MOTORCYCLE TRAVELLER & 'ACCIDENTAL' AUTHOR   "One of the best story tellers of adventure in the world today."- Side Stand Up Radio, USA.   So who is Sam Manicom, and why should you care? Well, this is a man who went out and did what a fair few of us have always wanted to do. Say goodbye to life as we know it, and set off on a long motorcycle adventure. 

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ENJOY LIFE NEAR AARHUS   Take your bike and your friends, take a ride to Sabro, and discover eastern Jutland and Aarhus, with Montra Hotel Sabro Kro as your base. To experience, also requires an excellent setting to enjoy the impressions in, and Hotel Sabro Kro is a 4-star hotel of a high standard, located in a quiet, rural setting, just 14 km from the centre of Aarhus, Denmark.

AUTHORIZED HARLEY-DAVIDSON DEALER All roads lead to Aarhus, and CAP’s A/S Authorized Harley-Davidson Dealership. On April 5, 1997, the shop doors opened for the first time. It was snowing on that particular day in April, but that didn’t stop motorbikers from near and far, pulling up outside on their motorcycles, to attend the day's festivities. It was indeed a festive day, and marked the beginning of what Harley-Davidson in Denmark has now evolved into. 15 years have been dedicated to servicing and selling motorbikes, and the store is still situated at the end of the road, where the Harley-universe in Denmark begins.

From the Viking trading town near the sea, to the world's smallest metropolis, Aarhus, or Aros as the Vikings called the city, lies along the river Aros, which, in the old days, was the highway into the hinterland. Aarhus is Denmark's third oldest city after Ribe and Hedeby. Late in the 8th century, the ancient trading center lay on the north side of the Aros river, making the city excellent for trading. It was easy for the Vikings to get to Aros by sea, and they could sail many miles into the hinterland using the inland river system, in their slim Viking Longships. 

Djursland is one of Denmark's most beautiful areas, with wide open spaces and fresh sea air. There many reasons to take a motorcycle tour to Djursland, and spend one or more days in one of Denmark's nicest landscapes. 

5,600 METERS OVER SEA LEVEL, ON THE INDO-TIBETAN FRONTIER From the “Valley of Gods and Goddesses” to the Top of the World, the Manali-Leh itinerary (1,500km) is the most notorious Indian motorcycle tour, and the World's highest Motorcycle Expedition. The trip starts from the Himalayan lower range, in the State of Himachal Pradesh (Manali), ascending to the High Mountain passes in the regions of Zanskarand Ladakh, or “Land of high mountains”.

For more than four decades, the underground fortress, with it's heavy artillery guns, monitored all Warsaw Pact naval vessels, entering and leaving the Baltic Sea. The fortress was constructed to withstand a nuclear attack, and packed with radar, sonar and hydrophones, it could monitor all movements in the western Baltic, and react instantly in the event of an attack.

When you stay at Hotel CABINN in Aalborg, you have an excellent starting point to visit some of the most beautiful areas in Denmark. Furthermore, Aalborg has plenty to offer when you’re not out touring Northern Jutland. In Aalborg, you will get an urban experience and find a great nightlife, and peaceful oases around the city. There are many pubs, which offer a vast variety of delicious beers, both local and foreign, and tons of restaurants where you can try some of the local gastronomic delights. If you take a walk through the city, its history comes to life, and it will take you back to the Viking age, through the middle ages, right up to the present day, with modern art and architecture.

The morning passed all too quickly, with a breathtaking 230km ride over the hills from Trollstigen, 108 kilometres of which, brought us along Sognefjellet National Tourist Route, the highest mountain pass in Northern Europe, at 1,434 metres above sea level. The ride came to an end when Norway's highest mountain, Galdhøpiggen, suddenly came into view, meaning we had arrived at Jotunheimen National Park. Great to be there, but sad that ride was over, for today.

