End of the Season 2026

This time, my partner and I chose our Ruhr Region Round Tour. In this travel report, I'll share everything we experienced along the way – including the unexpected surprises that awaited us as we cycled through the region in the summer heat.

I have been working on the Moselle region for Velociped-Fahrradreisen for over a year now. So I was all the more delighted when I finally had the opportunity to discover the Moselle by bike myself. I was excited as soon as I arrived: what would the hotels be like that we select so carefully for our guests? I was looking forward to checking in myself at the places where our cycle tourists usually stay. I was just as curious about the comfort of our rental bikes and what the quality of the cycle paths would be like “in real life.” I also wanted to experience the luggage transfer and return transfer from a traveler's perspective—after all, it's often these details that make a cycling trip relaxed and complete.

This is supposed to be a capital city? The main town on the island, Rønne, has a sleepy calm. Colorful little houses cower in the cobblestone alleys. The evening sun shines on the yellow, orange and brick-red houses, bathing them in a mild Baltic Sea light. Hollyhocks grow in front of them. They look so cute that you could almost think the island mascot Krølle Bølle lived in one of them. The wildly curly Bornholm troll is nowhere to be seen here. But at Store Torv, on the market square, where Krølle Bølle ice cream is sold, his likeness adorns a sign. Almost everyone who strolls by here gives in and buys a cone of the cult soft ice cream. When the large ferries arrive, there is a certain hustle and bustle in the town. Goods are loaded and unloaded at the harbor, and newcomers pour out over the quay. Many roll off the ship by bike and immediately head to Cykelvej 10.

We had been planning to take a bike and boat trip in Holland for a long time. So, on the spur of the moment, I booked two cabins on the MS Serena for my father, my young son and myself.