The principle is as simple as ever: after a short registration on the website www.stadtradeln.de/salzgitter (opens in a new tab) or the STADTRADEL app (opens in a new tab), all participants are called upon to cycle as many everyday journeys as possible and leave the car behind. The aim is to collect as many kilometers as possible.

Anyone can form a team (of two or more people) or join one to take part in the competition for Salzgitter. The inclusion and participation of all people is very important to the organizers, which is why the journeys and kilometers covered by wheelchair or handbike can also be entered on the website or the CITY CYCLING APP. Walking bikes are also permitted.

You can register on the CITY CYCLING website www.stadtradeln.de/salzgitter (opens in a new tab) or via the app www.stadtradeln.de/app (opens in a new tab) even after the start of the cycling event and start collecting kilometers at any time.

Attractive prizes await the most diligent cyclists as a reward. Schools, companies, clubs and other organizations can also compete against each other as teams. SCHULRADELN is a separate competition for schools.

The registration form for participation in CITY CYCLING and SCHOOL CYCLING is available on the website www.stadtradeln.de/salzgitter (opens in a new tab), where you can register for CITY CYCLING and SCHOOL CYCLING.

You can also register for participation via the CITY CYCLING app www.stadtradeln.de/app (opens in a new tab)

Participants can take part in self-formed teams of at least two active cyclists or in one of the seven local teams. Here, participants have the opportunity to cycle as many kilometers as possible for their locality (north, northeast, northwest, east, south, southeast and west) as a sub-team for their own district. In the end, the total kilometers count both for your own district and for the village. This is particularly interesting for those who would like to participate on their own and are looking for a group to collect their kilometers for.

In addition to the most bicycle-active local team, prizes are also awarded to the most bicycle-active job team (company, administration, public authority, vocational school, Ostfalia University, other professional groups) and the most bicycle-active leisure team (families, clubs, associations, political parties and other private groups).

The inclusion and participation of all people is very important to the organizers, which is why the journeys and kilometers covered by wheelchair or handbike can also be entered on the website or the CITY CYCLING APP. Walking bikes are also permitted.

The "SCHOOL CYCLING" category is a separate competition within the "CITY CYCLING". It is about the titles of the "most bicycle-active school" and the "most bicycle-active school class" with the most kilometers per active team member.

Great prizes provided by Radstudio Salzgitter await the pupils competing in the separate "SCHULRADELN" category. The schools with the most kilometers collected will receive a voucher from the city of Salzgitter to purchase new sports equipment.

Further information can be found on the CITY CYCLING website www.stadtradeln.de/salzgitter (opens in a new tab) and by calling 05341/9009940 or sending an e-mail to radverkehrstadt.salzgitterde.

Daniela Happ from the organization team explains how to find the most beautiful cycle routes in Salzgitter: "On the one hand, we offer many hiking and cycling maps in our tourist office in Salzgitter-Bad, and there is also a cycling tour book 'Nördliches Harzvorland', which also contains many attractive routes in the Salzgitter area."

On the STADTRADELN website for Salzgitter www.stadtradeln.de/salzgitter (opens in a new tab) there are also regular tips on which events in Salzgitter can be combined with a bike tour.

Participants can now report problem areas in the cycling network all year round via the city's complaints management website (opens in a new tab) or the complaints reporting app. QR codes for downloading the app can be found at the bottom of the complaints management website.

General ideas on the subject of cycling can be submitted at radverkehrstadt.salzgitterde.

CITY CYCLING is an international campaign of Climate Alliance.

Climate Alliance's international CITY CYCLING competition invites all members of local parliaments to pedal as role models for climate protection and to campaign for greater promotion of cycling. Together with citizens, they should collect as many bicycle kilometers as possible for their municipality. The campaign aims to raise citizens' awareness of cycling in everyday life and raise awareness of the issues of bicycle use and bicycle traffic planning in local parliaments.

Since 2017, cities, municipalities and districts outside Germany have also been able to take part in the campaign on 21 consecutive days between May and September. There are awards and high-quality prizes to be won - but above all a liveable environment with less traffic congestion, fewer exhaust fumes and less noise.

For more than 25 years, the member municipalities of the Climate Alliance have been working with their indigenous partners in the rainforests to protect the global climate.

With around 1,700 members in over 25 countries, the Climate Alliance is the world's largest network of cities dedicated to climate protection and the only one to set specific targets: Every Climate Alliance municipality has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by ten percent every five years. As our lifestyle has a direct impact on particularly endangered peoples and places on this planet, the Climate Alliance combines local action with global responsibility.