Great reads authored by the Warmshowers Community! From the bank to the saddle (Von der Bank auf den Sattel) 10 countries. 100 days. 10,000 km. After 20 years, Bernd quits his job at a bank and sets off on...
Contributor: Erik and Courtney Olson Warmshowers is the epitome of a built-in community—a community that shares a love of travel, bicycles, and curiosity. When you’re out on the road, sometimes the thing you need most is a warm smile, a...
Great reads authored by the Warmshowers Community! From the bank to the saddle (Von der Bank auf den Sattel) 10 countries. 100 days. 10,000 km. After 20 years, Bernd quits his job at a bank and sets off on...
Contributor: Dylan J. Cole I had just arrived in Rochester, New York, and my Warmshowers hosts and I were sitting around a home-cooked meal, swapping stories from the Erie Canal Trail. One host shared a story that I found most...
Contributor: Jeff Balch Twenty minutes of comfortable pedaling on Monday, Aug. 27, brought me four miles from south Evanston to Wilmette, where I met Megan Routbort and Thomas Polo – a pair of adventurers who, at that point, had pedaled...
On a side street in the heart of Shkoder, Albania, through a door next to an unassuming two-car garage, you could easily miss the entrance to a unique and wonderful Warmshowers hosting experience. Warmshowers hosts play a vital role in...
Contributor: Bruce Nikolai During our 2,400-mile ride across Europe on the EV6, we had two wonderful Warmshowers stays that stood out. Our first was in Romania. I reached out to our host, who happened to be living in Belgium, and...
Contributor: Nicola Inversi I have had a big dream since I was a child: Reaching North Cape. From Rome, where I live, to North Cape, the northernmost point of Europe—from the Mediterranean Sea to the Arctic Ocean, crossing almost all...
Contributor: Chris Petrikoglou aka Jimbo Hello there! My name is Chris Petrikoglou, aka Jimbo! It was a 12-day journey (1,300 kilometers and 10,000 meters of elevation), which, honestly, without overselling it, changed my life! It was psychotherapy for me, and...
Contributor: Timothy Dale Beginning June 1, 2023, I crossed the U.S. via the Great American Rail Trail and various ACA routes and had the opportunity to be hosted by eight different Warmshowers hosts. My third hosts, Kevin and Lisa McDonough,...
Contributor: John & Anne Toomey We’ve been Warmshowers hosts for 6 years and have thoroughly enjoyed it. We’ve hosted approximately 25 parties, although it was slow during the pandemic. Riders come through in June if heading for the west coast,...
Contributor: Whitney Wright In June 2019, my friend Kate and I cycled 1,700 miles from outside of Seattle to San Diego. We had been lucky enough to mostly camp at hiker/biker sites at campgrounds through Washington and Oregon (with a...
Contributor: Peter Mitchell A post primarily for European cycle tourists. New Zealand does not have a viable railway system like Europe. Successive governments have preferred roads over trains, so the roads are busy with heavy trucking and private cars. Why...
Contributor: Michael Elmore Topping a rise, I look down the other side at the long ribbon of black bitumen through the red rock. About half a kilometer on, cars are pulled off the road, and people are milling about two-lane...
Contributor: Barry Ridout In August 2023. I started my 10-day European cycling adventure in Bergamo, northeast of Milan, Italy. The aim was to do a loop east from Bergamo, around Lake Garda, head north through the Trento Valley to the...
Contributors: XPLORid Cycling Nomads, Ben & Linda Ben and Linda call themselves XPLORid—Cycling Nomads. In the summer of 2019, they went on a 30-day test ride in Ireland. This ride was meant to prepare them for their tour around the...
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