NICOLAI BANGSGAARD

Se min tourplan for 2025 her Selvom jeg i år (2025) tager hul på mit 15. år som foredragsholder, så er der stadig en særlig sommerfugle-i-maven-fornemmelse over at skulle lancere et nyt foredrag – måske særligt denne gang, fordi The Global Triathlon har betydet så meget for mig og har sat rammerne for mit liv de sidste to år. De første bookinger er allerede i hus, og jeg glæder mig vildt til (fra februar 2025) at skulle ud og holde foredrag om min seneste jordomrejse. Det bliver gævt. Om det er biblioteker, virksomheder, idrætshøjskoler, aftenskoler, gymnasier, efterskoler, højskoler, plejehjem, universiteter, cykelklubber, seniorklubber, sognehuse, sportsklubber, erhvervsklubber, kulturhuse, forsamlingshuse eller private arrangementer;…

🌍 105.000 KM PÅ TO HJUL GENNEM 88 LANDE FRA 2005-2022: Det er 17 år siden, jeg i november 2005 fløj til Marrakech, Marokko med min nyindkøbte Koga-touringcykel og begav mig ud på min første cykelrejse nogensinde. Jeg var 29 og havde lige fået min kandidatgrad i antropologi. Jeg havde ingen erfaring med at rejse på cykel, men maven var fyldt med sommerfugle og eventyrlyst. Det var starten på min to-hjulede kærlighedsaffære… CYKELREJSER: 2005: Marokko – 2.000 km, 25 dageMin første cykelrejse nogensinde i og omkring Marokkos sydlige Atlasbjerge (med start i Marrakech). Cyklen var en Koga Miyata Worldtraveller fra 2004. Trods store knæsmerter pga. lange cykeldage i bjergene og…

I sommeren 2022 cyklede jeg fra Kristiansand i det sydlige Norge til Nordkap. Herunder har jeg lavet et resumé af cykelrejsen til Nordkap, med bl.a. favorit-strækninger, økonomiske nøgletal, udstyrs-info, samt selvfølgelig en masse tal til alle statistik-entusiasterne derude. 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 + 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘: • Start: Kristiansand, southern Norway • Finish: North Cape, northern Norway • Start date: June 28, 2022 • Finish date: July 21, 2022 • Total distance cycled: 2.680 km • Daily avg. distance: 112 km • Longest cycling day: 166 km • Shortest cycling day: 61 km • Cycling days: 24 • Rest days : 0 • Max. speed: 74.1 km/h • Avg. speed (journey): Ca. 19 km/h •…

I sommeren 2021 vandrede jeg fra Atlanterhavet til Middelhavet. Jeg fulgte den udfordrende rute ‘Haute Route Pyrenees’, der langs Pyrenæernes højderyg på grænsen mellem Frankrig og Spanien går gennem et fantastisk, klippefyldt og varieret landskab. Vandreturen, som var 765 km lang og havde mere end 40.000 højdemeter, tog 30 dage at gennemføre. Den foregik solo, nonstop og med ca. 10 kg oppakning på ryggen (inkl. telt & campingudstyr, plus forsyninger), og hører til blandt verdens hårdeste og smukkeste langdistance-vandreruter. Fra december 2021 tager jeg rundt i landet med dette nye foredrag…

Nyhedsmediet Spanien i dag har netop udgivet en lille artikel om min seneste solovandring i det sydspanske. Den er tilgængelig herunder. På eventyr med en eventyrer

Jeg blev forleden ringet op af P3, som var ude efter at få kontakt til folk, der har kastet sig ud i et vanvittigt projekt af en eller anden art. Det blev til en spontan, lille 5-minutters snak med P3-værtinden Jojo, som du kan høre her: https://www.nicolaibangsgaard.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/P3-interview.mp3

In the beginning of April 2019 I walked the GR221 – Mallorca’s popular long-distance route (168 km) from Port d’Andratx in the south-west of Mallorca, along the western Serra de Tramuntana range to Port de Pollença in the north-west. I camped most nights, checked into a hostel once, and finished the week off with a 4-star hotel in Port de Pollença – a well-deserved splurge and a splendid finish to a stunning week on one of my favorite Mediterranean island getaways… Below are links to my Facebook updates from Mallorca: Wild camp #1 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 (or just a sheep story) Day 6

In the beginning of May 2019 I flew to Edinburgh, took the train to Glasgow and from there I walked the stunning West Highland Way – a 154 km long-distance walk from Milngavie (near Glasgow) to Fort William in the Scottish Highland. In the following links you can read about my walk and enjoy some of Scotland’s amazing scenery… Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 (part 1) (part 2) Day 7

