The timeliness and importance of the issue is indicated by the fact that the largest bicycling event by Critical Mass, mobilising the largest number of people ever, took place in Budapest in 2008. The leaders of Budapest could no longer ignore the needs of this particular social group, and eventually, though slowly, the infrastructural development of the cycling traffic of Budapest has begun.

The aim of our exhibition is to introduce the so-far less known aspects of this issue, from the second half of the 19th century to date, with drawings, photos, guide books, posters, pamphlets, regulatory decrees, and selections of newsreel, as well as antique and currently used bicycles. We believe that drawing up and introducing the history of this topic will greatly contribute to the understanding of actual problems, hence giving us an opportunity to engage in a civil dialogue about cycling traffic."

Source: Hungarian Tourism Office