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On September 25, 2025, the first ever EuroVelo & Cycling Tourism Awards ceremony was held in Balatonfüred, Hungary.

On September 24, 2025, during the EuroVelo conference in Balatonfüred, a vote was held, as a result of which Wanda Nowotarska, representative of the Marshal of the West Pomeranian Province for bicycle transport, was elected to the EuroVelo Council – the governing body responsible for the development of the EuroVelo route network throughout Europe.

On 24 September 2025, in Balatonfüred, Hungary, during the prestigious Cycling Tourism Conference, Poland was unanimously approved as the National EuroVelo Coordination Centre (NECC). This event is a milestone in the history of Polish cycling tourism and a huge success for the Polish Tourism Organisation (POT) and the Association of Polish Provinces.

On 11–15 September 2025, a study visit was held for representatives of cycling media from the Netherlands. The aim of the meeting was to present the network of long-distance cycling routes in Western Pomerania and the international EuroVelo routes. The cycling trip began in Szczecin, from where the participants set off on the Around the Szczecin Lagoon Route, and then continued their journey along Velo Baltica (EV 10/13), a section of the international Baltic Sea and Iron Curtain cycling routes. The trip ended in Kołobrzeg.

Provincial authorities, together with the most important institutions responsible for infrastructure in Poland, have begun joint efforts to develop a network of bicycle routes. On the second day of the Convention of Provincial Marshals of the Republic of Poland in Sulejów, a "Bicycle Declaration" was signed. The document provides for the creation of a uniform, safe system of bicycle routes throughout the country and its integration into the European network.

During this year's summer holidays, we managed to break the record for the number of trips in a single day, which currently stands at 21,330 cyclists. However, you eagerly used our routes throughout the entire holiday period. Let's take a closer look at what tourist traffic looked like in the West Pomeranian Province in July and August.

The long weekend in August brought fantastic results – our counters recorded as many as 51,641 trips , and on Saturday, a record number of cyclists was set – 21,330! On Friday and Sunday, there were...

The cycle route between Nowe Warpno and Rieth (Germany) will be available again to residents and tourists from 6 August this year. This is the result of a regulation published in the Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland concerning changes related to border controls. Olgierd Geblewicz, Marshal of the West Pomeranian Province, appealed for the restoration of this route.

On 12 June 2025, during the international Velo-city conference in Gdansk, the Polish Tourist Organisation submitted an official application to the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) for the creation of the National EuroVelo Coordination Centre (NECC). It is a breakthrough moment for the development of cycling tourism in Poland and an important step towards full integration into the European network of cycling routes.

Is cycling with children of all ages possible? Is it easy? How to organise yourself? What routes to choose? We invite you to read a conversation with Magdalena Bielińska, creator of the vlog Dookoła Koszalina (Around Koszalin) and mother of two children: Mikołaj (10 years old) and Marika (7 years old), who has cycled many kilometres with her children and undertaken journeys at all stages of their growing up: through cycling with her children in a bike trailer, on a cross-country bike (carried on a trailer), with a child seat around town and with her children on their own bikes.