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