15.04.2022
The streets are yours!
Finally, finally it's getting warmer outside again! For all those who prefer to leave the bike in winter, now is the time to get back on it, because... ... the streets are yours! Remember when you were a kid and you used to ride around the block with your friends? You were free and independent and that was an incredible feeling! Wasn't it? Let's revive that feeling together and take back the space we need! Grab a nextbike and let the spring-like wind (hatchy!) blow...
10.03.2022
Change in annual subscription conditions
We would like to inform you that annual sunscriptions of German nextbike systems will no longer be automatically extended by another year in the future. This is our reaction to the amendment of Art. 1 No. 2 of the Fair Consumer Contracts Act of August 10, 2021, according to which a tacit contract extension is only possible to a limited extent. The changes apply to all current as well as newly booked annual subscriptions for German nextbike systems. You can view and change tariffs...
28.02.2022
We're better together
We're better together! Together with TIER, we are working towards the same mission and want to change mobility sustainably. Our goal is to make cities more liveable and to mobilize more people in an emission-free and flexible way. For anyone who wants to take a test ride with a TIER, we have the perfect offer for new TIER customers among you. Riding a TIER is super easy and a lot of fun. You've never taken a TIER before? Then take the opportunity! Ge...
10.12.2021
Frelo Xmas tree transport service
Take your Christmas tree home emission-free with our LastenFrelos! We give you a free half-hour ride with our cargobikes. Just enter the voucher code Hohoho2021 in the app before you rent a LastenFrelo. Happy Christmas! The voucher is valid from 11.-23.12.2021 for the rental of cargo bikes in Freiburg and can be used once per customer account.
26.11.2021
Take your chance in our last Xmas raffle
We sweeten the pre-Christmas period with great prizes. Next weekend you have again the opportunity to win great prizes! 4th ADVENT We give away a MacBook Pro from Back Market worth 3,600 € as well as three nextbike annual rates among all users rented a nextbike between 17.12.21 and 20.12.21 for at least 15-minute*. To take part, simply leave your email address, which you also use in your nextbike account, on our landing page. The Raffle will run from 12/17/2...
30.08.2021
Do you know the bike type filter?
Did you know? If you can rent different types of bikes in your city - for example normal bikes as well as cargo bikes - you can search for the desired bike type using the filter icon at the edge of the map. The icon only appears if the map section shows a system with different bike types.
15.07.2021
Free ride for Christopher Street Day
Freiburg will be colourful again! The CSD 2021 is coming up next Sunday, 18 July. Will you be there? Then secure yourself a 30-minute free ride on the day of the event and enter the voucher code CSDFrelo in your app before renting a bike. The voucher is valid on 18.07.2021 in Freiburg for one rental. We wish you a colourful, exuberant day full of exciting encounters!
07.07.2021
Frelo Free Ride Day on 10 July!
Pedal up, collect kilometres for Freiburg and let us become the strongest cycling city! The City Cycling event in Freiburg runs from 5 to 25 July. VAG and nextbike support you with one day of free ride for Frelo on Saturday, 10 July 2021. Cycle the whole day for free, no extra voucher code is necessary. And don't forget: Enter the cycled kilometres directly into the City Cycling app. Information on City Cycling: www.stadtradeln.de/freiburg.
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05.07.2021
nextbike and Aktion Baum
Being passionate cyclists, naturally, we love spending time outdoors. Fresh air and discovering nature in an active way are just two reasons that make us take the bicycle. But these are the crucial ones when it comes to our cooperation with Aktion Baum. For every monthly tariff, we donate 1 EUR to the non-profit organization to finance the planting of two seedlings in a German forest. Because nextbike thinks global, but acts local - and environmental protection should start at your own doorstep....
30.06.2021
New payment method
Now new in our app! Simply select, click and you're done. Simply add "Carrier Billing" as a new payment method in your account settings and safe €5 cashback. The amount for a rental or a tariff booking will be offset against your next mobile phone bill. Please note that it can take up to 48 hours before the cashback is visible in your customer account. Have fun cycling! Conditions for participation: As a mobile phone customer with a Telekom, o2 or Vodafone fixed-term contra...