In November 2018 I went to Cape Verde with my kick scooter and for 14 days I journeyed around the verdant and stunningly beautiful archipelago off the coast of West Africa. Below is 1) a day-to-day desciption of the trip, 2) my subjective rating of the 5 visited islands in Cape Verde, 3) a visual mini-movie, and 4) a standard photo album with my personal favorites. Links to diary entries on Facebook => Intro Day 1 – Day 2 – Day 3 – Day 4 – Day 5 – Day 6 – Day 7 Day 8 – Day 9 – Day 10 – Day 11 – Day 12 – Day…

In the summer of 2018, I went to Sardinia – one of my Mediterranean favorites – with my race bike, running shoes, swim trunks, and not too much else. Over the next 11 days I did a 1.022 km loop around the beautiful island that involved 914 km (9.500 altitude meters) on my bike, 102 km in my running shoes, and 6 km in my swim trunks. Below are links to more detailed run-downs of the specific days on Sardinia… Albeit physically and mentally tough & exceedingly sweaty, it was a very pretty and memorable vacation by the Med. Intro Day 1 – Day 2 – Day 3 – Day…

VELKOMMEN TIL MIT NYE PROJEKT! DANMARK RUNDT PÅ LØBEHJUL – uden en krone på lommen. PROJEKTET KORT: Med start den 4. juni vil jeg sommeren 2019 rejse Danmark rundt på løbehjul – uden en krone på lommen. Jeg vil undervejs besøge alle de gamle, danske købsstæder, samt alle landets nationalparker. Rejsen forventes at blive på ca. 2.500-3.000 km og vare omkring 2 måneder. Som på ethvert anstændigt eventyr er rammerne blot estimerede…? MOTIVATIONEN BAG PROJEKTET: Selvom jeg har rejst i ca. 120 lande rundt om i verden, har jeg aldrig rigtigt opprioriteret Danmark som rejsemål, og jeg føler på mange måder ikke, at jeg rigtigt kender mit eget land. Det vil…

**CAPE VERDE BY KICK SCOOTER NOV. 2018**

NEW WHEELS: • Say hello to my new best friend. The super slick Kostka Rebel Max Fold – a 6.6 kg sexy and foldable kick scooter ?. • This model was made-to-order (I even got to pick the colour) at the Kostka factory in the Czech Republic and generously sent to me yesterday. • Though weather was bloody cold and gloomy today, I just had to check out my new wheels. I’m really excited about this fella’. It’s a beautifully comfy and fun machine, and – judged by the 33.7 km test drive – I think we’re in for a long-term relationship…❤️ • A huge thank you to Petr, Marek,…

BOOK ARRIVAL: The 4th edition of my book “SOLO – 4 YEARS AROUND THE WORLD BY BIKE” arrived the other day! ? Yihaa! More info about and how to get the book here. Please note: The book’s in Danish. No English translation planned.

Last year around this time (August 2017) I was offered a job opportunity on Cuba that I simply couldn’t resist: The Danish travel agency C&C Travel was about to start doing a number of 14-days group bicycle journeys in western Cuba, and were looking for a tourleader. I’d be living/working in Cuba as a bicycle tourleader for 3-4 months during the dull Danish winter months. The decision to say yes was a total no-brainer. So a mere week into January 2018 I flew to Cuba with my beloved Koga touring bike and spent the next 100 days on Cuba. Over the next months, 5 groups (and a total of 79…

In June 2018 I went to Corsica in the Mediterranean, rented a bicycle and cycled around the island. It was a stunning fortnight on one of my favourite islands in the world. Below is a visual rundown of the anti-clockwise journey around the island (navigate via right/left arrows or click here to see the album on Flickr) Facebook diary entries from Corsica: Intro Day 1 Day 2 (part 1) and (part 2) Day 3 Intermezzo Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Intermezzo Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Resumé Random stats of the trip: Total distance: 1.002 km Uphill: 14.273…

Det er med uforbeholden glæde og stolthed, at jeg – i samarbejde med Panorama Travel – igen i år kan præsentere denne 17-dages gruppecykelrejse til Marokkos fantastiske Atlas-region. Det glæder jeg mig meget til – og du er hjertens velkommen til at tage med… – Afrejse København – Marrakech 6. november 2018. – Hjemrejse Marrakech – København 22. november 2018. – Max. 18 deltagere. Først-til-mølle-princippet. – Pris kun 14.980,- (17 dages rundrejse) Mere info fra Panorama Travel findes her: https://bit.ly/2LxWI7R Her er lidt statistik fra sidste års Marokko-cykelrejse: https://bit.ly/2Ahsfpc Hvis du søger på “cycling morocco” her på min Facebook-væg, kan du se billeder og anekdoter fra sidste års tur –…

