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As a housing cooperative, we stand for more than just good, safe housing. We stand for community, solidarity, and harmonious coexistence. For us, a cooperative means that people take responsibility for one another and work together to shape their community.
That is exactly why we sponsored the European Peace Ride 2026 and even sent two of our own riders to join the peloton this year.
After all, the European Peace Ride is no ordinary bike race. It isn’t a race at all, but a shared ride for peace, community, and European understanding. People from different countries, with different backgrounds and experiences, don’t race against each other—they ride together. The EPR connects Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic, fosters encounters across borders, and brings European values such as solidarity, tolerance, equality, and cohesion to life in a unique way.
In doing so, the European Peace Ride deliberately draws on the history of the legendary International Peace Ride. Since the 1950s, this event has traveled through countries in Eastern Europe, aiming to use sports to promote understanding and peace.
Working together instead of against each other—that also fits with our understanding of community.
After all, even in our homes and neighborhoods, people with different backgrounds, from different generations, and with different ways of life come together. What unites them is the shared place where they live. Just like with the European Peace Ride, the point is not to see differences as something that divides us, but as something that enriches us, and to make a difference together—even if we don’t always succeed right away.
Our two riders, Matthias and André, have experienced this firsthand over the past few days. The European Peace Ride 2026 took participants on a route of about 500 kilometers through Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic, with an elevation gain of approximately 6,000 meters. It was a real athletic challenge, and the weather certainly played a part in making the steep climb in Meerane seem even steeper.
The two of them have been back in Chemnitz since yesterday: safe and sound, exhausted—and, above all, happy. With many kilometers under their belts and surely even more memories to take home. We welcomed them at the big Sattelfest celebration at the Jutta Müller Ice Sports Center, and we’re really proud of them.
We support the European Peace Ride because we are convinced that peace, solidarity, and mutual respect must be put into practice every day. Big changes often begin with small encounters: talking to one another, listening to one another, working together, and being there for one another.
For us as a housing cooperative, this is a message we are happy to support.
We'd like to say thank you to our two riders, all the Peace Riders, and the whole team—together, you've really pulled this off.