This summer eight designers have participated in Daytrippers, a collaboration between V&A Dundee and Local Heroes aimed at supporting Scottish designers by commissioning contemporary, limited-edition souvenirs. These will be displayed and sold outside V&A Dundee until the end of September, bringing exciting design outdoors to the museum’s picturesque waterfront location.
Leila is a social enterprise in Bologna. They have a range of tools that local citizens can hire. To make the service more user-friendly they are using a Christiania Bike, and take part at community events. The box is custom made by a local hacker space; its lid transforms onto
Nestrans, the North East Transport Scotland Transport Partnership, is making four electric Christiania Bikes available for a free trial of up to one year. The project is one of the elements of the forthcoming introduction of a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in the city centre later this year. One of
Several London community centres and food banks are using cargobikes to distribute food parcels to vulnerable people who have been self-isolating. The Christiania tricycle with its capacious square cargo box can accommodate many parcels These images have been taken by a wonderful video by John Williams. [Watch his channel, focused
The lockdown has affected church services as well. The vicar at St Peter’s church in Notting Hill, Reverend Pat Allerton has hired a Christiania bike from London Green Cycles, to project his sermon and a powerful Amazing Grace to the local community. He also rides to major hospitals where patients
Last year the Tyrolean State Museum hosted an exhibition called “FRISCHLUFT? FREIHEIT! FAHRRAD!” The museum has a Christiania Bike available for its visitors. Arne Behrensen tried it. On the eve of our booked day, I look at the small but interesting special exhibition. I can take the Cargobike for the following
From Cardiff Cycle Chic Johnny has been working billboards in Cardiff for over 20 years. In the early days, Johnny used to dress up as a teenager and rode his BMX around the city early in the morning, pretending to be a paperboy. “I never got caught” he says, “not
There is no better way to make a group of toddlers happy than appearing with a bike full of balance bikes. David Pitcher runs Wheely Tots, a charity that helps family with young children try balance bikes and cargobikes. They run sessions at various parks near their base in North
When the first Christiania Bike was created, Hans, youngest son of Annie and Lars, the founders of the company, was not yet born. Since Bike #1, (a birthday present from Lars to Annie), the company has moved from a workshop in Christiania, to a barn in Bornholm to a factory
Brooke Fossey bought a Christiania Bike to transport her two children a few years ago. The older boy is now riding his own bike, but Brooke has found a new use for her beloved bike. Brooke is an expert baker and from her kitchen she prepares a selection of fresh
