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Stiftung Swiss Bike Park · non-profit · national · since 2019

Making Switzerland a better place by bike.

Swiss Bike Park · Oberried

“We want to make Switzerland a better place by bike — by positively influencing the climate, health and the way we live together.”

Stiftung Swiss Bike Park is a unifying project for the whole of Switzerland: it promotes exercise and health, sustainable mobility, and safety and prevention on the bike.

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Our mission

“The idea of a bike park for bike fans grew into the vision of a unifying project for the whole of Switzerland.”

“The purpose of the Foundation is to promote sporting and health-enhancing activity among the Swiss population. Its main focus is on cycling.” — non-profit and without any profit motive, guided by the core principle “Experience & Learn”.

30,000 m² Park grounds — free of charge and open to everyone
26,000 visitors per year
10,000+ children and young people per year

Three focus areas

Making Switzerland a better place by bike

The Foundation concentrates its impact on three focus areas — from grassroots sport and sustainable mobility to national prevention work.

Children riding on the pump track at the Swiss Bike Park, with an Alpine panorama
Children riding on the pump track at the Swiss Bike Park, with an Alpine panorama

Focus area 01

Movement & Health

Cycling is probably the most natural way to get people of all ages moving. The Foundation makes starting out as easy as possible — “the perfect training and unforgettable biking fun for every age and every level”.

  • J+S seasonal courses — MTB and Pump & Jump, March to September
  • Camps — slopestyle and MTB, bilingual German/French, plus girls-only camps
  • “Ready to Ride” — free taster session
  • Schools & Ferienpass — special rates, guided rides and bike rental
  • Inclusion — free handbike taster courses, Cerebral Bike Day, all-terrain wheelchair (JST Multidrive)
  • MyBikeDay — national experience day for school classes
  • Next generation — Sports Academy, Valiant GP, training base for the national teams
10,000+ children and young people are reached by the Foundation every year — through school visits, camps and J+S.
Group of handbike riders on a trail in the Swiss Bike Park
Free handbike taster courses
Person with a JST all-terrain wheelchair on a trail
All-terrain wheelchair (JST Multidrive) on the trail
«A place of movement becomes a place of encounter, too — entirely in the spirit of inclusion.»

Handbike taster courses, the Cerebral Bike Day and special bikes such as the JST Multidrive all-terrain wheelchair open up the park to people with disabilities — together with partners such as PluSport and ORTHO-TEAM.

Four riders standing on a gravel mound, the sun shining through between them
Four riders standing on a gravel mound, the sun shining through between them

Focus area 02

Sustainability & Mobility

Around 30% of Switzerland’s greenhouse gas emissions come from transport, and around 50% of commuters travel by car (EnergieSchweiz). The bike is part of the answer — and the Foundation builds the bridge from leisure to everyday life.

  • RideSmart — workplace cycling promotion for companies, in cooperation with EnergieSchweiz
  • Competence Centre “Swiss Tourism and the Bike” — 13 tourism partners and bike packages
  • Bike2school — in 2026, an expected 1.2 million bike kilometres on the way to school
  • Minergie-A operations building (2023) — 75 kW PV system, Swiss timber hybrid construction, district heating and heat pump
  • 360 trees planted and sustainable travel to the park — PubliBike promotion, shuttle from Thörishaus Dorf

“With RideSmart, we want to empower companies to rethink mobility. A sustainable mobility culture begins in everyday life…”

Thomas Binggeli, Foundation Board
1.2 million km is the distance children are expected to cycle to school with Bike2school in 2026 — roughly 30 times around the Earth.
A child being coached while mountain biking in the Swiss Bike Park
A child being coached while mountain biking in the Swiss Bike Park

Focus area 03

Safety & Prevention

“The Foundation promotes healthy and safe use of the bicycle by children and young people and, alongside technical and riding skills, aims to teach them safe and considerate behaviour in road traffic.”

