From 1 to 21 September, the city of Chemnitz will once again be taking part in CITY CYCLING, the international cycling campaign of the Climate Alliance. In its year as European Capital of Culture, Chemnitz is cycling together with its partner city Düsseldorf, which has adapted its CITY CYCLING period to that of Chemnitz especially for this purpose. Registration is already possible at www.stadtradeln.de/chemnitz.
This expansion of the city partnership to include the CITY CYCLING campaign is intended to further intensify the exchange with the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia and encourage the people of Chemnitz and Düsseldorf to visit each other's cities and engage in dialogue.
Lord Mayor Sven Schulze: "Chemnitz is spinning its wheels! - is the motto of our ever-growing CITY CYCLING campaign. In this special Capital of Culture year, the people of Chemnitz will once again be pedalling hard, this time in tandem with our friends from Düsseldorf, to set an example together for cycling, their own health prevention, climate protection and city twinning."
Rallies and final tour
In addition to joint activities with the twin city of Düsseldorf, Chemnitz residents can also get active during the 2nd Chemnitz rally and an organised cycle tour:
On 6 September 2025, the 2nd Rally Chemnitz will bring together twelve different tours, all of which will end at the Karl Marx Monument and then cycle together to Sports United/Sporty. The twelve decentralised tours will start in Chemnitz and the Capital of Culture region in the spirit of the European Capital of Culture and a shared togetherness between Chemnitz and the region. They are organised by active cyclists from Chemnitz and the region itself. They have different levels of difficulty and lengths: from 1 to 52 kilometres, everything is included. The tours are accompanied by the police from the route from the Karl Marx Monument to the stadium on Gellertstraße.
On 18 September, there will be a joint cycle tour under the hashtag #chemnitzdrehtamradtour2025, which is this year's final CITY CYCLING tour. The almost 18-kilometre-long, family-friendly tour will once again be accompanied by the police along the entire route. Among other things, it will pass the SFZ support centre to draw attention to the issue of inclusion in road traffic.
Further information on the tours will be published in good time in advance.
www.chemnitz.de/stadtradeln