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RUGIA (German: Rügen) - the largest island in Germany, located in the southwestern part of the Baltic Sea, best known for its massive chalk cliffs reaching up to 118 m above sea level. In this section, a ride on the western part of the island: Stedar - Bergen on Rügen - Trent - Wiek - Lancken - Putgarten - Vitt - Glove - Sagard - Stedar. Distance ~110 km. Unfortunately, due to completing a specific challenge on the first day of the May Day holiday, the entire schedule of our stay on the island changed. The ride on the eastern part of the island was significantly shortened. From the planned 120 km, we did 90 km. The next day I had to take a break to rest my knee, as recommended by the doctor. This left me with 1 day of sightseeing, i.e. a trip to the island of Hiddensee. Fortunately, the wound healed quite nicely and the injury did not cause additional ailments such as problems with motor skills or additional swelling. Rugia - my first impression. Rugia is just like in the picture. The eyes can rest here from the garish facades of buildings, huge signs, banners, advertisements, booths and tents with souvenirs made in China. On the other hand, coherent architecture dominates here, in which Prussian walls and thatched roofs are not uncommon. On Rugia, they really care about the coherence of the cultural landscape and about the new matching the old. And what does Rugia offer us cyclists? The entire island is intertwined with very good quality cycle paths. Most of them run along the main roads. These are smooth as a table asphalt paths, ideal even for road bikes. In addition, away from the main roads, you can come across many gravel pedestrian and cycle paths. All trails are well marked. And even if something unexpected happens to us on a trip, such as a bicycle failure or injury, you can get on a bus from practically anywhere on the island and reach any town or even village. The entire island is very well connected by bus network. These are city buses, so they have space to transport bikes inside the vehicle. Unless you are unlucky (like I was) when on Sunday, due to crowds and queues to Jasmund Park, the bus driver did not want to take me with my bike to Sassnitz. He refused even when I showed him the wound and informed him that I wanted to get to the nearest doctor urgently, which was Sassnitz. I invite you to watch the film.