Enjoy this early morning bicycle commute to the bakery in Denmark. This 12 km ride goes from Tibirke through the forest down the beach and bakery at Tisvildeleje. I set out right after sunrise at 6:15 am on Tuesday 31 August 2021, so get ready for some beautiful scenery with morning mist, deers leaping out of the forest, the majestic beech trees and people taking a morning swim at the beach.

Highlights of the video include:
0:10 Bicycle used for this ride parked in front of Rølikkehuset, the country house of my parents
1:43 Seeing first deer (difficult to see on video) and beautiful sunrise with morning mist (still photo inserted into video)
5:12 Amazing sunset
5:45 Oldtidsvejen. The oldest road in Denmark (4800 years old!)
6:22 Forest spring water near Tibirke Kirke (church)
7:27 Tibirke Kirke (church), 900 years old. At one point, it was partially covered by drifting sand
13:49 Entering the forest
16:05 The national tree of Denmark, the beautiful tall beech tree.
17:25 Three deer crossing the forest road incl. instant replay in slow-motion
18:29 Niels Bohr (Danish Nobel Prize winning scientist) used to have a summer house around here. Telling about this exciting time of scientific discoveries with Bohr’s contemporaries Albert Einstein and Werner Heisenberg.
23:30 Entering center of Tisvildeleje town, a popular beach holiday destination
25:25 Bicycling down to the original small Tisvildeleje fishing village harbour
26:41 Feeling the sea water with a temperature of about 18 degrees Celsius
28:17 Guy going for a morning swim naked (normal)
31:31 Arriving at the bakery to buy the Danish pastries incl. tebirkes, snegl and frøsnapper
35:02 Explaining about Danish pastry (Wienerbrød)
36:33 Simple bicycle lane, just a line on the road 😊
39:07 Passing the monument that commemorates the planting of forest to stop the shifting sand (Sandflugtsmonumentet)
43:55 Beaver rehabilitation after being extinct in Denmark for 2500 years
44:15 Alas, the battery of my GoPro died shortly before making it back
44:20 Map of bicycle route and riding statistics

This is my first visit back home to Denmark during the Covid-19 pandemic. It was wonderful to see family and friends again after more that 1½ years. And the weather during this late summer 5 week work holiday was great, as evident from this video. Enjoy the ride!

The bicycle route map can be viewed here on Strava:   / strava