Jena cycles for a good climate!

Poster Stadtradeln 2023

© Stadt Jena

People will be pedaling again from Saturday. That's when the Climate Alliance's CITY CYCLING campaign begins, in which Jena is participating for the 12th time. The competition takes place from 02. to 22.09.2023. Anyone who lives, works, belongs to a club or attends a (high) school in Jena can take part. The aim is to cycle as many distances as possible in a climate-friendly way and collect kilometers for your own team, school class or municipality. At the same time, the aim is to promote more cycling.

"I'm looking forward to seeing lots of cyclists pedaling for the climate again this year. The best thing about city cycling is that we all win. By avoiding CO2 emissions, the environment, the climate and all citizens in the municipalities benefit from less traffic congestion, less exhaust fumes and less noise," says Mayor and Head of Urban Development and Environment Christian Gerlitz.

Registration and prizes

Anyone wishing to take part can simply register on the CITY CYCLING website(link is external), join a team or set up their own. The kilometers cycled can either be tracked with the CITY CYCLING app(link is external) or subsequently entered online in the user profile on a trust basis.

The best three teams in each of the following categories will be awarded a trophy:

• the most active cycling team (km/cyclists)
• the largest team
• the team with the most kilometers cycled

Prizes for Jena schools

Once again this year, there will be a separate evaluation category for Jena school classes. The most active schools with the most active participants (as a percentage of the total number of pupils) will be awarded donations for their support associations.

• 1st place 300 euros
• 2nd place 200 euros
• 3rd place 100 euros

SCHOOL CYCLING in Thuringia

In addition to the competition for schools in Jena , this year for the first time there is a Thuringia-wide ranking with the SCHULRADELN. Prizes will be awarded to the schools with the

• most bicycle kilometers (absolute)
• Most bicycle kilometers per participating person (per capita average)
• Most active participants (percentage)

When registering on the SCHULRADELN website(link is external), it is important to select the "School cycling competition" option.

Kick-off tour to the Leuchtenburg

At the start of the CITY CYCLING competition, another kick-off tour will take place on 2.09.2023. This time we will cycle to Leuchtenburg Castle. Meeting point is at 12:45 pm behind the Paradiesbahnhof in Jena. The 22 km tour starts at 13:00 and mostly follows the Saale cycle path towards Kahla. Admission to the castle and the guided tour are free for participants on the kick-off tour. The return journey to Jena is made individually by bike or train from Kahla. If you would like to join us, please register in advance at stadtradeln@jena.de(link sends email).

Best result in 2022

Last year, the city of Jena achieved its best result to date. A total of 2,152 people in 120 teams took part in the CITY CYCLING campaign in the City of Light and together covered around 363,480 kilometers by bike.