Stadtradeln (City Cycling)
Today, I am writing about a cycling event called ‘Stadtradeln’ ( City Cycling), which takes place every year all across Germany for 21 continuous days anytime between May and September. The municipality decides the exact dates.
In Darmstadt, this year, the dates are from 12th June to 2nd July,2023
What is Stadtradeln?
‘Stadt’ translates to City, and ‘radeln’ translates to cycling. It is a cycling competition where all the participants cycle and collect as many kilometres as possible. The duration is three weeks; within this time, the individual or team that manages the maximum kilometres stands to win prizes. The idea is to encourage people to use the cycle instead of the car and help protect the environment. Through this event, improvements to the local cycling infrastructure, if needed, are also brought to the notice of the local governing authorities.
Who can participate?
You can participate if your municipality ( Kommune in German) is participating. You can find out if your municipality is participating using this link:
https://www.city-cycling.org/municipalities
How can one participate?
Check the official website:
https://www.stadtradeln.de/home
It is available in multiple languages.
To participate, one has to create an account. It can be created using this link:
https://www.city-cycling.org/sign-up
You can either participate as an individual OR create a team and collect kilometres as a team OR join an existing team.
Once you are registered, all you have to do is, start cycling and collecting kilometres. Kilometres cycled can be recorded using the stadtradeln app (available for Android and IOS) OR entered manually. What you manually enter is trust-based.
At the end of 21 days, you can check your dashboard to see how many kilometres you covered and how many kgs of carbon dioxide you avoided in the process.
Stadtradeln is indeed an exciting event. Whether you want to do it for the environment, explore places around you, or use the bike to go to work, whatever your motivation is, satdtradeln gives you the opportunity and a reason to do it in a fun way.
In my opinion, this event gives you a sense of achievement and a good feeling of doing your bit for the environment.
You can read about other events in Darmstadt here.
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