Exodus Baltics Cycling Tour 2026
Here are my photos from our recent group cycling trip to the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Cheers,Nige.
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Estonia
Tallinn
Old Town walk (before the tour started)
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Hooded crows - I've never seen these before.
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Estonia Theatre, home of the national opera.
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Freedom Square - the Talinn Marathon took place this weekend.
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St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Tallinn TV Tower (Tallinna Teletorn)
Botanical Gardens
Old Town, after our group welcome meal
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Government Office, lit in solidarity with Ukraine.
Morning group walk around Old Town
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One of The Three Monks of the Danish Garden.
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Peeping Tom house (ballet school opposite!).
Day 3 ride - Lahemaa National Park
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Some people never grow up ...
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On a footbridge with Carol and Qing.
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Pretending to swim in the Gulf of Finland.
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The gang at Sagadi Manor House.
Day 4 ride - along the shore of Lake Peipus
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Shore Arch (new), Kallaste.
Tartu
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Mural of the university that's visible further back.
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The tallest pub in the world.
Day 5 ride - the last in Estonia
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Sangaste Castle, with its robot lawnmowers.
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In the border town of Varga with Carol and John.
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One of the many border crossing points.
Latvia
Riga
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Daytime view from our hotel rooftop restaurant.
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Nighttime view from our hotel rooftop restaurant.
Day 6 ride - Riga to Jurmala
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Mo riding on the beach at Jurmala.
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Chris, Helen and I swim in the Baltic.
Riga city centre
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House of the Blackheads (unmarried tradesmen).
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Tree covered with bird boxes, Esplanade Park.
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View from the Radisson Blu Skyline Bar.
Riga Dome Cathedral
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The organ with over 6,000 pipes.
Lithuania
Day 7 ride to Klaipėda
Hill of Crosses
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Whenever the Soviets bulldozed them, Latvians replaced them.
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François in a messianic moment.
Lunch stop
Day 8 - exploring Klaipėda
(While the rest of the group rode the Curonian Spit National Park.)
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Much building work was going on.
Day 9 - Kaunas (wet riding for some)
Around Kaunas Castle
Strolling around town
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Church of St Francis Xavier.
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... apart from a presidential election!
Day 10 - riding around Trakai, finish at Vilnius
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The Manor seen from the lake on our boat ride.
Walking around Vilnius
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Easter egg (was originally elsewhere).
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Orthodox church of the Holy Spirit.
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A portal linked to exotic places like Ipswich!
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Church of St Casimir (background).
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Presidential Palace of Lithuania.
© Nigel Hymas 2026
