The event runs on a cash-only basis, especially on Saturday and Sunday. Bring cash. The country speaks in Polish zloty, not euros. Watch out at ATMs. Many machines will try to “help” you by offering a higher withdrawal amount or showing the amount in your home currency. So the trick is simple. Choose the local currency, PLN. Decline the “help.” Take only what you need. If you bring banknotes, there are exchange offices (kantor) that deal in cash and quiet honesty. You walk in, hand over your euros or dollars, and they hand you zloty. No drama, just avoid those at the Old Town.
Bring your own plate, cup, and whatever you eat with. We’re not doing single-use stuff here. The planet has been carrying enough of our mess already. This is one small way not to add more.
We’re just trying to avoid producing more unnecessary merch than the world really needs. Bring your own T-shirt and have it silk-screen printed during the event at a very affordable price. If you don’t have one, you can buy a blank one at the venue.
Public drinking, like most small rebellions, is not welcome in Warsaw or anywhere else in Poland. Streets, parks, buses: all off-limits.There are loopholes, of course. A licensed terrace, a sanctioned stretch of the Vistula boulevards, little islands where the rules loosen their grip and look the other way. Two districts, Srodmiescie, Praga-Polnoc have gone a step further. They’ve decided that nighttime and alcohol shops should not mix, at least not between 22:00 and 06:00. You can still drink then, mind you. You just need to have planned ahead, like a sensible sinner. Cannabis, however, is another story. It is illegal, plain and simple. Possess it, use it, share it, and you may find yourself explaining your life choices to someone in uniform. Sometimes, if the universe is feeling lazy, small amounts are ignored. But that’s not mercy—it’s just paperwork avoidance. So it goes: the rules exist, the exceptions exist, and enforcement exists too. Whether they all meet you on the same night is a matter of chance.
Syrena squat in Warsaw is one of those places that sit somewhere between home and counterculture. For the last 15 years it operated as an autonomous social center in a tenement at Wilcza 30, right in the city center. For our event, it becomes a temporary home. Group housing for those who don’t mind a bit of chaos with their sleep. You may meet strangers who turn into friends. Or at least people who share your morning confusion. Bring what you need to sleep. Be kind. Respect the place and the people who keep it alive. Housing is free, but any kind of donation to support the collective’s needs is appreciated.
Available from Friday till Monday.Limit: 15 people — a few spots are still open.
We can also host some people in our own homes, so feel free to reach out.
We’re putting this event together as a group effort. Everyone chips in, everyone eats, everyone races. That’s the arrangement.
Here’s the split:
Full membership: 3 days, 100 zl / 25Euro Friday only: 10 zl / 3Euro Saturday only: 50 zl / 13Euro Sunday only: 40 zl / 10Euro
It all goes into one pot — food, races, and everything it takes to make it happen. No machines involved. Paper money works best. Full membership comes with a small extra. The kind of thing you’ll want to keep.
See you out there!
18:00 Welcome Party + Registration, 2Kola Pub, Tunelowa 2B 22:00 Timebomb Co-op Birthday Alleycat 00:00 Afterparty
10:00 Registration + coffee, Solatorium 12:00 Brunch with Ali, Solatorium 14:30 Alleycat by PZKUR, Agrykola Park 17:00 Afterparty at A.D.A. Pulawska
12:00 Brunch-Barbecue with Ali, Fort Agustowka
Registration helps us prepare. No advance payment is required. Please register only if you’re actually coming!
We’ll start gently with a train from Warsaw to Lowicz. The train will leave around 9 in the morning, so please be there a bit in advance. We will inform you personally about the exact departure time, just to make sure everyone knows. If you miss the train, the next one is about 2 hours later. We provide tickets for your journey, but if you’re late you’ll need to take care of it yourself.
From there, we ride.
Our first stop is Slesin, where we’ll stay at a beautiful campsite by the lake — Letnik. A good place to rest, reset, and enjoy the evening. There's also a camping/mobile houses available to rent at the property. Drop us a message if you're interested — but do it before May 1st.
Next, we head to Poznan, hosted by an amazing crew who are also organising this year’s Polish Championships.
Then we continue to Gorzow Wielkopolski, an important spot in Polish cycling culture, known as the place where the first Polish alleycat took place.
The final stage takes us from Gorzow to Berlin. A beautiful ride, often along the riverside, with a few route options to choose from. Feel free to follow the plan or create your own version along the way.
We’ll have plenty of space in a van for your belongings, so you can ride light. Please bring your sleeping essentials: a warm sleeping bag, insulated mat, and a tent or a hammock. May nights can still be a bit cold.