12.04.2021
e-Cargobikes for Freiburg
If you don't want to do without your two-wheeler even for larger purchases, you can now rent one of 20 e-Cargobikes in Freiburg. Where can you rent and return e-Cargos?e-Cargobikes can be rented at one of those stations and may only be returned to one of them: 3873 Tullastraße / Zähringer Straße 3871 Alter Wiehrebahnhof 3870 Betzenhauser Torplatz 3848 Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 3748 Rathaus im Stühlinger 3743 Johanneskirche 3738 Maria-Hil...
22.02.2021
Get on your bike and welcome spring!
The lockdown continues, but spring is finally here. ☀ Whether it's cycling to work, a tour with your boyfriend or girlfriend or a quick trip to the supermarket, use our nextbikes to cover your daily distances by bike. The good thing about it is that you can easily keep the social distance on our bikes, strengthen your immune system and are fast and climate-neutral on the road.
09.02.2021
There's no such thing as bad weather
Are you one of the intrepid ones who continue to ride our bikes despite the masses of snow? Chapeau! But please ride carefully and check the bikes before you get on it. The lock may be frozen due to the weather conditions, so even the best service won't help. We're looking forward to hearing your #Flockdown stories.
20.11.2020
Add you email address to your account
Help us to improve our communication and leave your email address in your customer account. This way we can reach you easily at any time, without having to ring you out of an important meeting or wait for the mail. Don't worry, you will only receive emails from us if we need to reach you because of a problem. Have you subscribed to our newsletter yet? Keep yourself informed about nextbike, current campains and interesting news from the world of cycling. After you have completed your email ad...
15.10.2020
New stations opened
Frelo is booming and will be further expanded! Freiburg has received 17 new Frelo stations with an additional 130 new bicycles in the past weeks. New stations: Betzenhauser Torplatz Habsburgerstraße Geschwister Scholl Platz Heinrich v. Stephan-Straße Schwabentorbrücke Bissierstraße Messe Freiburg Tullastraße / Zähringer Straße Karlsplatz Wiwilibrücke Laufener Straße / Haslacher Straße Kronenbrücke / Wilhelmstraße Pressehaus Haslacher Straße / Eschholzstraße Alt...
07.10.2020
Get free minutes with your Deezer premium account
Subscribers to Deezer now enjoy free minutes with nextbike Germany-wide. With the Deezer advantage, you can rent bikes for 30 minutes free of charge twice a day in more than 50 cities*. The cooperation runs until 30 June 2021 and applies to all users of a paid Deezer service (Premium, HiFi, Family, Student). *The concession is valid in the following cities: Augsburg, Baden-Baden, Berlin, Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt a.M., Freiburg, Gießen, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Köln, La...
17.08.2020
Now new: MOBIbike in Dresden
Today, together with Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG (DVB), we are launching the new bike sharing system for Dresden under the name MOBIbike. 1000 smartbikes of the latest generation will then be available around the clock. The rental bikes can now be rented at 14 MOBIpoints. They are supplemented by areas where flexible return is possible. All sz-bike customers are automatically transferred to the new system. DVB subscription customers have the first 30 minutes of each ride free of charge and...
10.07.2020
Mobile in the Bergisches Land
The Bergische e-Bike is here! As the very first e-bike sharing system it connects communities of a complete district - the Rheinisch-Bergische Land - with each other. The rental stations at the railway stations in Rösrath and Leichlingen were opened yesterday. In the next few weeks, stations in Bergisch Gladbach, Burscheid, Kürten, Odenthal, Overath and Wermelskirchen will follow.After we, together with RVK, made the Rhine-Sieg district on the left bank of the Rhine and the community of Weilersw...
08.07.2020
Temporary stations in the west of Freiburg
Together with VAG Freiburg, we have opened seven stations in the western outskirts of Freiburg and are testing their profitability until the end of the year. From now on, you can therefore ride as far as Munzingen Tiengen Opfingen St. Nikolaus Waltershofen Hochdorf and Umkirch.There will also be a test station at Eugen-Keidel-Bad in Freiburg. The test phase will be running until the end of the year. If the stations are well received, they will remain in the future. So jump on your bikes...
02.07.2020
Info on the reduction of value added tax
For the next half year the value added tax is reduced by 3%. A good idea, but it involves a lot of technical and bureaucratic effort. We give you all a voucher for a 30-minute free ride instead of passing on pennies to you. Simply redeem the code 445344 in your customer account. The voucher will automatically be activated the next time you rent a bike. The voucher will also be added to existing free minutes.The voucher is valid until 31.12.2020 in all German cities except Usedom, Munich, Bre...
