The Cracow Cycle Fest 2014 – Program


Accompanying Events 2 - 7 June


  • 2.06. Monday

    Drogami Azji Środkowej - a photo story from a cycle trip around Middle Asia

    Where: C-2 Południe Cafe, Osiedle Górali 5

    When: 19:00

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    Great slideshow and story about the solitary bicycle trip around Middle Asia. The event will be conducted by Kasia Pieruń.

    Invites: ARTzona, C. K. Norwid Culture Centre.

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  • 3.06. Tuesday

    „By bike to the underground? Cracow Transportation Policy after the referendum” – debate.

    Where: Pauza In Garden Club, 12 Rajska Street

    When: 19:00

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    On the 25th of May the Cracow citizens have expressed their support for building the underground and bicycle routes in the city. How does it influence the city investment plans regarding transportation? Together, we are going to debate on possible changes in the transportation policy, including when, where and if at all we are going to be using the underground in Cracow; and how many kilometers of bicycle routes are needed in our city and when are they going to be built.

    Participants:

    • Elżbieta Koterba (Development of the City of Cracow Deputy President)
    • Jerzy Marcinko (Head of the Municipal Infrastructure and Transportation Directorate in Cracow)
    • dr Paweł Kubicki (Urban Sociologist, Jagiellonian University)
    • Marcin Hyła (Chairman, Miasta dla Rowerów [Cities for Bicycles] association)

    Invites: Fundacja Aktywnych Obywateli im. Józefa Dietla and Stowarzyszenie Kraków Miastem Rowerów.

    „Cykliczne Wawelowe” – speed dating for cyclists.

    Where: will be confirmed with the enrolled participants

    When: 19:00

    Details and enrollment: wawelowe.pl

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    Find your second half for the Great Bicycle Ride! Meet over a dozen of people of opposite sex, have a 6 minutes conversations with them and decide who would you like to bike together with!

    Little ARTzona: BUTTERFLY WING - fine arts workshop for children combined with a little bit of English teaching.

    Where: ARTzona, C. K. Norwid Culture Centre, Osiedle Górali 4

    When: 17:00

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    Invites: ARTzona, C. K. Norwid Culture Centre.

    NHmeetup! - multilingual bike lovers meeting.

    Where: C-2 Południe Cafe, Osiedle Górali 5

    When: 19:00

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    Nowa Huta language and couchsurfing meeting. We chat over aromatic cup of tea or coffee in C-2 Południe cafe, exchange languages, ideas, stories, knowledge and smiles. The meeting is open for everybody. For tourists, travelers, couchsurfers, and for non-couchsurfers. For those who want to improve their language skills or want to break fear in speaking, or those who speak fluently. Let's meet up in Nowa Huta!

    Invites: ARTzona, C. K. Norwid Culture Centre.

  • 4.06. Wednesday

    Meeting with the travellers.

    Where: Pauza In Garden Club, 12 Rajska Street

    When: 19:00

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    From Bergen to Trondheim, by bike across Norway (slideshow by Karolina Gajczak)

    Bike, friends and shared passion – you do not need anything more than that! We have biked over 1200 km between Bergen and Trondheim; have been taken aback by picturesque passes; have biked through high mountains and at the seaside; have slept under majestic glaciers and captivating fiords... it is a story about how to organize a bicycle trip of a lifetime...

    Wawel2Wolin. How to bike across Poland with the two-year-old. (Ola, Zbych, Kajtek Gałęza)

    6 wheels, 6 bike travelling bags and 3 weeks. This is enough to bike from Cracow to Boruszyna, bike at the Baltic seaside and around the Bay of Szczecin. We did not rush, cause no one was chasing us. We biked over 1000 km and another 1000 on a train to find out that hydrants are nice, and that you do not drink you evening beer for the pleasure only...

    Invites: Afryka Nowaka

    „Cykliczne Wawelowe” – speed dating for cyclists.

    Where: will be confirmed with the enrolled participants

    When: 19:00

    Details and enrollment: wawelowe.pl

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    Find your second half for the Great Bicycle Ride! Meet over a dozen of people of opposite sex, have a 6 minutes conversations with them and decide who would you like to bike together with!

    Little ARTzona - creative workshop - recycling.

    Where: ARTzona, C. K. Norwid Culture Centre, Osiedle Górali 4

    When: 19:00

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    Little ARTzona prepares artistic-ecological workshops for children, that base on creative play and upcycling (reuse of the used materials). We are going to create toys, jewelry and many more. We are going to show the children how they can combine saving, usefulness and great joy! Subject will of course be cycling related.

    Invites: ARTzona, C. K. Norwid Culture Centre.

