This is only a small overview text. Always changing updated information you may find in the wiki here
A overview on long-distance cycle routes in the Baltic states you may find here
You may join an organised - guided or non-guided - cycle travel  here
Maps and route descriptions here
Get a rental bicycle here 

but now ... let's go!

Between Sibiria, Scandinavia and Adria
The Baltic States wait to be discovered by bicycle

Amazing wild nature. The coast seems to be endless and maid of white sand. And it's not the Mediterranean. The forests are deep and full of sounds. And it's not "The Lord of the Rings". Here are storks and cranes, elks and beavers. Nothing special - in the Baltic States. We admit: There are often no other tourists with you, there are often no special bicycle paths. And in the big cities A LOT of traffic. And sometimes bad gravel roads you couldn't image. But mostly you'll recognize the asphalt in these green deep forests or through these fields scattered with small wooden houses or lakes - a blue painted sky with white clouds and a road that leads up to the sky. So, this is the invitation to an adventure, to a discovery of three still unknown countries who seem to fit perfectly for cycling: Soft hills and in general good roads make them easy to cycle but not boring.

Another view on history

I know, for the most they seem to be "Russia". Long time part of the Soviet Union, somehow like Siberia. Regarding to the wildness it often does not really seem different, but Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are entering the European Union in 2004. And as in all over the Eastern part of Europe shopping malls and private business spread. No, there are not the same as "the West" and they hopefully will never be. You will rarely see the red star of the Soviet Union, but hear about the fight of the people against the "invaders" and first of all the knights of the German order in the middle ages. You will see their castles and hear about the fate of the defenders. You will see, how the noblemen governed the land in the 17th-19th century. Feel the happiness of independence and the tragedy of war and the new times. Maybe it will change your view - but certainly you will enjoy the way the people celebrate their traditions.

3 or 1 or ...?

It is common to talk about "the Baltic States" as one. But despite the fact that the three countries where for a long time part of the Russian empire and the Soviet Union, they have few in common. Estonia is close to Finland: By language, by landscape and by ferry - it takes you only some hours from Helsinki to Tallinn. Lithuania has a long common history with Poland and shares a lot of culture, religion and heritage. But not the language which is similar to Latvian. But Latvian culture is somehow different . Well, you see the problem. And I didn't even tell you about the region of Kaliningrad which belongs as an external territory to Russia and lies between Poland and Lithuania. Or the regional differences withIN the countries.

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