Rowerowy Rajd Nadziei 2026

Rowerowy Rajd Nadziei is a free charity bike ride in Chorzów, run as part of the local Pola Nadziei campaign for hospice care. It is organized by the Chorzów Hospice association together with Chorzowski Klub Rowerowy, and it works as one shared group ride rather than a timed race. Anyone can register before the start, including organized groups, while minors need written permission from a parent or guardian. Riders gather at the square on Dyrekcyjna Street behind the hospice, where volunteers collect donations for the Chorzów Hospice and new medical equipment for patients. The route is about 18 km and uses city streets in Chorzów, then continues through Żabie Doły, Park Śląski, and the Skansen area before finishing at the Górnośląski Park Etnograficzny. Participants ride under normal traffic rules, which makes the event more like a public community ride than a closed-road cycling competition. Each rider receives a souvenir gadget with the event logo, and the finish includes a family mini-picnic at the open-air museum. Recent editions have drawn about 400 cyclists, and the ride also fits Chorzów’s wider push to log cycling kilometers through the Aktywne miasta app in the city’s bid for the Cycling Capital of Poland title.