09. oktober 2018, kl. 14.00-16.00 Skovlunde Sogns Mødreklub Skovlunde Kirke, Lundebjerggårdsvej 3A, 2740 Skovlunde Foredrag: CARIBIEN RUNDT PÅ LØBEHJUL   10. oktober 2018, kl. 19.30 – 21.30 Silkeborg Højskole Platanvej 12, 8600 Silkeborg Foredrag: JORDEN RUNDT PÅ CYKEL   16. oktober 2018, kl. 14.00 – 16.00 Seniorklubben i Jakobskirken Astersvej 11, 4000 Roskilde. Foredrag: CARIBIEN RUNDT PÅ LØBEHJUL   17. oktober 2018, kl. 14.00 – 16.30 Pensionisthøjskolen Hedensted Kirkecenter, Kirkegade 15, 8722 Hedensted Foredrag: JORDEN RUNDT PÅ CYKEL   24. oktober 2018, kl. 13.30 – 16.00 Pensionisthøjskolen Lindved Sognegaard, Sognegårdsvej 1, Lindved, 7100 Vejle Foredrag: JORDEN RUNDT PÅ CYKEL   25. oktober 2018, kl. 19.00 – 21.30 Naturama Dronningemaen 30, 5700 Svendborg…

Part 2 of the little documentary about my journey to Odessa back in April-May 2017 is out! Volume up. HD on. And come with me to Odessa… 🙂

Without any fuss or further ado – here’s what I’ve been working on lately. This is the first installment of a two-part documentary about my 2.100 km solo bike ride from Copenhagen (Denmark) to Odessa (Ukraine) by the Black Sea… Please press the PLAY icon below and wait for the movie to load. It’s a big chunk of data. Takes a little while. Patience, my dear. Once loaded, it starts playing. Alternatively, the video is available on Youtube below… [Disclaimer: It’s wasn’t all just smooth sailing…]

Below is a photo album with some of the highlights of my early-summer ride around Iceland, June 2017. I rode clockwise around the island, starting and finishing at the Keflavik Airport in the south-western part of the island. I camped all nights (except for a hostel in Akureyri), and mostly bought all my food in supermarkets, thus keeping the expenses down. 18 cycling days. 1.900 km. Navigate with arrows on keyboard or photo frame… You can also see the album on Flickr See the Iceland stats here!

Below is a photo album with some of the highlights (and low points) of my spring time ride (with mostly wintry temps.) from Copenhagen to Odessa by the Ukrainian Black Sea Coast back in April-May 2017. The route: Copenhagen -> Sweden -> Lithuania (by ferry) -> Poland -> Belarus -> Poland -> Ukraine -> Transnistria -> Odessa, Black Sea. 19 cycling days. 2.100 km. Navigate with arrows on keyboard or photo frame… You can also see the album on Flickr.

MISSION COMPLETED ✅: The bike journey in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains is over, and I’m back in Denmark, summing up what has truly been one heck of a fantastic journey, socially/scenically/physically/gastronomically/meteorologically… These are the stats & numbers: •Distance pedaled: 1.115 km ? •Meters cycled uphill: 11.285 •Travel days (brutto): 17 •Cycling days: 14 •Avg. distance pr. day: 80 km •Highest point: Tizi ‘n Tichka Pass, 2.260 m •Number of flat tyres (group total): 5 •Crashes on bike (group total): 1 (no injury) •Hospital visits (group total): 1 (stomach) •Liters of sweet mint tea consumed: A lot •Liters of Moroccan beer consumed: Not a lot •Water consumed daily (estimate): 2-4 liters…

Siden jeg i sommeren 2010 – med præstationstør hals og nervøs mave – for første gang offentligt berettede om min jordomrejse på cykel, har jeg afholdt mere end 350 foredrag i Danmark. At få lov til at besøge – for mig ellers ukendte – afkroge af Danmark, med nye ansigter og indblik i ex. den danske foreningskultur, der lever så stærkt derude, føles ofte som en slags antropologisk feltarbejde, og det er stadig svært helt at fatte, at det er en væsentlig del af mit såkaldte arbejdsliv…   Udover nedenstående virksomheder, har jeg holdt foredrag på en lang række biblioteker, idrætshøjskoler, aftenskoler, gymnasier, handelsskoler, efterskoler, ungdomsskoler, friskoler, højskoler, på plejehjem, universiteter, ved udenlandske…

Jeg begyndte at arbejde med og tilrettelægge denne gruppecykelrejse i foråret, og jeg har glædet mig enormt meget til at sætte den i søen. Det er mig derfor en fornøjelse – i samarbejde med kyndige Panorama Travel – nu at kunne tilbyde denne 17-dages cykelrejse rundt i fantastiske Marokko.   Afrejse 7. november 2017 fra København. Og prisen er knivskarp: 13.980 DKK. Max. 18 pladser. Først-til-mølle-princippet råder.   Så få ryddet op i kalenderen, hvis du vil med mig på cykeleventyr! Spred endelig rygtet til nær og fjern. Det bliver i al beskedenhed fantastisk!   Med eventyrlyst – og maven fuld af sommerfugle, Nicolai PDF af programmet kan læses her.…

