The SlowUp bicycle events have started for 2024. Ticino was supposed to kick it off today, although I’m not sure how well the weather cooperated.
For those who aren’t familiar with SlowUp, it’s “A day of free leisure activity that can be spent on a bike, skating or on foot along a distance that is entirely closed to motorized traffic…Along the way there are also various entertainment points, food stalls and other parallel activities. The pace and distance can be chosen freely, and you can enter and exit the course at any point.” (quote from myswitzerland.com)
This year there are 21 different routes in various parts of the country.
Here are a few of the events coming up in the next few months:
- 28 April - Murtensee
- 5 May - Werdenberg-Liechtenstein
- 12 May - Solothurn-Buechibärg
- 26 May - Schaffhausen-Hegau
- 2 June - Valais (note: there’s a typo on the website where it mentions 4 June)
- 9 June - Schwyz
- 16 June - Hochrein
- 30 June - Jura
Plus many more in July and August. I’m not affiliated in any way, I just think it’s a cool idea. The website is here (in German, French and Italian): slowUp Schweiz