  • 5.06. Thursday

    The International Cycling Film Festival film screenings

    Where (1): Pauza In Garden Club, 12 Rajska Street

    When: 19:00

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    Where (2): Kombinator Club, Osiedle Szkolne 25

    When: 20:00

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    Details: miastadlaludzi.pl

    The International Cycling Film Festival is a german-polish project taking place in Herne (since 2005) and in Częstochowa (since 2012). The Festival in Poland is organized by Miasta dla Ludzi foundation.

    Invites: Miasta Dla Ludzi Foundation and Kombinator Club. Free entrance.

    „Rowerowy zawrót głowy” - city game around Nowa Huta.

    Where: Kuźnia Club, C. K. Norwid Culture Centre, Os. Złotego Wieku 14

    When: 17:30

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    Get on the bike to unravel the riddles. Hints are to be found on the route only. Registration and kickoff: 17:30 at Kuźnia Club.

    Invites: ARTzona, C. K. Norwid Culture Centre.

  • 6.06. Friday

    Auto*Mat – film screening (Czech Republic 2009, directed by Martin Mareček).

    Where: Pod Baranami Cinema, Rynek Główny 27

    When: 21:00

    Details and tickets: kinopodbaranami.pl

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    Auto*Mat is a film-happening about Prague activists fighting for the place for bicycles on the cities’ streets and much more...

    The film has been declared a Documentary Movie of the Decade by Czech internauts.

    Inauguration of the 6. Grolsch ArtBoom Festival in Cracow.

    Where: Kombinator Club, Osiedle Szkolne 25

    When: 20:00

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    We would like to invite you to the inauguration of the Grolsch ArtBoom Festival. Under the „100% made in NH” slogan we will present DJs and artists, who had started their journey in NH. DJ Edee Dee, Bohater, DJ Szyman Selecta and DJ Wake Up will turn you on positively for the whole festival.

    Invites: Grolsch ArtBoom Festival

    „Rowerem przez Kraków” art competition for children - results announcement

    Where: Culture Centre Przegorzały, 70 Kamedulska Street

    When: 18:00

    Details: przegorzaly.dworek.eu

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    „You cannot buy happiness, but you can buy a bike, and it is pretty close” – such was the slogan for the art competition for children, that collected 81 works. The awards giving ceremony will be accompanied by the concert of the Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School’s Choir.

    Culture Centre Przegorzały is the author and organizer of the competition.

  • 7.06. Saturday

    Pauze for a bike and Cool Things Market

    Where: Pauza In Garden Club, 12 Rajska Street

    When: 11:00

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    The event includes workshop for children, bike repair workshop for girls, Pimp my bike! – bikes metamorphoses, bike fashion and design market, spare bike parts market and more... all in one!

    Invites: Pauza In Garden and Targi Rzeczy Fajnych

    Partners: Wytwórnia, Dr Albin - Mobile bicycle service

    Program:

    11:00-13:00 Workshop for children

    13:00-15:00 Pimp my bike workshop

    12:00-14:00 Girls on bikes! - bike repair workshop for girls

    12:00-15:00 Spare bike parts market

    12:00-17:00 Bike Cool Things Market

    „Zobacz ROWER” – bicycle city game.

    Where: will be confirmed with the enrolled participants

    When: 12:00

    Details and enrollment: swietocykliczne.pl

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    Invites: Sheraton Krakow Hotel, Level 152 and Stowarzyszenie Kraków Miastem Rowerów

    More details will be revealed after you enroll for the game. This year’s round will be a combination of science fiction, fairy tale and a few more words, that do not allow for indifference...

    Bike Grolsch ArtBoom Festival

    Where: Ronalda Reagana Central Square

    When: 10:00 i 12:00

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    A well-driven tour with the curator, following the NH edition of the Grolsch ArtBoom Festival. Have other plans? No worries! The tour will be repeted a week later, on 14 June 2014.

    Invites: Festiwal Sztuk Wizualnych Grolsch ArtBoom.


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8 June - The Cycle Fest - The Final

  • The Great Bicycle Ride

    Where: Błonia Park (Cichy Kącik tram terminus)

    When: 12:00

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    The Great Bicycle Ride is the culmination of the Cycle Fest. Last year there had been over 3.5 thousands of us! We do invite all cyclists, regardless of sex or gender, cycling skills, age or a bicycle type. Safety will be guaranteed by the police escort, event protection personnel and medical staff. The purpose of our Ride is to celebrate the freedom of moving around on two wheels and to show that Cracow can indeed become a truly bicycle city. We start at high noon and we will cycle the streets of Cracow to the Cycle Fest Final location - Polish Aviation Museum.

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    See the Great Ride route on the map

  • The NH Bicycle Ride

    Where: Roses Av. (from the Central Square direction)

    When: 13:00

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    Last time we were the bigest rally, over 100 people had joined the Cycle Fest from NH. Join the NH bicycle ride and welcome with us the cyclists coming with the Great Bicycle Ride!