Below the photo album is the stats of my recent solo bike journey around magnificent Iceland… Most beautiful cycling: Southern West Fjords (Route 60), East Fjords (Routes 92/96 SE of Egilsstaðir), south-east Iceland between Djúpivogur and Höfn (Route 1). Longest distance without shower: 650 km Numbers of hot showers on Iceland: 5 (Flókalundur, Blöndous, Akureyri, Egilsstaðir, Grindavik) Number of times I was outrun by a band of horses: 1 (near Gullfoss. 67 horses strong) Average bed time: 10 PM-ish Average wake-up time: 6 AM-ish Most daylight hours pr. day: Officially 22. Practically 24 (Akureyri, northern Iceland) Number of ATM cash withdrawals: Zero (Visa is my friend) Number of days in Iceland until I saw local cash: 10 Territorial/angry…

Yeah, it’s time to hit the roads again. Check out this little teaser!

Here’s a visual 5-minute run-down of my 3 months in South America, from late November 2016 to late February 2017. Breathe in, volume up, 1080p HD on, and we’re good to go…

In January 2017, the national newspaper ‘Jyllands-Posten’ featured an article (in Danish) about my journey around the Caribbean by kick scooter in November-December 2015.

COUNTDOWN IS OVER! I’ve left Denmark, friends, and winter behind. In Milan now (2 days), and tomorrow I’m headed for South America for the next 3 months. This little video (link below – HD a must) roughly shows the idea behind this winters’ grand journey… See video here!

Back in March 2016 there was an article in the Danish outdoor magazine WIDE about my journey around the Caribbean by kick scooter. I did a little blah-blah-promo on Facebook about it then, but in case you 1) happen to read Danish, and 2) missed it, you might want to have a little peek here:

This is the second (of 2) video diary installment from my solo bicycle expedition around southern Africa, 5.000 km and 85 days. This video – until now unpublished – is from the last part of the journey through Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, and eastern South Africa… Make sure to watch it in HD1080, and – if need be – with English subs activated. Enjoy!

In 2011-2012 I cycled 5.000 km and 85 days solo around southern Africa – through South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Lesotho. This video – in HD1080 and with English subtitles – is from the first part of the journey through western South Africa and Namibia… You can see a few photos from the expedition here (Namibia) and here.

In August 2016 I spent a week walking across the spectacularly scenic French Mediterranean island of Corsica. Below is a visual rundown of the walk. I followed the infamous GR20 – occasionally dubbed as one of the most beautiful and toughest long-distance treks around – from the starting point (the town of Calenzana in the north-west of the island) to the end point (the town of Bavella in the south-east). The total length of the trek is around 170-180 km (route variations available en route), and it’s divided into 15 day-stages. The entire walk is very beautiful, challenging, and mountaneous, and apart from a few settlements (and a chalet style…

This is the second and last part of an interview I did a few weeks back for TV-Bella, a Copenhagen-based, independent, and non-commercial local tv-station. It’s in Danish. HD recommended. Hostess: Mikie Breum

Together with my good friend, Mikkel, I’ve made a cover version of this 1989-classic by Chris Isaak. It’s a one-take recording at home in my apartment. It was great fun! PS. Helena Christensen (feat. the original music video) was busy that day, so you’ll have to imagine that part 🙂

This is the first (of two) part of an interview I did a few weeks back for TV-Bella, a Copenhagen-based, independent, and non-commercial local tv-station. Part 2 was broadcasted yesterday and will pop up on Youtube and here on my site shortly… And yes, it’s all in Danish. HD recommended. Hostess: Mikie Breum

En eventyrer med handlekraft. Uddannet antropolog som har cyklet jorden rundt på 4 år. Et skønt og reflekteret menneske jeg kunne tale med i dagevis! Sådan præsenterede radiovært Michelle Hviid vores snak i programmet Hviids Varmestue, som jeg var inviteret indenfor hos fredag den 11. marts 2016. Udsendelsen blev sendt dagen efter. Det blev til en 2 timer lang og ganske dejlig snak om drømme, forbrugerkultur, kærlighed, løbehjul, ensomhed, imødekommenhed, honning og alt muligt andet fra livets vigtige hylder. Programmet kan høres her i Hviids Varmestue eller via de 2 afspillere herunder. PS. Jeg gik derfra med smil og røde kinder. Det er længe siden, det er sket sidst…