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Friday Video: Is Berlin a Great Biking City?

Have recent moves by anti-bike, pro-car legislators ruined the experience in the capital of a unified Germany? Sort of!

Biking in Berlin in July 2025 is still good.

|Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

We sent Editor Gersh Kuntzman on the ultimate busman's holiday in Berlin: riding around on a bike enjoying the German capital.

But did he? Is Berlin still a great biking city, or have recent moves by anti-bike, pro-car legislators (as well reported by The Berliner) made a dent? Find out in this gripping Friday Video:

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