Mobility minister François Bausch (déi Gréng) on 4 July presented the concept for the updated, second edition of the event. Running from 30 July to 28 August, the ‘bicycle summer’ has gathered the support of 56 communes.

Five new cycling itineraries have been added to the existing ones. With 11 paths and more than 450km of itineraries to discover, cyclists will be able explore landscapes--as well as hotels, restaurants and other touristic reference points--all around the grand duchy, though some just for one or two weekends.

To encourage tourism in Luxembourg this year too, the communities participating in the Vëlosummer, as well as the regional tourism offices, will prepare events along the cycling paths, while Move We Carry will transport luggage for cyclists from hotel to hotel for €12 a piece.

The ministry works in collaboration with the Luxembourg For Tourism app VisitLuxembourg, where the itineraries as well as their level of difficulty and other characteristics will be listed.

The Vëlosummer--which during its first edition last year attracted 20,000 participants--is part of the transport ministry’s efforts to motivate more people to use bikes. As outlined by Bausch during the presentation of his in April, the ministry wants cycling to become the second most used individual transport mode in Luxembourg by 2035.

During the pandemic, the ministry had also handed out subsidies to residents to buy a bicycle.