The #BIKEYGEES e.V. offers cycling lessons for women and girls (from 16 years). This includes not only practical cycling training, but also multilingual traffic lessons and bike repair basics.
We started in September 2015 as a small empowerment project, and in the meantime we have grown into a non-profit association for educational and integration work.
We help break down barriers: origin, religion and status are irrelevant. Every woman in the world should be able to ride a bike. And be allowed to. Because we believe that cycling is a human right.
We are delighted to present our new mobile cycling training programme, ‘YallaFAHR – Women on Bikes’. It is a low-threshold self-learning concept that is easy to follow and participate in. We get things rolling and show you how it’s done.
Depending on your needs and situation, we offer consultations, online tutorials or even on-site workshops. We also provide traffic safety lessons with photos/pictograms, multilingual information material and explanatory videos. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV) with funds for the implementation of the National Cycling Plan.
We would also like to express our heartfelt thanks to all our other supporters, because only together are we strong.
#cyclingisfreedom #FahrradFahrenIstEinMenschenrecht
Winner of the
German Bicycle Award 2018
On 22. February 2018, our work with the 1st place of the German Bicycle Prize.
Training dates
The open cycling trainig will be at Jugendverkehrsschule Wilmersdorf, Bundesallee 164, 10715 Berlin (free of charge, from the age of 16, please leave children at home).
The open training session is expected to start on Sunday, 19 April 2026. (Please check the weather forecast the evening before).
Please wear flat shoes (e.g. trainers) to all sessions, girls aged 16 and over, leave children at home and bring your enthusiasm.
Stay visible, healthy and active: Never again is now!
The open dates for the Women*March campaign month, please note that locations may change:
24.03.2026 von 14:00 – 17:00 Uhr, Jugendverkehrsschule Spandau, Borkzeile 34, 13583 Berlin (Entrance: to the left of Askanier Primary School)
30.03.2026 von 11:00 – 14:00 Uhr, Jugendverkehrsschule Marzahn, Borkheider Str. 30, 12689 Berlin
31.03.2026 von 14:00 – 17:00 Uhr, Jugendverkehrsschule Treptow-Köpenick, An der Wuhlheide 193, 12459 Berlin (Entrance is somewhat hidden in the woods)
07.04.2026 von 13:00 – 16:00 Uhr, Jugendverkehrsschule Hellersdorf, Erich-Kästner-Straße 100, 12610 Berlin
Registration not necessary.
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#BIKEYGEES e.V.
We believe that cycling is a fundamental building block in helping newcomers (re)gain individual mobility. Women in particular often need support in this regard. Many journeys are made on foot. They feel isolated in their accommodation/flats, for example. Cycling offers an obvious solution for exploring their new living environment. However, we are open to all women.
Therefore, beyond the intercultural aspect, it is important for us to see the possibility of cycling as a sustainable approach to ensuring mobility and independence. The initiative is intended to strengthen the perspectives and hopes of those who have lost their own space of action as a result of the loss of their homeland.
The association #BIKEYGEES e.V. with its holistic approach, he tries to combine a wide variety of aspects such as empowerment, independence, CO2-neutral mobility, outdoor movement, joie de vivre and shared experiences of success. In addition, he bridges the gap between physical exercise, exuberance and joy to the active use of the newly acquired vocabulary. The common goal leads to the reduction of fears of contact on all sides. It’s just damn fun. For all involved.
Foto: © Tanja Schnitzler
Quickly visible successes
women & girls on a bike
donated bike-sets
realised bike lessons
Every woman in the world should be able to ride a bike. And be allowed to!
Because cycling is a human right.
Blog
🚴♀️ Over 2,000 women and girls on bikes – mega 🚴♀️♀️😘
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🚴♀️ Our record year 2023 – thank you 💜
Dear supporters, First of all, we want to say THANK YOU to you all. We beat our own record in 2023: 💜 Never before have we got so many women on bikes in one year! 🤩🚴♀️ In exact figures: 10 training sessions a week - EVERY week, in the core period from May to...
💜 8 years #BIKEYGEES and Royal compliments😉🚴♀️
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Awards
German Bicycle Award 2018
On 22. February 2018, our work with the 1st place of the German Bicycle Prize.
Active for Democracy and Tolerance 2017
The Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance against Extremism and Violence pays tribute to exemplary and worthy of civil society projects.
RESPECT wins! 2018
The Berlin Council for Democracy honours projects and people who are committed to a democratic and peaceful coexistence in Berlin.
Hatun-Sürücü-Price 2017
The Green Group in Berlin awards the Hatun-Sürücü Prize to initiatives that promote the self-determined lives of girls and women.
Team
A complete team #BIKEYGEES photo probably never works, therefore simply partial gro up photos. Some are founding women, others have learned cycling with us and are now working as multipliers for us. Some have been there as fee-paying staff for a while. Some have an escape background, others don’t. But: we all like to ride bicycles!
Thank you for your support!
Credits
The project ,,YallaFAHR” is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV) with funds for the implementation of the National Cycling Plan • #BIKEYGEES is supported by •B.U.N.D. • Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband, Landesverband Berlin e.V. • Philipp Döring • Stiftung Berliner Sparkasse • vostel.de •
Donations
Please support our work. Every donation helps to create visible change. Name bank account: #BIKEYGEES e.V. ◇ IBAN: DE58 1005 0000 0190 6274 84 ◇ BIC BELADEBEXXX ◇ Berliner Sparkasse.
We can give you also a tax refundable bill.
Donations via PayPal
#BIKEYGEES in den news
- NPR, ,,The Joy of Riding”
- The Guardian– „The feeling of freedom“
- Corriere della Sierra ,,Donne che insegnano alle donne (ad andare in bici)”
- Upworthy ,,Refugee women who flew war experience the joy of riding bikes for the first time”
- Solutions Journalism ,,The Power of Bike Education”
- culture trip – „Helping Refugees Ride a Bike“
- Times of India – ,,Wheels of Change”
- What Wikipedia Says
- Fair Planet – „Cycling against isolation“
- Meeting the Queen Consort Camilla & Elke Büdenbender
- eunews – „A Berlino l’emancipazione delle rifugiate fa pedalate da gigante“
- Umweltzone Berlin – BUND beglückwünscht zum Deutschen Fahrradpreis
- Mobile Inclusion – „Wenn das Fahrrad Möglichkeitsräume eröffnet“
- taz –„Es gibt mir Freiheit“
- Berliner Abendblatt ,,Selbstbestimmt auf zwei Rädern”
- Stiftung Berliner Sparkasse – ,,Jede Frau auf der Welt sollte Fahrrad fahren können und dürfen!“