Gravel Biking in Halmstad — Routes, Maps & GPX Downloads
Halmstad is the home to Gravel, Grit’n’Grind, one of the original UCI World Gravel Series races, which has seen such huge professionals as Marianne Vos, Nikki Terpstra and Romain Bardet! We have hundreds of kilometers of quiet gravel biking routes. The best starting place is Simlångsdalen, a quiet village 15km from the city center. This puts you right at our gravel bike rental location! Gravel biking in Halmstad is slowly becoming known as easiest access wilderness riding in Europe!
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Some of the gravel biking routes are extremely tough, if you are an inexperienced cyclist we recommend hiring one of our guides!
Here are a few examples of Simlångsdalen’s and Halmstad’s best gravel biking routes. For our complete list of routes, click the above red box to see all 15 of our recommended routes!
34.5km 575m SLD GRVL Central 2 Route – Intermediate Download
A short but extremely hill route that circles the valley of Simlångsdalen. Some beginner single track, some sharp climbs. It’s a good workout, but don’t expect a high overall speed. Real wilderness only a few kilometers away from a pizzeria, the entire time!
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Simlångsdalen – Oskarström
This is a tough ride for a purpose. It’s hardcore backcountry will lots of climbs over some incredibly beautiful terrain. This route ends at Feldt’s Skolberget Bakery and Restaurant in Oskarström. You’ll be hungry when you get there, and you’ll be happy for the appetite! Take the paved road home, it’s still 20km and 350m climbing.
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75.7km 900m SLD GRV North – Intermediate Download
This route starts relatively easily with a few climbs, and through the village of Oskarström where you can stop at Feldt’s for an amazing fika before heading deeper into the wilderness for a real gravel cycling adventure looping back to Simlångsdalen.
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96.1km 1150m Gravel Grit’n Grind Day 3 (2023) – Advanced Download
You want to race against world class riders but you are too cheap to buy a ticket? Here’s your chance to try out one of the shorter routes for the UCI World Championships. It’s a hilly route, shorter, sharp climbs, narrow gravel routes with the occasional tarmac section to refuel before heading back into the forest.
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125 km 1500m UCI 2023 – Advanced Download
Another UCI World Gravel Tour route. It’s designed for pros. Expect hard climbs, long challenging sections of wilderness gravel. The nice thing about this route is that it takes you to the villages of Torup and Lidhult, two places you can stop and get a coffee or a meal. The bakery in Torup is certainly worth the stop, but check their opening hours!
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146 km 2000m – GGnG Stage 2 2025 – Extreme Download
This one doesn’t start in Simlångsdalen, but it’s a great route to try out. It starts at Wapnö in Halmstad. Make sure to pack a lunch, you are going to be out there all day. At about three quarters of the route there is a great stop at Storaberget, a strawberry farm with restaurants. This is hilly, this is technical, and this is fast. There are some longer stretches of tarmac, it’s another chance to test yourself against the pros.
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181km 1300m – Hylteleden – Beginner Download
180km beginner route? Well, this is a tourist route, so 75% tarmac on quiet roads. It’s a lovely route, but you’ll want a gravel bike as there are gravel sections. There are a number of places to stop if you want to take a couple of days to do the route. It is certianly do-able in one day, and it passes a number of restaurants, though they are spaced out. Top Tip? Hit Tiraholm for fish!