Around the Baltic Sea- Summer 2008 - approx. 6000 km
Countries visited: Germany - Denmark - Sweden - Finland - Russia - Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania - Poland - Czech Republic

Overview map of the trip

1st day

At the train station in Lörrach/D

Ready for the departure to Hamburg

Arrival in Hamburg Altona/D

2nd day

Lübeck/D

Lübeck/D

Waiting for the ferry to Denmark in Puttgarden/D

Ferry to Denmark

Oresund bridge between Copenhagen/DK and Malmö/S

Malmö/S

Malmö/S

3rd day

Ystad/S

Ystad/S

Kalmar/S

My hotel in Kalmar/S

4th day

Arriving on the island of Öland/S

Country road in Öland/S

Windmill in Öland/S

In Sweden

Stockholm/S

5th day

Stockholm/S

Stockholm/S

Ferry in the port of Stockholm/S

On the ferry between Stockholm/S and Turku/FIN

On the ferry between Stockholm/S and Turku/FIN

Small island near Stockholm/S

6th day

Market day in Turku/FIN

Still a bit cold for an ice-cream…

On the road between Turku/FIN and Helsinki/FIN

Small airfield in Finland

Cathedral of Helsinki/FIN

Helsinki/FIN

Helsinki/FIN

Helsinki/FIN

7th day

Short stop in Hamina/FIN

On my way in Finland

Lake near Lappeenranta/FIN

Railway station in Lappeenranta/FIN

Lappeenranta/FIN

Long waiting lines at the Russian border

8th day

Near the border to Russia

Nice buildings in Vyborg/RUS

Nice buildings in Vyborg/RUS

Nice buildings in Vyborg/RUS

Statue of Lenin in Vyborg/RUS

Train station in Vyborg/RUS

My hotel in Vyborg/RUS

Rally in Vyborg/RUS

Rally in Vyborg/RUS

9th day

On the way to St. Petersburg/RUS

Arrival in St. Petersburg/RUS

Tourist boats on the Neva in St. Petersburg/RUS

In St. Petersburg/RUS

Russian road

Short stop in a Russian village

Right turn to Ivangorod/RUS

Hermann Castle in Narva/EST

Hermann Castle in Narva/EST

Ivangorod Fortress/RUS

10th day


Country roads in Estonia

Wooden houses in Estonia

Alexandre-Nevski Cathedral in Tallinn, EST

Tallinn, EST

In the old town of Tallinn, EST

11th day

Pärnu/EST

Pärnu/EST

Beach on the Baltic Sea in Estonia

Old town of Riga/LV

Old town of Riga/LV

Old town of Riga/LV

Tourist boat on the Daugava in Riga/LV

Riga/LV

12th day

Hill of Crosses in Lithuania

Hill of Crosses in Lithuania

Hill of Crosses in Lithuania

Alytus/LT

Fuel stop in Lithuania

13th day

Trakai Island Castle/LT

In the old town of Vilnius/LT

In the old town of Vilnius/LT

Coloured wooden houses in Lithuania

Coloured wooden houses in Lithuania

Coloured wooden houses in Lithuania

In a Lithuanian village

14th day

Lake in Masuria/PL


Country roads in Poland

15th day

In the old town of Krakow/PL

In the old town of Krakow/PL

Free beer ?

16th day

Arrived in Czech republic

Cesky Krumlov/CZ

Cesky Krumlov/CZ

Cesky Krumlov/CZ

Cesky Krumlov/CZ

Danube river in Passau/D

Bridge over the Danube in Passau/D

17th day