Berlin DIY Bike Workshops / Resources

In preparation for the Berlin Kick off days – we though we would share some resources with you! Here are some of the Berlin D.I.Y (Do It Yourself) bike workshops and collectives we have discovered so far! Rainbow Factory –  DIY, community http://www.regenbogenfabrik.de/index.html http://www.regenbogenfabrik.de/kontakt.html HubSchrauber – die Fahrradfakultät –     DIY bike workshop, at University but open http://www.refrat.de/hubschrauber/ hubschrauber@refrat.hu-berlin.de    030-2093-4169 Bike Surf Berlin – Free Bike Loans (short term), workshops, not for profit, http://bikesurfberlin.blogspot.de/ 121 Alt jakob strase    bikesurfberlin@gmail.com Uni Rad – DIY workshop at the Technical University http://unirad.blogsport.de/ http://unirad.blogsport.de/kontakt/ http://www.adfc-berlin.de/service/selbsthilfewerkstatt.html Bike Aid – DIY Refugee Bike workshop http://bikeaidberlin.blogsport.de/ Schwartz…

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Looking forward….

Hey, It’s not long now till the biketour wheels out of Berlin to adventures on and off the road, and I thought it might be nice to write a brief post as I’m getting ready! :) I heard about Ecotopia biketour last year around April, and decided to go later on in the summer that year after seeing all the lovely photos and experiences on the 2012 blog. Here’s one from a border crossing to go with this year’s theme: I hadn’t travelled around much with my bike in Europe before, and had never been touring, so I wasn’t sure…

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A short introduction to migration law in Europe

Since this year’s biketour theme is “borders” I thought it might be interesting to write a short introduction to migration law in Europe. I structured it as a tool for people to get acquainted with the legal side of border issues. I believe it’s very important that legal knowledge is open to all, instead of – as is often the case – the domain of “specialists.” The introduction gives an overview of the relevant legal instruments and where to find them (there are some hyperlinks in the pdf). It’s just an outline where it could easily be a book, but…

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Hot off your press!

Check out the Biketour Flyer / Poster design and get printing, cutting and distributing to groups, projects and networks that may be interested to join, or to follow us biketour on this blog. All the 2013 print material is here, including earlier versions. The final versions are “FLYER TO PRINT” and POSTER TO PRINT” All the original svg files are there so you can amend them yourself for T-Shirt / booklet / sticker designs to bring along!!

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