Be ready for some wind, and dress accordingly. Comfort matters more than speed, but a little aero never hurts.
Daily distances will be around 140–150 km, so take it steady and listen to your body.
Ali will take great care of us with breakfasts and warm dinners along the way. Note: we won’t provide breakfast on Monday, it’s too complicated with the train to catch.
We’ll do a whip-round of 50 Euros to cover shared costs during the trip.
Looking forward to sharing this ride together.
We need to know you're coming. Not roughly, not probably — actually coming. Train tickets, van space, campsite spots, food — all of it needs to be arranged in advance, for a specific number of people. That number needs to be real. So please register by May 1st, and let us do the rest. After that date, we can't promise there's a spot for you. There might be, there might not. It's not worth finding out the hard way.
Is a small, informal bar located near Warsaw West Station, which is why we choose it for an opening night. It has a simple, no-frills setup and is known as a non-commercial event space. Card payment is possible, cash is welcome.
Saturday morning will find you in Jazdów Finnish Houses, which is not what most people expect from the center of a capital city. Hidden in the center of Warsaw, there is a small wooden neighborhood —a gift from Finland to the people rebuilding a ruined city. Meant to be temporary. Quick, practical, nothing sentimental. But the city grew around them, and the houses stayed. Not by accident—because people kept choosing them. Today, Jazdów is one of those rare places where something still gets built without cranes and investors. Communities, ideas, small everyday things. Non-profits, neighbors, activists and people who believe a city is more than real estate. It matters to Warsaw more than it looks like it should.
ADA Is what you might call an Active House of Alternatives. Which is a fancy way of saying: people got together and made a place for other people. It runs on human energy. Folks with ideas, hands, and a bit of hope. It’s a non-profit space where things happen because someone cared enough to make them happen — culture, meetings, small revolutions, you name it. One small thing to keep in mind: be careful taking photos inside. Ask people around for permission. Respect privacy. Some places live better in memory than on a screen.
A local screen-printing studio and gallery. It works in a DIY spirit, built by people who like doing things by hand rather than by template. It focuses on artistic prints, street-influenced work, and also hosts exhibitions and workshops.. Collective also run Serwis.
Serwis is a small independent shop in central Warsaw— part store, part creative hub — known for design objects, publications, and apparel. It operates with a similar DIY / independent spirit as nearby alternative spaces.
Well-known tattoo studio in Warsaw, involved in collaborations, events, and projects within Warsaw’s creative and alternative culture circles. Artist-driven place with its own identity, rooted in Warsaw’s tattoo community.
An independent collective of artists from different fields. They built this place themselves, from the ground up, because waiting was not an option. It works in two directions. One goes outward — exhibitions, workshops, publications, events. Things open to whoever is curious enough to step inside. The other goes inward — a real working base. Tools, space, and support, so artists can keep doing their work, not just talk about it. It’s non-profit. It exists because people keep showing up and putting in the effort. Each of them has their own path, their own practice, their own job somewhere else. But here, they join forces and something more happens for the local scene, for art, for anyone passing through. No need to dress up. Just come in and see what’s going on.
Good bike shops are rare. The ones that feel like home are rarer. You know one when you find it. Antymateria is one of those. Every bike designed, assembled and finished by hand. Light, beautiful, built for real people with real taste. The cycling community noticed. It always does. Good bikes, good values. Turns out these things go together. They're also the Polish distributor for Omnium. The cycling world is small and right people in it keep finding each other. They keep showing up for our events since day one, which makes them officially our kind of humans.
If you see a sign that says “Bar Mleczny”, go in. Milk bars are a very Polish thing — simple, affordable canteens that were meant to feed people quickly and cheaply, and somehow they still do. You’ll find homemade-style food: soups, pierogi, pancakes, cabbage, potatoes. No fuss, no reservations. You order at the counter, wait a moment, and eat. It might be hard to find vegan options, but there are plenty of vegetarian ones. Our favourite is Bambino milk bar Hoza 19 str.
For Vegan food, we recommend Lokal Vegan Bistro. It is a casual, plant-based spot in the city center, known for vegan versions of classic Polish dishes. You’ll find them at Krucza 23 str.
If you’re a pizza lover, go to Pizzaiolo. Run by people who like bikes and good food, which is usually a reliable combination. They make what many will tell you is the best Neapolitan pizza in town. There are vegan options too, so no one has to feel left out. Krucza 16/22 str. is the address.
Falafel Bejrut at Corazziego str, 2 offers reliable street food in Warsaw — not flashy, just solid. Fresh ingredients, generous portions. Vegan options.