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    See the ride route on the map

    Invites: ARTzona, C. K. Norwid Culture Centre.



  • The Final Picnic

    Where: Polish Aviation Museum, Jana Pawła II Av. 39

    When: 14:00 - 18:00

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    Zones on the Final Picnic:

      • ARTzona Kids Zone

        Little ARTzona, from C. K. Norwid Culture Centre, delivers artistic-ecological workshops for children, utilizing creative play and upcycling (re-use of already used materials to create completely new things).

        At the Kids Zone the kids will learn how to segregate waste, why do we need to save on water and how to help out animals in the city. Kids at the Little ARTzona workshop have already made recycling aquariums, bottled cars and cosmic rockets. At the Cycle Fest we are going to upcycle accessories for our bicycles and show our kids how to easily combine economy with great fun.


      • Cycloeducation

        Workshop for the young about essential rules of the road traffic and road safety (including topics like red & light, yield right of way and traffic signs). The workshop promotes also sustainable transportation.

        We invite for the workshop to the Kids Zone tent in two rounds: at 3pm and 5pm. Limited places available! The workshop is held in groups of 20.


      • Dialog Tent – Cycled Cracow, but what exactly?

        In the recent referendum, the Cracow citizens have decided about facilitation of the bicycle infrastructure development. We clearly do want a more cycled Cracow. The Dialog Tent is a place where we can find out from our local leaders, politicians and activists how are they going to make the city more cycled, and therefore more citizens-friendly.

        The Debate starts at 2:15pm in the Dialog Tent.


      • Travellers Zone

        The event will be held by Afryka Nowaka. Meetings with travellers will take place at the Polish Aviation Museum main building (cinema room). We start at 2pm. On the agenda:

        • By bike across Afgan and Tadzhic Pamir - Alicja Rapsiewicz abd Andrzej Budnik (LosWiaheros)

        • By bike to the highest mountain in Jordania – Norbert Skrzyński

        • „Bike is for everybody. Tandem tour to Helsinki” – 80 bicycles around Europe and Travelling Inspiration Association


      • Bike repair zone

        Free of charge small bike repairs for the Cycle Fest participants.


      • Cargo bikes competition - „The Move”

        Cargo bikes competition for all passionate and creative cyclists. We are going to prove that two wheels can carry at least as much as, or even more than four. Presents await the most determined and creative participants. Registration will be held at the Final Picnic.


      • Bike trial show

        Team Dębnicki is going to amaze the Cycle Fest with the Trial show – show of extreme bicycle evolutions. The boys have prepared also a bunch of competitions for the audience with great prizes.


      • Best costume competition

        For years the Cycle Fest gathers crazy and colorful cyclists, who color the city with ladybirds, princesses riding the unicorns, aliens and many more creatures on two wheels. This year we are having a best costume competition, with great prizes. Let your imagination free and present a unique costume for yourself and your bike. Perhaps you will be the winner and get all the prizes, fame and glory!


      • Monocycles

        The zone will be held by the Monocykl.eu Team. They say that they are a bunch of people passionate about one wheel cycling. The dig trial, street, flat, mountain riding and teaching the most. In their free time they enjoy herb-cultivation.

        There are going to be monocycles available for everyone interested and the Monocykl.eu Team will be there to provide you with advice and support.


      • Hand biking show

        Handbike – a three wheeled bicycle powered by the arms, dedicated for those who are not able to ride a regular bicycle. Riding a handbike is a great joy for everyone!

        At the show we are going to see and test a few models of handbikes. For the show invites IKS – The Other Side of Sport. The club has been established in 2012 and its activities aim to popularize sport among people with disabilities.


      • Czesław Wesołowski antique bicycles

        An exposition of antique bicycles from Czesław Wesołowski private collection. Over 100 years old bicycles, revolutionary construction solutions, unique retro design and Mr. Czesław stories. More details: cyklisci-wieliczka.pl.


      • Bicycle locks cutting show

        How easy it is to steal a bike? A thief with solid equipment needs only a couple dozens of seconds. It depends strongly on what do we use to lock our bike. We are going to show you which locks make it easier for the thieves and which present a challenge and usually discourage from stealing attempts.


      • Food Court – Najedzeni Fest Cyclists

        During the culinary festival “Najedzeni Fest” we intend to present the Cyclists with the most interesting culinary initiatives, including restaurants and bars, online shops worth attention, chefs doing culinary workshops, bloggers and tasty publications.

        The “Najedzeni Fest” is a place where we show how many people are passionate about cooking. This time we are going to visit the Final Picnic of the Cycle Fest. See you there!