Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: Events

Complete as many everyday journeys as possible by bike in a climate- and health-friendly way for 21 days – that’s the goal of Climate Alliance’s international CITY CYCLING campaign. Last year, 79 people joined the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s team and cycled a total of 9,517 kilometres – that’s roughly equivalent to the distance from Weimar to Bangalore in India. Can we maybe break the 10,000 kilometre mark this year?

All members of the university are warmly invited to join the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar team and to help avoid CO₂ emissions and to work together to improve the local cycling infrastructure. Every kilometre counts – whether it is cycled for private or professional purposes. The Sparkasse Mittelthüringen savings bank will donate one cent for every kilometre travelled to projects to improve cycling in Weimar.

Registration and Participation:

1.    Register for free: www.stadtradeln.de/index.php?id=171&L=0&team_preselect=11965
2.    Join the »Bauhaus-Universität Weimar« team
3.    Record all of the kilometres you cycle during the local campaign period from 26 May to 15 June 2023 – either enter them on the website or track them directly via the app

»Whether a professor, member of staff or student, all members of the university have to travel to the university and between the university buildings. Besides walking, cycling is by far the most sustainable option – and is also beneficial to your health. The cycling referendum (Radentscheid Weimar) that was signed by more than 6,000 people also showed that a considerable need for action exists in many places to improve the cycling infrastructure in Weimar. So let’s support the CITY CYCLING initiative together,« encourages the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s Environmental Officer, Steven Mac Nelly.

To further boost team spirit, two events will be held that all interested parties are warmly invited to attend:

Kick-off event at 4:30 pm on 30 May | »Auf Feiningers Spuren« [»Following in Feininger’s footsteps«]
Meeting point: Outside the Main Building
Route: Approx. 17 km | Belvedere Palace – Feininger Tower – Ilm-Radweg cycle route

Final event at 4:30 pm on 15 June | »Schlösserrunde« [»Castle circuit«]
Meeting point: Outside the Main Building
Route: Approx. 20 km | Tiefurt – Kromsdorf – Denstedt – (Oßmannstedt) – Webicht

It’s well worth taking part – not just for the sake of the environment
Climate Alliance awards first-rate cycling-related prizes on the national level to the teams that cycle the most kilometres on average.

See the campaign website for details: www.city-cycling.org

In case of questions, please contact Lena Becker (Bachelor student in Urbanistik; lena.becker[at]uni-weimar.de), Steven Mac Nelly (Environmental Officer; steven.mac.nelly[at]uni-weimar.de) or Carolin Wick (Human Resources Development and Health Management; personalentwicklung[at]uni-weimar.de).

Liability: Participation in CITY CYCLING is voluntary and at cyclists’ own risk.