Purpose clause of the Foundation
  • ITRS — International Trail Rating System — objective five-level trail rating, developed with IMBA Europe, supported by SECO Innotour
  • bfu guide “Bike and Skate Parks” — (full-face) helmet and body protection recommendations, starting with small features
  • bikecontrol — riding safety programme as part of the MyBikeDay alliance
  • How-to videos — digital learning aids for the whole of society, with Swisscom, Mobiliar, ÖKK and BKW
  • Guides with bfu training — bfu E-Bike Instructors and J+S leaders
  • Veloforum — national platform for cycling policy: mobility, innovation, participation
>1,300 riders took part in the ITRS development survey — attracting international interest.
«No one is too old or too young for it.»

National projects

Impact far beyond Oberried

The Foundation develops programmes, standards and platforms that take effect across Switzerland — from trail ratings to cycling policy.

Riders at the national training race in the Swiss Bike Park
National training race in the Swiss Bike Park — the Foundation is the training base of the national teams.

  1. ITRS — International Trail Rating System

    Objective five-level rating system for mountain bike trails: technique, endurance, exposure and wilderness.

    IMBA Europe SECO Innotour
    >1,300 survey participants

  2. RideSmart

    Workplace cycling promotion for companies — with free advice and a toolkit.

    EnergieSchweiz Thömus
    Active 2025/26

  3. Veloforum Schweiz

    National networking platform for cycling policy — politics, public administration, academia and sport at one table.

    Swiss Cycling Stiftung Swiss Bike Park
    Next edition: 14 September 2026, BERNEXPO

  4. MyBikeDay

    National cycling experience day for school classes across Switzerland.

    Pro Velo bikecontrol DÉFI VELO Stiftung Freude herrscht
    24 June 2026 · ~600 children

  5. Bike4Kids

    Charity team event on two wheels — the proceeds fund the MyBikeDay.

    Stiftung Freude herrscht
    CHF 5,000 per team · max. 20 teams

  6. Competence Centre “Swiss Tourism and the Bike”

    Knowledge and product platform for bike tourism — including bike packages.

    13 tourism partners
    Ongoing

  7. Sports Academy Solothurn

    Training base for the cycling classes — elite sport and school combined.

    Since April 2021
    Alumni include Marc Hirschi, Kathrin Stirnemann, Luke Wiedmann

  8. National bike park funding

    Supports public, holistic bike park projects across Switzerland: for all age groups, inclusive, focused on riding safety, health and mobility — open to the public and free of charge or very affordable.

    Nationwide
    4 funding conditions

  9. Snow sports instructors become bike guides

    Training snow sports instructors to become bike guides — for year-round employment.

    Swiss Snowsports Swiss Cycling
    ~350 trained

  10. Valiant GP

    National kids’ downhill race series for the U5 to U13 categories — the season finale takes place in the Swiss Bike Park.

    Kids’ race series
    ~200 children at the finale

  11. Swiss Bike Park App & A-Sport

    Transponder-free timing and AI-based jump analysis — innovation right on the trail.

    Liip Swisscom
    Digital & innovative

Impact in figures

What the Foundation sets in motion

26,000 visitors per year
10,000+ children and young people per year
40,000+ children per year in the national programmes
1.2 million km Bike2school bike kilometres on the way to school (2026, projected)
~600 children at the MyBikeDay 2026
360 trees planted
CHF 21M investment in the Swiss Bike Park
13 tourism partners in the Competence Centre

Partners

Backed by strong partners

The unifying project thrives on its broad alliance of business, institutions and sport.

