To Paradise and Back: Newcomers Test Their Limits in Bike Touring
100 kilometers of the main summer cycling event — a bike trip 'To Paradise and Back' from Metrogorod to the village of Ray and back to Kirov.
bicycle touring in Kirov region
In 2021, we discovered bicycle touring. You'd be surprised how much interesting stuff is hidden within the city limits, once a bicycle becomes your friend in this exploration.
We share our routes and discoveries in the video series "Noon Day-Off Trip". And on this page — all the episodes, tracks, and route maps.
An interactive Google My Maps map with all the project's routes. To open the map full screen, click the icon in the top right corner.
videos with routes and impressions
100 kilometers of the main summer cycling event — a bike trip 'To Paradise and Back' from Metrogorod to the village of Ray and back to Kirov.
PVD#1 — scouting the unfinished western bypass of Kirov and looking for a service road.
PVD#2 — a short reconnaissance ride from the Old to the New Bridge. Seeing what's left and right of the Vyatka River.
PVD#3 — a long route from Chistye Prudy through Dendropark to Yezhovka and back along the embankments.
PVD#4 — a route through Zarechny Park, Subbotikha, Nikulchino, and Poroshino to the Old Bridge.
PVD#5 — a trip out of town: train to Orichi, then through Torfyanoy, Bystritsa, and Strizhi back to Kirov.
PVD#6 — a simple route from Old Bridge to Vorobyovy Prudy in Slobodskoy district.
PVD#7 — Stanley searches for the blue-green route from Old to New Bridge through rivers, lakes, and quarries.