Barcelona celebrates a new edition of the Festival of the Bike and the Bicycle. This Sunday, 11th of Junethe city has prepared a day in which the bicycle will be the protagonist, to promote safe, sustainable and healthy mobility. For this, different activities are programmed, such as the march under the name bike ridewhich will start at 10:00 am from Aragó street, on the corner with Paseo de Sant Joan, and the Bike Festival 2023 which will take place in the walk by Lluís Companyslike every year, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m..
Workshops and games for everyone
In the Bike Festival 2023located in Paseo Lluís Companys, maintains the entity fair in which the products and proposals of collaborating companies in the sector will be displayed, and a test of different bicycles will be offered, such as ‘cargobikes’ or ‘Bicing’. There are also prepared different activities for all audiences as circuits, workshops or games. And, in addition, the participants will be able to sign up for the product raffle related to the world of cycling.
Bicycle Tour
The Bike will start at 10am in Aragó street, between Paseo de Sant Joan and Sicília street. The tour will last approximately 12 kilometers and will allow participants to pedal through the districts of l’Eixample, Ciutat Vella and Sant Martí. The march will end at Paseo de Sant Joan, where all bicycle fans can go to enjoy the Fiesta de la Bici.
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With exit in the street of Aragó, will continue along the street of Tarragona, Espanya square, Paral·lel avenue in the opposite direction, Floridablanca street, Sant Antoni roundabout, Universitat square, Pelai street, Catalunya square, Fontanella street, Urquinaona square, Trafalgar street, Lluís promenade Companys, Comerç street, Picasso street, Pujades street, Marina street, Llull street, Badajoz street, Almogàvers street, Roger de Flor street, Vilanova avenue and, once again, the Lluís Companys promenade.
🚴🏼♀️ With the motive of the Bicycle Ride and the #FestadelaBici2023 there will be affectations to mobility and various talls of streets.
📆 Light June 11
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— Barcelona City Guard (@GUBBarcelona) June 7, 2023
getting around by bike
It is common in Barcelona to see citizens move around on bicycles, as more than 220,000 daily trips by bike or personal mobility vehicles, 23% more than before the pandemic. The Urban Mobility Plan aims for bicycle trips to go from 2.28% to 5% of the total by 2024.