{"id":48051,"date":"2025-09-09T21:20:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.steinmuehle.de\/blog\/2025\/09\/09\/four-days-three-nights-one-destination-a-school-trip-to-vienna-by-bike\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T07:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:25:10","slug":"four-days-three-nights-one-destination-a-school-trip-to-vienna-by-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2025\/09\/09\/four-days-three-nights-one-destination-a-school-trip-to-vienna-by-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Four days, three nights, one destination: A school trip to Vienna by bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

While others debate the most eco-friendly way to travel on a school trip, one student at Steinm\u00fchle knows he can always top them all: Julius Henkel. Together with Laurenz Stei\u00df, a classmate from the same 13th-grade class, he set off for Vienna by bike. <\/p>\n

Four days, three nights, one destination: The plan took shape for Julius after a comment from his tutor and math teacher, Bj\u00f6rn Gemmer: \u201cWith all that exercise, you might as well bike to Vienna.\u201d<\/p>\n

– \u201cI basically took that as a challenge,\u201d Julius recalls with a wink. Once he found someone in Laurenz Stei\u00df who liked the crazy idea, the matter was settled. <\/p>\n

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Planning begins three weeks before the vacation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Planning began three weeks before summer vacation. We mapped out the route using komoot, the route planner for bike tours. The options ranged from 750 kilometers to a maximum of 950 kilometers. \u201cWe decided on something in between,\u201d Laurenz says. <\/p>\n

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Energy bars, gummy bears, and water<\/strong><\/p>\n

In theory, the duo had planned a short break after 50 kilometers and a longer one after 100 kilometers. \u201cThe 50-kilometer break wasn\u2019t feasible,\u201d they recall, \u201cit would have taken too long.\u201d Their food consisted mainly of energy bars, gummy bears, and water; there was no time for longer stops along the way. Before reaching W\u00fcrzburg, they treated themselves to a bit of sightseeing, then continued on\u2014via Regensburg and Linz\u2014all the way to the Belvedere Palace Park. 60 percent bike paths, 40 percent country roads, both dressed in cycling gear. Julius in sneakers on his new gravel bike, Laurenz in clipless shoes on his road bike. They rode mostly at 25 kilometers per hour, sometimes reaching speeds of up to 45 or even 50. <\/p>\n

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Never thought of giving up<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The first day was the most exciting,” Laurenz recalls. He wasn’t feeling quite up to it, but giving up right away wasn’t an option. Despite the challenges, the two students never considered cutting the trip short. \u201cWe had two dangerous situations along the way,\u201d Julius recalls, \u201cwe were overlooked by cars despite our reflectors.\u201d In the end, both of them avoided any mishaps. At the end, however, Laurenz fell on the cobblestones\u2014the front tire\u2019s inner tube had burst. \u201cBut by then we were practically at our destination.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Support for Food, Technology, and Safety<\/strong><\/p>\n

Julius and Laurenz had two important people with them on their trip, without whom they wouldn\u2019t have been able to pull off this adventure, as they themselves say: Per H\u00fcbl and Lukas Zimmer, also from the class of \u201913. They drove the support vehicle, took photos, and tracked the two cyclists using the \u201cWhere Are You?\u201d feature on WhatsApp whenever they were out of sight of each other. \u201cThey gave us a sense of security,\u201d say Julius and Laurenz of this escort, during which they ultimately covered 822 kilometers of road and climbed 5,620 meters in elevation together. <\/p>\n

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“Great mentally and athletically”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The quartet was greeted with enthusiastic applause and loud cheers by their classmates\u2014who had already arrived by train\u2014and the accompanying teachers in the Belvedere Palace Park. \u201cA tremendous achievement, both mentally and physically,\u201d commented tutor and principal Bj\u00f6rn Gemmer, who, in hindsight\u2014\u201cnow that everyone has arrived safely\u201d\u2014is happy to be identified as the \u201cmastermind\u201d behind the long tour. For him, one of the highlights was that Steinm\u00fchle was able to share in the mammoth tour through photos and videos uploaded to social media. <\/p>\n

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View on Instagram<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to get a sense of \u201ctour.de.wien,\u201d you\u2019re welcome to visit the Instagram account of the same name, check out a post or video there, and feel free to follow the channel. It might come in handy. That\u2019s because our two cycling enthusiasts are planning to \u201cmaybe do a similar tour again.\u201d\u2014We\u2019re already really excited! <\/p>\n

In the photo below showing our large group, the following people are standing in the front row (from left): Laurenz Stei\u00df (road cyclist), Per H\u00fcbl (social media manager in the support vehicle), Lukas Zimmer (driver of the support vehicle), Julius Henkel (gravel bike rider), Bj\u00f6rn Gemmer (tutor and idea generator).<\/p>\n

The second photo, featuring four people, shows (from left): Laurenz Stei\u00df, Lukas Zimmer, Per H\u00fcbl, and Julius Henkel.<\/p>\n

Angela Heinemann<\/em><\/p>\n

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