This year, we will start in Switzerland, spend most of the time in France, and end in Belgium. As always, you can join the tour for any part but we recommend joining for at least one or two weeks.
We are in contact with some exciting projects! They’re marked on the map below to give an indication where we will be, but we will wait with announcing them until we have confirmed that all the dates work with the projects. This page will be updated with new information when it becomes available.
Note that unlike previous years, there is no QINTAW exclusive start. The QINTAW start in previous years was a tool to make the culture of the tour more inclusive to people who are queer, questioning, intersex, nonbinary, trans, agender, or women (QINTAW). In the past years, the bike tour has made good progress in this area. We decided to not have a QINTAW start because it’s less needed and we don’t like to separate people based on their identity when we can avoid it. In addition, some of the problems with FLINTA spaces apply to QINTAW spaces too, and make it so not all QINTAW folks feel welcome.
the route and dates [updated June 10]:
Pontareuse near Boudry, Switzerland July 1 (evening) – July 4 (morning)
Orbe, Switzerland July 6 (evening) – July 8 (morning)
Lentilleres in Dijon July 15 (evening) – 19 (morning)
Bure July 22 (evening) – 26 (morning)
Joigny July 29 (evening) – August 2 (morning)
La Geriais, near Redon August 13 (evening) – August 17 (morning)
Vire August 20 (evening) – August 24 (morning)
Ecotopidu August 30 (evening) – September 3 (morning). We will find the exact location for this on the way.
Modavie, Belgium September 9 (evening) – September 13 (morning)
Nessie, Belgium
Brussel, Belgium
We hope you’re as excited as we are for this year’s tour. Expect inspiring places, new friends, and lots of adventures!
The confirmed projects are published below, keep an eye on this list as it expands.
SunRide System (july 4-?)
During the first week of biking, we’ll bike together with the SunRide System, a nomadic, creative and sustainable collective that bikes around on cargo bikes to make music everywhere. Bring your own instruments to participate!
Pontareuse in Boudry, Switzerland, July 1 (evening) – July 4 (morning)
We will have preparation days at a squatted crop farm! In a context where monocropping, pesticides, and synthetic fertilizers are the norm, where farm land is expensive, and those who are interested in alternative, more eco-friendly, less destructive ways to produce food have trouble finding space to do this, some farmers have taken an abandoned farm and turned it into a thriving place for farming and community. We are honored to start our tour here.
Ferme du Joran in Orbe, Switzerland (July 6-7)
We will have a rest at the beautiful community supported crop farm, Ferme du Joran. We visited this space in 2017 when it was new, and can’t wait to see how it developed in the past years!
Lentilliers in Dijon, France July 15 (evening) – 19 (morning)
The Quarter Libre des Lentilleres was born from a demonstration in Dijon in 2010, after several hundred people came to clear and then cultivated some of the 8 hectares of the city’s only remaining, but long abandoned agricultural land. It’s now home to many different collectives.
Bure July 22 (evening) – 26 (morning)
For decades, this region has been a site of resistance against nuclear power and the waste that comes with it, as this waste is planned to be buried right underneath the region! We are looking forward to staying here and learning about the struggle. Because the fierce resistance, the region is under constant monitoring and surveillance, so keep this in mind when visiting.
Joigny July 29 (evening) – August 2 (morning)
La Geriais, near Redon (August 13-16)
A resting place for travelers in the beautiful countryside.
Ecotopidu August 30 (evening) – September 3 (morning). We will find the exact location for this on the way.
We will find the exact location for this on the way. Ecotopidu is a festival organized by the folks on the bike tour. Bring your workshops, games, music, and anything else you want to share!
Modavie, Belgium September 9 (evening) – September 13 (morning)
Modavie is the affectionate nickname given to a former sandstone quarry that ceased operating in 1965. Since then, the trees have grown, the old roads have been transformed into winding paths and only a few ruins and rusting trolleys bear witness to the site’s former use.
It is now more than fifteen years since these 15 hectares of forest were bought back by a group of friends with the desire to preserve the ensauvagement (meaning here the joyous organic mess implied by half a century of limited human intervention) of the site while experimenting with other ways of living together and coexisting with nature.
There is no longer permanent occupation of the site but the group is aiming to get permit in order to renovate the ruins to host groups.
Nessie, in Nessonvaux Belgium
An autonomous social center in a small town. It’s being cared for by around 10 people who live in the space who bought it after it needed renovations because of the floods in 2021.
Brussel, Belgium