Cyclist’s Breakfast at the BOKU Health Day

Cyclist’s Breakfast at the BOKU Health Day

As part of the BOKU Health Day on June 12, 2025, a Cyclist Breakfast was organized at BOKU for the first time. All employees and students who came to BOKU by bike that day were treated to breakfast (bread sponsored by the company Ströck) and a friendly chat about cycling and other topics with Sandra Wegener, Valerie Jeepjua (Institute for Transport Studies), and Kirsten Sleytr (Healthy BOKU).

The initiative was linked to two projects currently running at the Institute for Transport Studies (IVe):

The BOKU Mobility4Health project (funded by the Austrian Health Promotion Fund, project lead: Sandra Wegener) focuses on connecting active mobility and health through health-promoting everyday movement. Corporate mobility management meets workplace health promotion in this project, which has led to a great collaboration with Kirsten Sleytr from Healthy BOKU. Following the Cyclist Breakfast, additional measures and activities are planned to encourage BOKU employees to adopt an active commute. Planned initiatives include a campaign featuring cycling role models and the introduction of so-called "Bike Buddies" (experienced everyday cyclists who accompany cycling "newbies" on their commute to BOKU).

While the BOKU Mobility4Health project targets employees, the Interreg GREENPATH project (project lead: Oliver Roider) focuses on the mobility of students. A cycling challenge encouraged students to use their bikes more often for their commute to BOKU, which was met with great enthusiasm.

Further activities are planned for both projects.