Presenting Partner

  • Swisscom
  • BKW
  • die Mobiliar
  • Securitas
  • ÖKK
“…serves young and old alike — helping people actively commit to their health … and learn to handle the bike safely, on and off it.”
Stefan Schena, CEO ÖKK — on the Swiss Bike Park

Partners

Thömus Huawei Gustoil

Co-Partners

Das Team Kuratle Datasport Planzer Stiftung Freude herrscht Scott GVB Twerenbold Beekeeper

Institutional supporters

NASAK Innotour/SECO Swiss Cycling Kids Academy Burgergemeinde Bern Loterie Romande Fuss & Velo Köniz Sports Academy Solothurn Swisslos Gemeinde Köniz Swiss Cycling Swiss Snowsports

Inclusion partners

Stiftung Cerebral Walter Haefner Stiftung Schweizer Paraplegiker-Stiftung PluSport ORTHO-TEAM Ernst Göhner Stiftung Stiftung Denk an mich Schweizer Paraplegiker Vereinigung, among others

Suppliers

Avesco Input Consulting PubliBike Creaholic Flying Metal Velosolutions, among others

Tourism partners

Adelboden Arosa Davos Klosters Gstaad Interlaken Fribourg Jungfrau Region Naturpark Gantrisch Bern Welcome, among others

Patronage committee

Around 57 public figures

from politics, business and sport champion the Foundation’s vision.

Co-chairs: Flavia Wasserfallen and Werner Salzmann, members of the Council of States

Also involved: former Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann · Urs Wietlisbach (Partners Group / Sporthilfe) · Margarita Louis-Dreyfus · Yozo Shimano (SHIMANO Japan) · Jürg Stahl (Swiss Olympic) · Urs Lehmann (Swiss-Ski) · Mathias Flückiger · Christoph Sauser · Alessandra Keller

Lighthouse project

The park as a lighthouse

Since its opening in October 2019, the site in Oberried near Bern has grown “from a greenfield site into what is probably the largest bike park in Switzerland”.

“As an attractive meeting place and venue for prevention for the entire population, it acts as a lighthouse project and a tourist magnet, connecting the needs of elite, grassroots and disability sport.”

Admission is free: the entire facility is open to the public at no charge. The Red Bull UCI Pump Track World Championships were held here back in 2019.

Free admission 30,000 m² Red Bull UCI Worlds · 5,000 25% of visitors from French-speaking Switzerland 2021: nominated for the Milestone Innovation Award
Visit the park website
Packed grandstands at the Red Bull UCI Pump Track World Championships in the Swiss Bike Park
Red Bull UCI Pump Track World Championships 2019 in the Swiss Bike Park.
Aerial view of the entire Swiss Bike Park Oberried site
Aerial view of the entire site in Oberried.

The Foundation

Non-profit since 2019

Stiftung Swiss Bike Park is a non-profit foundation with no profit motive, based in Niederscherli near Bern.

Purpose clause

“The purpose of the Foundation is to promote sporting and health-enhancing activity among the Swiss population. Its main focus is on cycling.”
Founded
3 September 2019 — the park followed in October 2019
Registered office
Oberriedgässli 6, 3145 Niederscherli (Köniz BE)
Commercial register
CHE-395.166.936
Documents
Activity Report 2022 (PDF)

Foundation Board

Hanspeter Kienberger Chair
Thomas Binggeli Member
Carlo Fahrländer Member
Sarina Huber Member

Board of Directors

Marcel Aeschlimann Chair · CEO Creaholic
Thomas Bachofner Member
Thomas Binggeli Member

Support

Get involved

Whether as a member, as a team at Bike4Kids or as a partner of the Foundation — every contribution goes directly into the three focus areas.

Member Club

Diamond CHF 5,000 per year
Platinum CHF 2,000 per year
Active Family CHF 500 per year
Active CHF 250 per year

Bike4Kids

Charity team event in aid of the MyBikeDay

Teams from business and sport ride for a good cause: the proceeds fund the MyBikeDay, the national experience day for school classes. CHF 5,000 per team, maximum 20 teams.

Organised with Stiftung Freude herrscht.

CHF 30,000

in donations was raised at the 2023 edition.

Become a partner

Would you like to support Stiftung Swiss Bike Park as a partner? We look forward to hearing from you.

Get in touch info@swissbikepark.ch