Bladenight

The Bladenight is a weekly inline skating tour through Munich during the summer. For this purpose, streets are closed for a short time on different routes.

 

Location
Project location: Munich; various districts; Bavariapark (start and end point)
Street segment: entire roadway
Project dimension: 14,5 - 23,5km

Time
Project period: several hours (weekly from May-September)
Project frequency: recurring (annually since 1999)

Actors
Initiators: Advocacy (Green City e.V. 1999 to 2019, SkateMunich! e.V. since 2020).
Project creators: Advocacy (SkateMunich! e.V. since 2020)

Construction type
Space elements: none (only road closures by operators)
Material: none
Planting: none

Use
Access: public, limited (duration of event)
Target group: participants (athletes)
Program: event (sports event / demonstration)

Financing
Planning: Own contribution (sports club), sponsoring (sporting goods retailer)
Production: own contribution (sports club), sponsoring (sporting goods retailer)
Material: own contribution (sports club), sponsoring (sporting goods retailer)
Operation: own contribution (sports club, volunteers)

Approval format
Event

Planning context
Thematic planning context ★☆☆☆
Location-specific planning context ☆☆☆☆

Research sources
Own recordings of the authors

Authors
Philipp Endisch, Jessica Griesbauer, Vincent Wenk, Daniel Wolfram

Editorial revision
Felix Lüdicke, Gero Engeser, Katharina Dropmann

Publication/Status
06.12.2022