Award ceremony for CITY CYCLING 2025

The CITY CYCLING award ceremony during the final event in Rheine
Photo: Kreis Steinfurt

The award ceremony to honour the winning municipalities in CITY CYCLING 2025 took place in Rheine on 26 November. Prizes were conferred in the categories of “Most active local parliament” and “Municipality with the most kilometres cycled” as well as for the best newcomers in each category in five population groups. Outstanding municipal initiatives organised as part of CITY CYCLING or use of the RADar! app were acknowledged with the Golden Spoke and Golden Pin awards.

The event was organised in cooperation with the city of Rheine.

Click here to view the statements from this year’s winning municipalities.
Read the press release on the closing event here.
Press photos

Prize categories

Most active local parliaments

Less than 10,000 inhabitants

1. Eschelbronn im Rhein-Neckar-Kreis

536.36 Parl.-km

2. Emerkingen im Alb-Donau-Kreis

315.6 Parl.-km

3. Altheim im Alb-Donau-Kreis

290.41 Parl.-km

10,000 – 49,999 Einwohner*innen

1. Hagen im Bremischen

166.59 Parl.-km

2. Rhede im Kreis Borken

161.38 Parl.-km

3. Gunzenhausen im Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen

126.93 Parl.-km

50,000 – 99,999 Einwohner*innen

1. Nordhorn im Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim

69.67 Parl.-km

2. Rheda-Wiedenbrück im Kreis Gütersloh

47.63 Parl.-km

3. Ibbenbüren im Kreis Steinfurt

29.58 Parl.-km

100,000 – 499,999 inhabitants

1. Landkreis Bamberg

50.27 Parl.-km

2. Landkreis Aschaffenburg

32.45 Parl.-km

3. Osnabrück

26.71 Parl.-km

More than 500,000 inhabitants

1. Leipzig

21,07 Parl.-km

2. Region Hannover

20.44 Parl.-km

3. Munich

16.99 Parl.-km

Most active municipalities with the most kilometres cycled

Less than 10,000 inhabitants

1. Altshausen im Landkreis Ravensburg

271,624 km

2. Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Obergünzburg im Landkreis Ostallgäu

166,978 km

3. Oettingen im Landkreis Donau-Ries

143,983 km

Best newcomer: Sulzburg im Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald

58,322 km

10,000 – 49,999 inhabitants

1. Tuttlingen

690,028 km

2. Borken im Kreis Borken

520,858 km

3. Leer (Ostfriesland) im Landkreis Leer

519,380 km

Best newcomer: Sulzbach-Rosenberg

131,333 km

50,000 – 99,999 Einwohner*innen

1. Bocholt im Kreis Borken

745,492 km

2. Bamberg

681,184 km

3. Rheine im Kreis Steinfurt

569,217 km

Best newcomer: Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen

435,776 km

100,000 – 499,999 inhabitants

1. Kreis Borken

3,613,378 km

2. Kreis Steinfurt

2,751,614 km

3. Freiburg im Breisgau

2,746,592 km

Best newcomer: Landkreis Diepholz

899,464 km

More than 500,000 inhabitants

1. Berlin

6,938,662 km

2. Region Hannover

4,393,671 km

3. Munich

4,126,728 km

CITY CYCLING special award

Golden Spoke

Bremerhaven

Obersulm

CITY CYCLING special award

Golden Pin

District of Landsberg am Lech

Thank you!

We would like to thank the city of Rheine for their support and for hosting the award ceremony for the 2025 CITY CYCLING campaign with us.