Pilgrimage Netherlands Czestochowa (Poland) Day 12

Today you go from Boleslawiec via Legnica to Sroda Slaska, In Legnica is a Waypoint that points to the center. The route runs right past it. More information about the city can be found when you open the Poi. Be sure to visit the center. Sroda Slaska is an insignificant place with barely 19000 inhabitants. In hotel Duet you can expect a warm welcome. It is a very basic B&B but has everything a backpacker and cyclist needs.

This pilgrimage from Eindhoven (The Netherlands) to Czestochowa in Poland was plotted using Google Maps.

In the Netherlands, the cycle paths found are of good quality. In Germany and Poland the tour is on wirtschaftswegen and Radwegen. The Radwegen are often no more than a gravel path. Even forest trails are not shunned. A bike that can take a beating is highly desirable. A solid randonneur will suffice, but for this route an MTB is actually best.

On August 15, The Assumption of Mary is celebrated exuberantly. Try to be in Czestochowa a few days before that date. You will be amazed by the thousands of pilgrims who arrive there singing and making music so as not to miss the solemn Eucharist.

Conditionally, the tour does not ask much of the cyclist, apart from the sometimes poor paths.

Where the cycle paths go through the city, it is advisable to just stay on the roadway because in the city it goes quite often sidewalk to sidewalk.

The bike tour is a low budget trip that goes from campsite to campsite in Germany. In Poland changing between camping and simple B&B's.

The landscape is not varied because one follows the 51st parallel. You will pass through a lot of nature reserves, which are worth getting off.