Amazon of Europe Bike Trail - “With bike to the village” event

10-09-2020

2nd International Amazon of Europe Bike Trail Biking festival is in full swing. On Sunday, August 30th 2020, as part of event “Walk through naive” (“Šetnja kroz naivu”) the bike tour “With bike to the village” (“Z biciklinom na selo”) was held.

Bike tour “With bike to the village” through part of route Amazon of Europe Bike Trail in Podravina from Koprivnica till Hlebine was organized by Tourist Board of Koprivnica Križevci County, Association Old crafts Hlebine, Association of woman Bregi and Koprivnica Križevci County, as partner in project AoE Bike Trail.

Bike tour started at Zrinski Square in Koprivnica, where organizers were sharing promo materials to citizens and participants and promoting the project as well. With the police escort, about 40 cyclists first went to Koprivnički Bregi where Association of woman held the promotion of famous Bregi pie ("Bregofska pita"), intangible cultural property of this area. Promotion of heritage of Podravina was continued in Hlebine at estate "Stari zanati" (Old crafts), where lot of artists were presenting their works made in style of Hlebine school of naive art. Cyclists were also present at opening of exhibition of paintings of Zdravko Šabarić with bikes theme.

During the bike tours participants were adherent to epidemiology measures and recommendations issued by Civil Protection Headquarters regarding to COVID 19 pandemic.

 

Programme co-funded by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA, ENI)