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Greifswald's little cyclists receive a brilliant kids bike diploma!
On September 30, 2025, eleven primary school children in Greifswald completed the Kids Bike Diploma to learn how to cycle safely.
Greifswald's little cyclists receive a brilliant kids bike diploma!
In Greifswald, where cycling is very popular, eleven excited children between the ages of five and eight successfully completed the fourth course of the popular Kids Cycling Diploma. How ndr.de reported, the closing ceremony of the course took place on September 30, 2025, which was organized by volunteers from Greifswald. The offer, which has been in existence since the beginning of 2024, aims to teach the basics of safe cycling.
Goal and content of the program
The Kids Cycling Diploma is an excellent program for supporting young cyclists. Children aged five to twelve can learn how to drive safely, brake and overcome obstacles in a total of six training sessions. Antje Vogelsang, who is in charge of the course from the cycling team at the HSG University of Greifswald, emphasizes the importance of practicing automatisms in a cycling city like Greifswald. The training offers children the opportunity to learn important driving techniques in a playful way and to master challenges such as curbs and tight curves in a playful way. Loud germancycling-trainer.club The course concludes with a practical driving test, which is carried out at ten different stations.
To give the little cyclists an overview, the ten stages of the completion are as follows:
- Bike-Check
- Richtig losfahren
- Bremsen
- Balance halten
- Geradeausfahren
- Kurven meistern
- Bewegungssicherheit
- Hindernisse überwinden
- Ausdauer beweisen
- Abschlussprüfung
The Kids Cycling Diploma is offered in many German cycling clubs and is designed as a counterpart to the seahorse in swimming. It is developed by German Cycling and recognized trainers, including Marc Schäfer, and supported by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB).
Bicycle safety and traffic education
In parallel to this project, the ADAC the importance of bicycle safety training for children and young people between the ages of eight and fifteen. These training courses are aimed primarily at schools and enable participants to maintain control of their bikes even in difficult traffic situations. Safety aspects, such as wearing a helmet and conspicuous clothing, are also addressed here.
The Kids Bike Diploma is intended to introduce primary school children in particular to the basics of cycling without going into traffic. Instead, the training focuses on the safe control of the bike and care is taken to create an environment in which the children have fun and learn at the same time.
With increasing bicycle traffic in cities like Greifswald, it is essential to introduce the little ones to the rules and challenges of cycling right from the start. After all, they should not only be able to cycle through the streets safely, but also with joy, which best starts with a solid foundation of knowledge.