	Metres gained
01	September 2025	Norderbrarup	Istanbul	10 weeks	🇩🇪Germany 🇨🇿Czech Republic 🇦🇹Austria 🇸🇰Slovakia 🇭🇺Hungary 🇷🇸Serbia 🇷🇴Romania 🇷🇸Serbia 🇲🇰North Macedonia Greece 🇹🇷Turkey	3.544 km	22.390
02	March 2026	Istanbul	Tashkent	10 weeks	🇹🇷Turkey 🇬🇪Georgia 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 🇺🇿Uzbekistan	5.073 km	31.044
				20 weeks	14 countries	8.617 km	53.434

Stages planned

Leg	Planned	From	After	Duration	Countries	kms	Metres gained
03	2027	Tashkent	Beijing	14-18 weeks	🇺🇿Uzbekistan 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 🇨🇳China 🇲🇳Mongolia 🇨🇳China	6,900 km
04	2027/2028	Beijing	Singapore	14-18 weeks	🇨🇳China 🇻🇳Vietnam 🇰🇭Cambodia 🇹🇭Thailand 🇲🇾Malaysia 🇸🇬Singapore	7,000 km
05	2028	Singapore	Bali	8 weeks	🇸🇬Singapore 🇮🇩IIndonesia	3,200 km
06	2028	Perth	Sydney	10-12 weeks	🇦🇺Australia	5,000 km
07	2028/2029	Queenstown	Auckland	8 weeks	🇳🇿New Zealand	2,000 km
08		Seattle	Washington		🇺🇸USA	(4,800 km)
09	2029/2030	Santiago	Rio de Janeiro	8-10 weeks	🇨🇱Chile 🇦🇷Argentina 🇵🇾Paraguay 🇧🇷Brazil	4,200 km
10	2030	Dakar	Norderbrarup	14-16 weeks	🇸🇳Senegal 🇲🇷Mauritania 🇲🇦Morocco 🇪🇸Spain 🇵🇹Portugal 🇪🇸Spain 🇫🇷France 🇧🇪Belgium 🇳🇱Netherlands 🇩🇪Germany	6,700 km
					38 countries	Approx. 42,000 km

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