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Buenos Aires by Bike

Bicing is the name of a ‘community bicycle program’ in Barcelona inaugurated on March 22, 2007, similar to the Vélô service in Toulouse, and Vélib‘ in Paris.

This Bicing system is also working in Buenos Aires: the city government lends a bicycle for free for a period of up to two hours. They can be removed in Bicing stations and be submitted in another city Bicing station. This system is not yet available for foreigners, but are planning to do so.

For now, the option for tourists to visit and discover a different Buenos Aires is to rent a bicycle, for example with La Bicicleta Naranja or Bike tours. They have a large fleet of bicycles, perfectly suitable for street circuits. This service includes safety helmets and locks.
They also organize tours where you’ll be immersed in history, culture and current affairs of the city through the eyes of the locals.

However, whether renting a bike or touring, it is interesting to know which streets are those with greater exposure to risk. And based on the same, determining routes or walks. The most dangerous streets are the avenues Rivadavia, Corrientes, San Juan, Cordoba, Belgrano, Santa Fe and 9 de Julio.

Check in this map where to ride safely: Ciclovias.

And make sure to wear sunscreen :D

ABSOLUT Art Gallery is coming to town

With the launch of the new campaign BLANK – a creative movement in which the brand positions itself as a catalyst for contemporary creativity, the Swedish brand of vodka ABSOLUT will open in Buenos Aires the ABSOLUT Art Gallery, a new art space.

This art gallery will show the work of 12 renowned and emerging local artists, who set out their vision of the Swedish vodka in a blank canvas: Liniers, Claudio Roncoli, María González Castillo, Augusto Saqueti, Alexis Minkiewics, Mariana Sarraute, Dani Lamarque, Dana Ferrari, Lucía Vera, Juanita Sanchez and Esteban Leiman.

This alliance between Absolut and the art is not new. Artists like Andy Warhol, Keith Flour, Damien Hirst and, most recently, Ellen von Unwerth and Spike Jonze, and worked before with the brand.

Tips:
Absolut Art Gallery: 858 Arroyo st

September 8th – Opening – Invitation Only
September 9th to 14th – Gallery open to the public (only closed on Monday).
Hours: 11 am to 20.30 pm.