Bike Festival Willingen
The BIKE Festival Willingen is from the bike magazine hosted a mountain bike - Festival in Willingen and is one of the largest festivals of its kind in Europe . The festival takes place annually in May and takes place over three days.
history
The first BIKE Festival Willingen was based on the model of the Bike Festival Garda Trentino and took place for the first time in 1998. At that time around 15,000 visitors came to the first festival. Around 35,000 spectators and 140 exhibitors now visit the festival, which was held for the 22nd time in 2019.
Fairground
The festival has been taking place on the Ettelsberg cable car site since 2009 . The fair is open on the three days of the festival and accessible to visitors free of charge.
Events and supporting program
The events include a variety of race formats. The Rocky Mountain BIKE Marathon , which leads over three different distances through Upland, is a sporting highlight . In addition, the second race of the Scott Enduro Series and the German Downhill Championship will take place as part of the festival . On Sunday, at the end of the festival, there will be a kids race, which was held for the first time on the new Velosolution pump track in 2019 .
In addition to the sporting program, there are daily activities and interviews on the subject of mountain biking on the stage at the exhibition center.