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Riding into town.

Welcome to Aarhus.

Sitting right on the coast of the Kattegat Sea, with restaurant-lined canals, a bustling Old Town, and a great social atmosphere, my fourth Danish city was…well…every bit as pleasant as the preceding three 🙂

Triumph! I made it to Aarhus.

In fact even Peder, who’s been just about everywhere Denmark has to offer, was quick to convey his fondness for the country’s second largest city. The very first time he rode through (also on his way to Roskilde) he was all on his own. Yet he still managed to get invited to a private house party, where he remained until late the following morning. Now that’s what I call hospitality.
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I know I said in the last post that I felt better than on day one…But that doesn’t mean I wasn’t still thoroughly exhausted ; )

When we pulled into Randers just before 11, we found a city virtually abandoned. Unlike the bustling Aalborg, not a single business seemed to be opened.

…Well, actually, not two. The only place in town still working was – oddly enough – a small pizza parlor operated by a friendly Turkish duo.

We walked through their doors starving, stinky, exhausted. We walked out with ear-to-ear smiles. Those guys were among some of the friendliest I’ve encountered.
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Phew…I made it. Day one is finally complete.

After a beautiful (but gruelingly strenuous) day’s ride, leaving those endless grassy fields behind to enter another of Denmark’s welcoming cities felt like the triumph of a lifetime. And I could tell from the start that we had a great night ahead of us.

The final push: just around the corner from our campground in the outskirts of Aalborg.

Many of you might expect Denmark’s best nightlife to be in Copenhagen, the country’s capital and largest city. But you’d be wrong. In fact, it’s Aalborg – a comparatively small college town – which holds that undisputed title. And it just so happened that Aalborg was our first stop on the path from Oslo to Roskilde. It also just so happened to be graduation weekend, when open-aired trucks overflowing with celebrating graduates circle its streets honking their horns and cheering with anyone who passes by. I was utterly exhausted from the ride…but could I really miss out on a night like this?
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