Velonotte (Bike Night) 2014

Velonotte is an annual event where people spend the night on bicycles exploring the city’s monuments, historical buildings and secret places. This year it will take place in Moscow on September 27.

The first Velonotte (from Italian bike+night) took place in Moscow in 2007. Organized by a team headed by Sergey Nikitin, a renowned Moscow scholar of urban history, Velonotte has become an annual event where people spend the night on bicycles exploring the city’s monuments, historical buildings and secret places. Velonotte has been held in Rome,St. Petersburg, New York, Kazan, London and Istanbul.

This year the event is returning to Moscow. Velonotte will be dedicated to Alexander Pushkin, who published his first poem 200 years ago at the age of 15. Leading historians of Moscow and Russian culture will provide commentary during the trip, which will be broadcast on Mayak FM radio station.

To participate, online registration is required. For online payments, the fee is 250 roubles for adults and 195 roubles for children (children are allowed to participate only when accompanied by an adult). For payment at the start of the event, the fee is 500 roubles for adults and 400 roubles for children.