Bike and Hike

My name is Joachim Berggren. I’m a CNVC certified trainer and I love adventures.

In the summer and autumn of 2019 I spent 3½ months traveling through Europe and meeting people from the Nonviolent Communication community.

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My project

Peace trip through Europe

My aim is to travel and to meet people interested in communication, connection and building a sustainable world. Together we create the future of our dreams!

6 000 km

Biking

I am going to bike from Stockholm to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France and back
1 600 km

Walking

I will walk the Camino de Santiago back and forth from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostela
On my way

Teaching NVC

Along the way I will offer workshops on Nonviolent Communication (NVC) co-organized with locals
Join me

Be part of this project!

I’m looking for partners to be able to successfully accomplish this project individuals and organizations who are eager to support me on my way through Europe.

Maybe you want to:

  • organize a workshop or lecture in your hometown,
  • offer a place to sleep,
  • offer something to eat when I pass by,
  • join me for some hours or a couple of days by biking or walking?
My plan

Details of my trip

This map shows one possible route from Stockholm to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and back. You could also se locations where people wants to organize workshops and offer me somewhere to sleep and eat. The route will surely change according to which people I get in connection with. If you want to support me, please fill in the form here.

My official sponsors

My adventures

Updates from the road

Biking Home From the European NVC Summer Festival

Biking Home From the European NVC Summer Festival

After one week of rest at the European NVC festival in Denmark, it was time for me to bike home. I didn’t want to take the same path back with the steep hills and valleys along the east coast of Jylland, so i decided to go by Fyn, Langeland, Lolland and Sjælland and...

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My Bike Ride to the European NVC Summer Festival

My Bike Ride to the European NVC Summer Festival

As a part of reaching my goal to do the NVC trip through Europe the summer of 2019, I did a rehearsal this summer of 2018. My goal was to bike from Stockholm to the NVC European Summer Festival at Fynshav in the south of Denmark. My plan was to bike around 170 km each...

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Cross country skiing in the north

Cross country skiing in the north

Within a short future I'm going to launch my new website ”NVC trip”. In short, it's a website which combines two of my passions: endurance training and Nonviolent Communication. Once in a while I will write a blogpost. Today I participated in something I want to...

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Get in touch!

Do you have a question about my next destination? Do you want to offer me some support or join me? Or you just want to have a chat? Get in touch, I’m always happy to hear from you!