The cycling adventure continues!
After the North Cape, it's now off to Lisbon!
A project for the association “Hands Up For Down”, which supports people with Down syndrome to get a fair chance in our society.
Reinhard is pedaling through 6 countries in 68 days on his bike, covering over 6,000 km, for the “Downtown” café project, which aims to provide gastronomic training for employees with Down syndrome. The aim of this adventurous bike trip is to raise funds for this project.
Reinhard will take you on this tour via various channels and at the end there will be a documentary about this extraordinary journey by bike.
Follow the journey via Polarsteps
Follow Reinhard live on his journey to the North Cape. Under the following link you can see many details, like the covered kilometers and a photo gallery.
Follow the journey via Facebook
You can also find out about the tour via our Facebook page.
Support Our Project With Your Donation!
Update
We have submitted our project to Leader Region WV Grenzland and have already received funding approval. The association will receive funding for the site preparation and the training project. The association has to take on the construction itself.
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We are still missing the costs for the façade and the window elements. Our goal is to raise a further € 25,000 for the “Downtown” café project.
Reinhard Carda will be pedaling for us once again. He is riding his bike to the westernmost and southernmost point of Europe to collect donations for the café.
You can help finance this project with your donations. All amounts collected will benefit the project in a 100% transparent and traceable way.
You have two options to donate.
Either directly to our association donation account “Hands Up For Down”, or with a simple click on our “Donate” button.
Donation account:
Waldviertler Sparkasse Bank AG
IBAN: AT89 2027 2000 0087 3182
BIC: SPZWAT21XXX
Purpose: "Cafe Downtown"
or
RB Region Waldviertel Mitte
IBAN: AT46 3299 0000 0131 8161
BIC: RLNWATWWZWE
Purpose: "Cafe Downtown"
Direct donations by credit card and other payment methods:
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Status Quo: 29. April/April 2025
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Vielen Dank an / Thank YOU To
Dan, Leo, Gerrit, Rudi, Reinhard, Karin, Karl, Starklb, Martin, Meinungsbild, Michael, Marc, Sarah, Thomas, Rainer, Petra, Florian, Sabine, Gerald, Schrittw., Kevin, Susanne, Stefan, Gasth.H., Katharina, Panda, Ilse, H.S., Margit, Johanna + Johannes, Harm Immobilien, Reinhard, Gismar, Martin B., Gabriele, Poly, Mathias, Andreas, Eva, Markus, Christian, Reinhard, Andree, Kati, Spenden aus "Roiten zeigt Vielfalt", Markenberg, leku, Marita, Magdalena, Florian, FAIRhome Immobilien GmbH, Andreas, Jugend Messern, Gerti, Christian, Angela, Mario, Wolfgang+Isabella, HOGE Bau - Gernot Hofegger, Marianne, Harald, Sandra, Julian, Daniela, W., Andra, V., Karin, Ch., ml28, Barbara, Phileas, Karin, Bernhard, Carsten, Michael, Klaus, Wiener Städtische Vers., Sparkasse Neunkirchen, Landesverband der NÖ Sparkassen, SC Zwickl Zwettl, SCU Kottes, Gerhard und Ingrid, Anton, Matthias und Maria, Richard und Erika, Brigitte und Friedrich, Gerrit, Supereintracht, Horst, Hans, Helene, Werner, Joachim, Romana, Guido, Spenden Melk, Franz und Maria, Hannes, Michi und Gerald, Viki, steenbucks, Immo 24/7, Dominika, Sonja + Josef, Johanna Kristina, Martina, Monika, Tatze bike-comonents, Gabriele, Thomas, Adolf, Patrick, Gabriele, Hypo NÖ Landesbank, Ingrid, Veronika, Michaela, Elisabeth, Barbara, Armin und Roswitha, Sparkasse Rappottenstein, Vroni, Gemeinde Waldenstein, Ingrid, Hundesportverein Waldviertel Mitte, Anton und Lucia, Ch. Wurzer GmbH, Schulmeister GmbH, Johannes, Lucia, Julia, Anna, Johanna und Johannes, Erlebnismuseumsverein Schönbach, Josef, Haarwunderland, Christian, Johann und Karin, Viktoria, Spende Workingspace Gars, Franz, Kath. Frauenbewegung Stift Zwettl, Heldenspiele 2023, Caritas Pfarre Treffling, Christian und Barbara, Olga, Gerlinde, the schoebi, Lisa, GeRu Handelsgmbh, Schönbacher Handels- und Transportges.mbH, WCTV- Waldensteiner Cabaret- und Theaterverein, Arnold und Sieglinde, Hairstyle Natascha, Schau auf die BIOkosmetik, Mario Rauch KFZ-Werkstatt & Spenglerei, Bäckerei Schmidl, Volksschule Golling, Angelika, s Versicherung, Franz und Gerlinde, Spenden Vernissage Sparkasse Zwettl, wb64, Völkerballverein Göpfritz/Wild, Steigenberger Hotel & Spa Krems, Spenden Stadthalle Zwettl, Emanuel, Basargruppe Martinsberg, Engelbrechtser Dorfgemeinschaft, Fachschule Zwettl Edelhof, Andrea, Johannes, Andreas, Lukas, Spenden-Flohmarkt Arbesbach, Richard, Reinhard, WKO NÖ, Waldviertler Spk Rappottenstein, Gerry, Daniela, Nina und Paul
Kathrin Jungwirth
My husband and I have already hired two employees with Down syndrome in our company "Jungwirth Beton".
The many positive experiences from this, let us think further.
So that people with Down syndrome can also find a connection to society, we would like to run a café in Rappottenstein together with them.
We want to get them into jobs that are subject to social insurance contributions or offer young people appropriate training, which will make it easier for them to gain a foothold in the job market in their future lives.
Reinhard Carda
I have been cycling tours through Europe since 2011.
After watching the movie Biking Borders (Charity bike tour Berlin - Beijing) in 2021, it was clear to me that my next trip should be to collect donations. It should be in project in front of our doorstep where you can observe and follow the development well.
In search of such a project that I would like to support I came across the association Hands up for Down. The idea to open a cafe in Rapottenstein to enable people with Down syndrome an employment and subsequently an education I find sensational.
6 Countries
68 Days
6.000 km
Café Downtown
The starting signal for Lisbon is
on April 22, 2025
Information will follow shortly
The starting signal for the North Cape was given on May 05, 2023
Here you can find information about the trip that has already taken place.
The return was on 09 July 2023 in Melk
