Napoli. The Napoli Bike Festival returns on Sunday 19 September as part of the European Sustainable Mobility Week for the XNUMXth Edition. As always, the headquarters will be the Mostra d'Oltremare, and in particular the evocative space of the Giardino dei Cedri, with entrance from Viale Marconi.
On September 19th, Naples celebrates its patron saint, San Gennaro. The spot for the XNUMXth edition celebrates this event and also remembers him for the “miracle of the bikes” thanks to the collaboration of a nice Paolo Franceschini – the Comicist, a bit of a comedian and a bit of a cyclist – who takes on his appearance.
THE FESTIVAL PROGRAM
The long day of the Festival will be anticipated on Saturday 18 September at the Bicycle House from 19.00 with the music of Dario Cervo – San Gennaro Bar -, a musician with a unique sound, inspired by all the places he has travelled to, Africa, South America, India, the Balkans, Spain, Cuba, who recently collaborated and played with Jovanotti in his live concerts.
Sunday 19th September at 9.00 am collective bike ride from Galleria Principe to Mostra d'Oltremare. A slow and flat route suitable for everyone. With the invitation to participants to bring a musical instrument, a bell to make the sound of change heard. At the Bicycle House it will be possible to rent bikes.
This year's program will be full of activities for everyone from 10 am to 20 pm. The exhibition area reopens with actors from all over Italy representing the world's leading brands, tests of muscular bikes, pedal-assisted bikes, scooters, cargo bikes, tandems, folding bikes, accessories, clothing.
A large work of street art, created by Antonio Tempesta, will welcome visitors to the Mostra d'Oltremare. It is the largest of those inspired by the bike ever created, linked to the image of the Napoli Bike Festival campaign "Your tool for a change of scenery" which becomes a fun educational path, with a subtle tribute, in the use of the color orange, to Holland for the nation's continuous commitment in the field of cycling.
There are many activities dedicated to children: a bike license, a treasure hunt by bike, the open day of the cycling and mountain bike school, shows and street artists, readings aloud with stories of bikes, space for inclusion with a bike tour for children with disabilities.
There will also be space for book presentations, including the comic book that tells the story of Margherita Hack's relationship with the stars and the bike in collaboration with Comicon. We will talk about cycle-travel: we will talk about the cycle path of the parks of Calabria; a contest of cycle travellers and above all, the bike speaker corner with the most varied testimonies, from the Bike Chef Cristiano Sabatini, who will cook a Neapolitan carbonara, to the journalist Gian Luca Gasca traveller, a convinced supporter of sustainable mobility, to Adele Pomponio Inail Campania who will tell the experience of Casa Rider, to Aart Heering, of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Passi Countries and many others.
Among the workshops planned during the Festival, there is also the cycle workshop on the themes most dear to two-wheel enthusiasts, origami workshops inspired by bikes, a creative workshop in collaboration with Davide Carnevale, Ambassador of the Terzo Paradiso Fondazione Michelangelo Pistoletto. Don't miss the wokshop with Dr. Di Micco's Bike Lab, on the secrets of biomechanics and correct posture on a bike.
The sixty hectares of greenery of the Mostra d'Oltremare will be open to all with food and picnic areas to spend the whole day relaxing. Also in the Exhibition you can rent bikes and participate in the ride to discover the plants and monumental trees, or the one dedicated to the areas of archaeological and architectural value.
The Napoli Bike Festival is organized by APS Napoli Pedala with the patronage of the Municipality of Naples, the Campania Region and Mostra d'Oltremare and with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Italy, Inail Campania and ANM.
Luca Simeone Director of the Napoli Bike Festival “Ten years of the Festival are an important milestone for the city. The ever-growing confirmation that sustainable and cycling mobility is at home in Naples and needs space. This event represents a composite community, which has been a candidate for several years to want to transform the city in the name of a greater quality of life, inclusion, respect for the most fragile, redevelopment and revitalization of the urban space, because promoting the use of the bike serves exactly this purpose”.
Article published on 10 September 2021 - 19:39
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