The Cycling Snow-How Experts
The Finnish Cycling Embassy has the leading experts of cycling snow-how in the world. We know how to get people to ride bikes in cold and snowy conditions, and we’re ready to help you do the same!
Facts about cycling in Finland
- 20% of commuting is done by bicycle
- The cycle paths lead almost everywhere: Helsinki has 1200 km of cycle paths and Oulu has 600 km—4 meters for each resident
- 10% of adults cycle at least once a week during the winter
- In the cities of Oulu and Joensuu, about half of the cyclists keep on pedaling through the winter.
Services
Winter Cycling Master Classes
Locations: Helsinki, Oulu, Joensuu
Available from December to April
Experience for yourself a smooth ride on well-built and well-maintained cycle path. On your visit, you’ll meet the planners, engineers, cyclists, and tractor drivers to understand how things are done right. We organize programs where you get fresh ideas on how to get people to cycle all year around.
Presentations and workshops
Locations: Anywhere in the world
Need help in developing cycling conditions in your hometown? Or maybe you need someone to help to make a change in the mindset of your mayor, so he/she’d believe cycling in winter is possible for masses?
Invite us to explain how anyone from kindergarten kids to grannies cycle in -20° C, especially if cycling is made easy.
Ask us for specialists to match your needs: maintenance, planning, lobbying, marketing of cycling, or walking.
Consultancy
Locations: Anywhere in the world
Make a real change in your city and call our experts to help with a specific problem. Our services cover anything from city and traffic planning to winter maintenance, bike sharing, and marketing cycling and walking.
Smart Mobility Services and Plans
Locations: Anywhere in the world
Finland is the leading country of Smart Mobility Services. In Helsinki, just 23% of trips are made by car, and Mobility as a Service is already a reality in the city.
Being a smart city requires new perspectives on how the cities are being planned, built, and maintained. It means new priorities and abandoning old habits.
We help you give the city back to the people as well as embrace the feeling of community and a healthy lifestyle.
News
VeloFinland in Oulu
VeloFinland 2020 in Oulu Welcome to Northern Europe’s biggest annual cycling seminar, VeloFinland, in Oulu 2-3 October 2020. VeloFinland brings together decision-makers, city planners, civil engineers, architects, students and cycling…
The schedule of the International Winter Cycling Congress has been published
The schedule of the International Winter Cycling Congress has been published 14.1.2020 The schedule of the International Winter Cycling Congress has now been published. The congress focuses on promoting winter…
Free Cycling Lessons Empower Immigrants in Finland
Free Cycling Lessons Empower Immigrants in Finland 23.10.2019 In February 2018, the Finnish Cyclist’s Federation (Pyöräliitto) started the Immigrants on bike” project. It is funded by Finland’s state lottery and…
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Matti Koistinen
+358 44 279 5588 / matti.koistinen@pyoraliitto.fi
Timo Perälä
+358 40 706 0415 / timo.perala@navico.fi
Matti Hirvonen
+358 40 419 4555 / matti.hirvonen@poljin.fi
