Ecotopia Biketour
We try to make the tour as inclusive as possible for any level of fitness or experience with bike touring. We cycle a maximum of 30–70 km per day (depending on the hills), and on average half of the days we stay in a place without cycling. Our experience is that almost everyone can manage this, but there is the possibility to shorten the distances if we discover that it is too much. People cycle in small groups or alone, at whatever speed suits them, and many people like to take it slow and take lots of breaks. A detailed route plan for the day is shared in the morning, arrows are drawn with chalk on the road at every turn, and if you get lost you can always call the Biketour phone. If you have a shitty bike, you will not be the only one, and we enjoy supporting each other if something breaks. We make sure that the last people to leave carry a toolbox, a phone and a first-aid kit in order to assist if anything goes wrong on the road.
Read more about what the Ecotopia Biketour is. If you would like to get an insight into the organisation or just ask a question, contact us.
Ecotopia Biketour 2026
 Ecotopia Biketour 2026 will happen in Sápmi and Scandinavia. |
 On 1–14 August around Göteborg, the Childish Weeks will put a special focus on the needs of participating children. |
Biketour concepts
Core Values & Practices
> core values and practices
> awareness
Self-Organisation
> how it’s prepared
> consensus
> circles
Online Tools
> online-tools
> photo-sharing
On the road
> on the road
> tasks & rota
> trailers
> wildcamping
Food
Whenever it’s possible we go dumpster-diving and buy food from local farmers and small shops.
> veganism
> rocket stove
> dumpster-diving
Activities
> skill-sharing
Latest blog posts
First Days of the Childish Weeks
On the evening of the 1st of August, the Biketour arrived in Borås for the start of the Childish Weeks. In this experiment, which we are doing for the first time, the coming two weeks of the Biketour have been organized to especially focus on the needs of children. Some parents and their children had already arrived the night before and found a suitable campsite in Borås. Others arrived over the coming days. There are now 11 children with their own bicycles and one toddler who is travelling on a child’s seat, along with around 20 adults on the tour.…
Cycling with a toddler in Sweden
I cycled for a few days alone with my 2-year old child on my bike with the special bike seat construction through Sweden towards the Biketour. I wanted to gain some experience and develop a routine before joining the group. It was the first time for my child to be on the bicycle for so long in a single day, the first time for them to camp in the wild, and the first time for me to biketour with a child. Despite having a lot of experience travelling on the bike alone and taking tools and equipment for every possible…
How to Bike with Baby and Baggage
In our FAQ under “Can my child come on the tour with me?”, we list a few ways to transport a child on a bicycle: A child’s seat, a trailer, a cargo bike, a tagalong or a tandem bike. I was part of writing that text a few years ago before I or anyone else present had any idea about children, let alone how to travel with them. Now I want to biketour for the first time with my now 2 years old child and join the Biketour for the Childish Weeks. With my own experience and hearing from other…
More thoughts on consensus for EBT
There are some specific factors much worth considering in a particular case of the bike tour, as it’s by far not a typical group to work in such a way – as well as a few things commonly overlooked or underemphasized in most texts about consensus-based decision making. A lot of people who have attended many meetings organized this way (and some who have practice in a facilitator role) and feel familiar about it are not aware enough about them. It’s recommended to reflect on the framework in debates and read extra. What usually receives too little attention is Prerequisites…