Around the World in Analogue: Cycling from Berlin to Copenhagen with the Lomo LC-A+

Community member Felipe Tofani's (@FTRC) photos of his Berlin-Copenhagen cycling trip are taken through a true traveler's eye. As a long-time travel blogger, he's documented the curiosities and charms of many European cities through his blog Frame Travel Roam Capture.

Last year, he concluded a trip that spanned a week, encompassing the parks and towns of Germany to the fields and landmarks of Denmark. In this edition of Around the World in Analogue, Felipe shares with us the images and stories from his remarkable cycling trip from Berlin to Copenhagen, captured on film with the Lomo LC-A+.

Name: Felipe Tofani
LomoHome: @FTRC
Social Media: Instagram, Pixelfed, Blog
Camera: Lomo LC-A+
Film: Kodak Gold 200
Location: Berlin to Copenhagen route

I started cycling from Berlin to Copenhagen early in September 2024. Still, I had been thinking and planning this trip for several years. My original idea was to cycle from Berlin to Oslo by my 40th birthday, but COVID-19 happened, and I had to change my plans. The trip was delayed a few times, but I finally started training early in 2024 and decided to split the trip into two sections since I was afraid of how long I would have to cycle to get to Norway.

I don’t think there is a genuine reason behind this trip. I guess I just wanted to know if I could manage to cycle to another country, and that was one of my main goals during this trip. I live in Berlin, but I come from Brazil, a country that is so big that I cannot imagine cycling from my hometown to a different country.

Overall, this bike trip consisted of 7 full cycling days at roughly 70 kilometers per day, with two days of 90km and one test day of 40km. At the end of the trip, I cycled a little less than 700km, with bike rides exploring the Island of Møn in Denmark and other bike rides around Copenhagen and Malmö.

Three moments made a big impression on me. The first was on my second day of cycling when I passed by Müritz National Park, the land of a thousand lakes. It was stunning to cycle through it. Also, it was the first time I spotted any other cyclist on the Berlin to Copenhagen route. The scenery was beautiful, and I often had to stop to take pictures.

The second thing I will never forget was the moment I took the ferry from Rostock to Gedser. Knowing that I was about to start cycling in a different country and that I managed to get there by bike still gets me a bit emotional today. That first day of cycling in Denmark was more than special to me, and I don’t think I will ever forget going through Danish fields.

The third moment I will never forget was my free day cycling around the Island of Møn. In the morning, I rode my bike through some of Denmark’s most beautiful and well-preserved stone tombs and burial chambers. Even though some of these sites are over 5,000 years old, you can still get very close and even crawl into some burial chambers.

In the afternoon, I planned to travel to the opposite side of the island to see Møns Klint for myself. Møns Klint is a stunning stretch of chalk and limestone cliffs located along the eastern coast of Møn. Staying on the island for an extra day was one of my best decisions on this trip. Cycling through woodlands, pastures, and steep hills to reach the GeoCenter Møns Klint was a fantastic experience.

I have done a few day-long trips before, but they were always short trips where I went to a place by bike and got home by train at the end of the day. This was my first time doing a multi-day bike ride, with stops in many cities.

I had never cycled this much, and it was a fantastic experience to travel slowly through Northern Germany and Denmark.

Since you are passing by bike, everything moves slowly around you, and it’s fantastic to enjoy your surroundings and the scenery this way. It was perfect for taking pictures, and the six rolls of Kodak Gold I used there prove that.

The Lomo LC-A+ was the perfect camera for this trip. Its size was ideal for carrying around with me, and the settings were more than basic but not complicated enough to slow me down whenever I stopped for a picture.

I have taken this camera to many places and look forward to taking it on future adventures! I can’t complain about this camera at all.

Whenever I look back at the pictures I took during the trip, I feel like I’ve traveled back in time. This happened because I didn’t focus on taking pictures of just the gorgeous things around me. I took photos of the trip itself.

Some images remind me of a day riding in the rain and the bike lane I cycled along a canal. I have pictures of decaying buildings I saw from the road and weird little shops around Denmark, and everything I documented connects with something I witnessed.

My only advice is to take as many rolls of film as possible and as many pictures as possible; you won’t regret it!

We'd like to thank Felipe for sharing his stories and images with us! To view more of his work, visit his LomoHome.

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written by sylvann on 2025-03-09 #places #around-the-world #berlin #copenhagen #cycling #around-the-world-in-analogue Share Article