by Gudrun Eickelberg | Nov 17, 2016
Cycle Streets are an important issue in Bremen. Over the coming weeks we’ll be publishing a short series of posts on the theme. The first comes from Gudrun Eickelberg, a Green politician and artist. In recent years, Bremen’s status as a Cycling City has been...
by Tim Birkholz | Nov 3, 2016
Berlin’s Volksentscheid Fahrrad initiative (VEF), launched in November 2015, has within a very short time kindled an unprecedented public debate about cycling. The “Radentscheid” has become a perennial favourite of the Berlin media (see Media Coverage) and...
by Katja Leyendekker | Oct 20, 2016
Let me introduce myself. I grew up in Germany but exchanged Braunschweig, my place of birth and study, for Newcastle in North England, when I was 23 years old. I am now 43, a Chartered Engineer (Dipl.-Ing) in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Last year, I...
by Beatrix Wupperman | Oct 6, 2016
Jan Gehl – Architect, Urban Planner, Visionary and Humanist Jan Gehl is an experienced architect and urban planner from Copenhagen with a very special view on his environment. Today he has become something of a patron for pedestrians and cyclists. He gained fame with...
by Richard Grassick | Sep 22, 2016
It’s taken a while – over three years in fact – but finally a Bremenize blog has gone live. The idea was hatched in early 2013, as we discussed how we should follow our work on Beauty and the Bike. In late 2009, that project introduced Bremen as a...
by Beatrix Wupperman | Sep 5, 2016
Anyone who has been on a cycle tour of Bremen will know the city’s top attraction Der Stern (The Star). The Stern roundabout sits in the Schwachhausen district, Northeast of the city centre and has seen changes to its layout over the years. Now new plans are afoot....
