Ecotopia Biketour is a self-organized environmental and social activist bicycle tour that has been cycling through different parts of Europe each summer since 1990. On our way we visit social and environmental projects and groups, to learn about their struggles and visions, to exchange knowledge, to create connections and to support them by participating in actions or doing some physical work. Read more about what the Ecotopia Biketour is.

Ecotopia Biketour 2017 will go through Germany, France and may be to Switzerland and eastern Spain. A more specific route will be announced on the website as soon as it is decided. If you have some recommendations for projects, groups and events for us to visit on the way or would like to help preparing the tour, write to 2017@ecotopiabiketour.net. Read more about Ecotopia Biketour 2017.

Biketour concepts

Participation guidelines

Because we all have different visions of life and diverse personalities, Ecotopia Biketour has developed a set of basic values, which helps all of us to create similar expectations from this project.

Self-Organisation

As we oppose any leadership or hierachical structures, the Biketour is organised in an open way where everyone can be a part of.
>how it's prepared
>consensus
>circles

Online Tools

We try to use free and open-source software as much as possible in the preparation process. The same goes for sharing photos and videos in the group.

On the road

Everyone should be able to cycle with the Biketour. Therefore we keep distances low and have scouts going ahead who mark the route. Everyone can follow the signs on their own level of speed. Any tasks like scouting, cooking or pulling a trailer are shared.

=>tasks & rota

=>trailers

=>wildcamping

Food

All communal food on Biketour is vegan and cooked with wood on our mobile rocket stove. Whenever it's possible we go dumpster-diving and buy food from local farmers and small shops.
> veganism
> rocket stove
> dumpster-diving

Activities

We plan and make many activities on the tour: skill-sharing, helping at projects, joining actions and protests, bike-fixing and other events.
> skill-sharing

Latest blog posts

Wintermeeting in Mainz

biketour ianuarie 31, 2010 January 31, 2010

Next weekend from 6th to 7th of February at Mainz we are having a Biketour preparation winter meeting. Laura, Moritz, Yolanda, Sapi, Milan… and I don’t how much people will gather there to start the preparation of this year Biketour 2010. But more important is that those who will not be able to come give their ideas as the input for the brainstorming about many issues which are essential for the preparation of Biketour 2010.

Short video about Biketour 2009

daniel septembrie 3, 2009 September 3, 2009

Dear Biketour-2009 participants! I invite you to look on short video about our tour throught Bosnia i Hercegovina and Hrvatska. Best wishes from Ukraine. Sergiy Paskevych Andrey Sizov

Biketour update for 2009-08-28

biketour august 28, 2009 August 28, 2009

Welcomed with traditional Macedonian song biketour 2009 has arrived. # The Major of Koprivnica welcomed us to the most bike friendly town of Europe! http://bit.ly/4v07s2 # Reception by major of Koprivnica at 13.00. Then on to Mnogo u Malom festival. #

Biketour update for 2009-08-27

biketour august 26, 2009 August 26, 2009

Thursday 9.30 with Priroda i Drustvo critical mass in Bjelovar to support their call for a car-free town center #