A series of 50 images showing what you can find on the short ride south from Copenhagen to Stevns, Denmark. Great architecture, post-industrial landscapes, some undisturbed Urbex, some wide open spaces, great roads, unspoilt nature, fishing harbours, some nice food, and the Cold War fortifications at Stevns Klint. The ride starts at Amager Strandpark, just south of Copenhagen city, then moves through the towns of Ørestad, Køge, Strøby Egede, Store Heddinge, past Højerup Gammel Kirke and Stevnsfortet, then on to Rødvig and Faxe Ladeplads. A great afternoon into evening ride. If a picture speaks a thousand words, here are 50,000 of them :)

Sitting up by a large stone circle, 137 km southwest of London, and thinking about what sort of people could have manoeuvred these giant stones? How many of these Stone carriers got a herniated disk, or whatever it was called back then? Were they perhaps giants, who lived here in these fields north of Sailsbury, using stones as a kind of Lego bricks, they never got around to putting back in the box? Sitting and thinking, that only three days ago, I was lying in the bottom of a steamboat bound for Harwich, and feared that I was going to England to make a fool of myself driving on the left side of the road. What do I do at roundabouts?? I feared the worst.

No matter where you come from in Europe, the islands of the North Atlantic Ocean are something you must experience on your motorbike. Both Iceland and the Faeroe Islands offer the explorative motorbiker an experience you'll never forget, and a landscape that will inspire and uplift you, and make you want to go there again. You can combine a trip to both Iceland and the Faeroe Islands, with the ferry company Smyril Line, which sails to both areas regularly. This allows you to stay for as long as you like in either location and explore it thoroughly, before moving onto the next.

ORIGINALITY, DIVERSITY, AESTHETICS AND QUALITY...With deeply rooted values, Konventum, Lo School's conference centre, distinguishes itself as a high-quality structure where the aesthetics of the physical facilities, spread out to encompass the human services on offer, and to the processes in which the guests participate. We prioritize quality in every context - in education, architecture, art, culture, facilities, technical services, serving of food, and the conference centre surroundings.

Enjoy a spectacular 8-day motorcycle tour along the best Carpathian Mountain roads in Romania! Ride the famous Transfagarasan and Transalpina roads, enjoy perfect moments and breathtaking scenery, in a landscape just waiting for you to experience it. Book your tours here: www.romaniamotorcycletours.com

MORE THAN 100 INNS, HOTELS, CASTLES AND MANOR HOUSES It started a long time ago, when some inns in Jutland found out that it was a good idea to work together, in order to accommodate more guests. Since then, Funen and Zealand inns also joined the co-operation, and this developed into the association Dansk Kroferie which today totals nearly 50 inns and hotels all over the country. Many of the inns are royally licensed inns which have been situated at the old main roads for several hundred years and which take pride in maintaining the good old traditions for good inn-keeping. CLICK HERE TO BOOK A DANISH INN >>

WHAT IS A WONDER? Neuschwanstein is on the list of the 20 building wonders of the world, and since 2007, people have voted for the world's seven wonders, in fact, millions of people around the world voted. Neuschwanstein was not one of the seven. The seven wonders were: Chichén Itzá Temple in the Yucatan, the Christ statue outside Rio de Janeiro, the Colosseum in Rome, the Taj Mahal in India, the Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, Machu Pichu in Peru. The Egyptians were of course also on the list, and they became quite angry that the Pyramids were not included in the fine company of the seven. Maybe next time?

A POSTCARD FROM WONDERLAND Whether you arrive from the south or north is unimportant, but at the bottom of the A7 motorway lies Füssen, and the two fairytale castles, Neuschwanstein built by Ludwig II, and Hohenschwangau which was rebuilt by his father, King Maximilian II. Here, you will find an adventure from a turbulent time in Europe, and a sense of romance we may well miss in our stressful world.

A very motorbike-friendly mountain road with many sharp hairpins and exhilarating scenery, Trollstigen is literally carved into the cliff face, dramatically crossing the Stigfossen waterfall, and elevating the traveller from the valley floor, into the dark and ominous clouds above.

This is the inspiring story of one man’s dogged determination to do the impossible! Hold on to your seat as Nick Sanders attempts his most ambitious ride to date - the first double-transit of the length of the Americas. This is Nick’s last official World Record attempt, and he has pushed himself like never before in his attempt to set a new World Record of 46 days and 4 hours, on board a Yamaha Super Ténéré.