2026 – Ecotopia Biketour

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How to Bike with Baby and Baggage

Candid July 21, 2026 July 21, 2026

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

Ecotopia Biketour July 9, 2026 July 9, 2026

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…

Bygdeå, Ubmeje, Olofsfors – lucky start for the tour

Ecotopia Biketour June 30, 2026 June 30, 2026

We have been lucky! Lucky to have been hosted by amazing people in the little vegetable farm in Bygdeå, been invited to their sauna, swimming trips and sharing rhubarb pie … crafting little bycicles with a visiting kid, piling fire wood and singing karaoke! While our stay and preparation time in Bygdeå, we also fixed our bikes, sorted the communal equipment and had a few movie screenings of Sámi films. We enjoyed potatoes, parsnip and beet root from the farm and of course ate quite some knäckebröd. When it was time to say good byes and head towards Ubmeje/Umeå, they…

Pretour to Jåhkamåhke/Jokkmokk

Ecotopia Biketour June 25, 2026 June 25, 2026

note: all place names are (first) written in Sámi language* (and then in Swedish) The start and first weeks of the Biketour this year are in Swedish occupied Sápmi. To travel further and learn more about this region, we decided this year to have a pretour where we travel without our bikes and by hitchhiking instead. Sápmi is the land of indigenous Sámi people, and has been colonized by Sweden, Finland, Norway, Russia and its predecessors and since been under their dominion. The colonial and racist treatment of Sámi people continues nowadays especially through so-called green transition with land-grabbing and…

Forests, gardens and a forest garden… / Projects 2026

Ecotopia Biketour June 1, 2026 June 23, 2026

June is here and biketour is just around the corner! Here we describe the projects that we will visit on this year’s biketour. Be prepared for colder temperatures (especially while camping and sleeping), almost nightless nights, great people and cool projects; forests, gardens and a forest garden… bike kitchens, cultural centers and camping in the nature. Hope to see you on the tour! Note the update on the route plan: we have one more stop just before Oslo and visiting Lillehammer has been cancelled. Tour will end in Oslo in September. Bygdeå: hosts on a vegetable farm, 13th of June…

Registrations are open

Ecotopia Biketour May 24, 2026 May 25, 2026

The registration form for the 2026 bike tour is live! Please register to help us estimate the number of participants and to let us know of any needs regarding the tour before it starts :) Register here Here are some community tools that you may find useful as ecotopia 2026 participant: Signal group: We organize before and during the tour in part via signal. If you register we can add you to the group for this year, where you also get access to some of the other community tools. Money sharing: Please read the money sharing page and decide if…

Announcement: the route for 2026

Ecotopia Biketour April 5, 2026 May 21, 2026

Introducing the rough route plan and rough dates (=changes possible!) for Ecotopia Biketour 2026. Some notes: Regular cycling is planned to be around 35–55km per day, with an overall average of 37km/day, and a rest day every fourth day. Mind it’s not as easy there as it may look by the sole distance (dominant winds, elevations, surface, weather); besides, there’s usually plenty opportunities to ride more:) During the Childish Weeks we bike around 20km per day and have rest days more often. The start and end date, and region for the Childish Weeks are set and won’t be changed. Unlike…

Childish Weeks: 1–14 August in Southern Sweden

Ecotopia Biketour January 16, 2026 January 16, 2026

So far around 15 parents have gotten in contact with us and expressed interest in joining the Childish Weeks with their 1–3 children each. This is much more interest that we have expected! We are excited to see how this experiment will turn out! When we first announced the Childish Weeks, we did not realize some of the differences in the needs of people with very young children and with older children. In particular, older children are restricted by school holidays, and their dates vary greatly across Europe. We found out that the most overlap is in the first half…