Thessaloniki
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History
Thessaloniki
- 1st ride, Friday 27 June 2008 with over 100 participants
- 2nd ride, Thursday 4 June 2009 with over 350 participants
- 3rd ride, Friday 4 June 2010 with over 900 participants
- 4th ride, Friday 3 June 2011 with over 1300 participants
Next ride
Date: Friday 1 June 2012
Time: Around 19.00
Location: TBA
About the ride
Greek
Ηρθε η ώρα να βάλουμε ένα STOP στην άσεμνη έκθεση των ανθρώπων και του πλανήτη, στα αυτοκίνητα και στην ρύπανση που δημιουργούν.
Αντιμετωπίζουμε την κίνηση των αυτοκινήτων με τα γυμνά μας κορμιά σαν τον καλύτερο τρόπο για να υπερασπιστούμε την αξιοπρέπεια μας και εκθέτοντας την τρωτότητα που αντιμετωπίζεται από τους ποδηλάτες και τους πεζούς στους δρόμους μας καθώς και στις αρνητικές συνέπειες που όλοι αντιμετωπίζουμε εξαιτίας της εξάρτησης από το πετρέλαιο και των άλλων μορφών μη ανανεώσιμης ενέργειας.
English
It's time to put a stop to the indecent exposure of people and the planet to cars and the pollution they create.
We face automobile traffic with our naked bodies as the best way of defending our dignity and exposing the vulnerability faced by cyclists and pedestrians on our streets as well as the negative consequences we all face due to dependence on oil, and other forms of non-renewable energy.
News
Route
The route may be announced beforehand, otherwise, simply turn up at the assembly point for details.
Bike hire
Bikes can be hired from several places in Thessaloníki, but we'll try to list some recommended hire locations if a ride is confirmed.
Meetings and events
To be announced here.
Publicity
The Thessaloníki ride publicity materials will be provided here for download and distribution.
Media coverage
There is always plenty of TV and Radio coverage locally, plus some mention in national media. Here we will provide links to stories which are available on the internet, and apply specifically to Thessaloníki.
Photos
2010
- Orhan Tsolak (flickr.com)
2009
Links
Websites
- World Naked Bike Ride Thessaloniki Greece official page
- World Naked Bike Ride Thessaloniki Greece Facebook page
- World Naked Bike Ride Thessaloniki Greece Google+ page
- World Naked Bike Ride Thessaloniki Greece Twitter page
Location information
Naked bike ride in Thessaloniki 27/06/08 runs foul of police
Green activists in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki clashed with riot police during their attempt to hold a naked bike ride in order to protest excessive car use. Senior police officials, however, had warned that anyone not wearing clothes would be arrested and so the ride went ahead with the protesters clothed in beach wear and body paint.
According to protest spokesperson Kostas Terzopoulos Thessaloniki is the dirtiest city in Europe especially in term of pollution and that excessive car use leads to massive problems with air quality and noise pollution.
Problems began when riot police closed the main road leading into the city and forcibly arrested an English protester who they claimed was naked. Amidst tense scenes the hundred or so cyclists eventually persuaded the riot police to let the bike ride continue.
Later cyclists closed the main Tsimiski St with a sit down protest in order to demonstrate against the detainmenτ of their fellow protester who was, according to police authorities set free. They condemned the police handling of the ride as heavy handed and out of all proportion.
The Greek police force has a chequered history as far as the handling of public demonstrations and has often been the target of complaints and law suits over excessive use of force. Last September English teacher and NowPublic contributer, Craig Wherlock was hopitalised by riot police for taking pictures during a peaceful march.Whilst in November 2006 Cypriot student, Augustinos Dimitrios was savagely beaten by plain clothes officers. Despite the fact that the incident was captured by TV cameras and shown on national TV no officer has been charged with a criminal offense.
According to the national daily Eleutherotypia newspaper one person per week died in custody in Greece in 2007. Whilst the country has been convicted seven times by the European Court of Human Rights for police abuse. http://www.nowpublic.com/world/naked-bike-ride-runs-foul-police