19.06.2020
Receive our newsletter and get 50% off the monthly rate
Subscribe now for our newsletter and receive 50% off the monthly rate in our next mailing. We will also provide you with fresh Nextbike news.How it works: Open your account settings via app Go to your profile Add your e-mail address and activate the newsletter hook at the bottom of the page Confirm the registration by clicking on the verification link in your e-mail inbox Done!
15.05.2020
Happy Birthday Frelo!
Frelo Freiburg celebrates its first birthday today and can look back on a great year: 220.000 times the 16.500 Freiburg users have rented a bike! Since the system has been so well received, there is nothing to stop it from being expanded. Up to 20 stations will be added in the city area over the summer months. From June onwards, there will gradually be test stations in Munzingen, Tiengen, Opfingen, St. Nikolaus, Waltershofen and Hochdorf, and after its reopening, also at the thermal spa, with...
11.05.2020
Nextbike launches in Bielefeld
If Bielefeld exists, then from now on only with us! Since last weekend you can also rent our bikes there under the local name flowBie Siggi. Get all information about the system on nextbike.de/bielefeld.
06.05.2020
Improved feedback options
We have improved our feedback function in the nextbike app! Now it's even easier to report defective bikes or problems with your rental. Just select the broken bike component or one of your rentals and provide additional details if necessary. You can access the support options via the corresponding menu item or by clicking on one of your rentals.
17.04.2020
Subscribe to our newsletter
Subscribe to our newsletter and never miss any promotions, system news or personal cycling statistics. Enter your e-mail address in your customer account and register for the newsletter via Account settings -> Profile.
02.04.2020
Lock does not open?
You want to rent a bike, the frame lock does not open and reopening via the app does not help either? Don't panic. Our system detects that the lock is still closed and automatically cancels the rental after three minutes. No charges apply.Check this in your app afterwards.
26.03.2020
Big thanks to our service teams
At this point we would like to express our sincere thanks to our service teams. In all German cities they are still on the road for you every day to maintain a public environmentally friendly basic mobility. In addition to regular maintenance, they are currently paying special attention to cleaning contact-intensive bike parts such as handlebars or saddle clamps.Although the risk of infection via surfaces is considered relatively low, we'd ask you to follow the well-known hygiene recommendatio...
16.03.2020
Operation runs normally!
For the time being our rental service runs on a regular basis in all German cities. Current information about the state of affairs can be found here in the news section.Stay healthy and all the best!
03.02.2020
Get the nextbike Playlist
You love singing while cycling and need new input? Get the nextbike playlist on Spotify or Deezer. We collected some songs for you that address our most favourite means of transport. So check it out!
25.11.2019
Climate Ride
Travel climate fiedly: On Friday we invite you all to ride our Frelo bikes. We say thank you to everyone who is working for a better climate. You can cycle for free on the whole of Friday, November 29th! The topic of mobility is clearly important, too: public transport, bicycles and co. get you to your destination comfortably and environmentally friendly! Whether you are a beginner or a connoisseur: Our free tickets are waiting for you on Friday for the free ride - all you need is a Frelo accoun...
19.11.2019
Where to find your transaction history
You want to know if charges have already been beditted or refunds have already been made or you want to download your invoices? Log in to your customer account via www.nextbike.de. Under ->Account status you can see all transactions at a glance.
06.11.2019
Avert a fee for improperly returned bikes
You have received 20 € fee for an improper return outside the flexzone or away from stations? Not everything is lost yet and you can still avert the fee. What do you have to do?Go back to the bike and rent it again. Don't do this remotely as the lock will open automatically for some bike types. The old rental will simply continue and the improper return fee will be deleted. return the bike properly now. Also good to know: successive rentals of the same bike by the same customer are merged to...
22.10.2019
3 new cities for nextbike Slovenia
In Slovenia you can now rent our bikes in three more cities, now a total of seven. Welcome to the family Štore, Zreče and Slovenske Konjice.All nextbike countries and cities can be found at nextbike locations.
11.09.2019
Pay with Paypal and secure your 5€ driving credit!
Pay now your nextbike rides comfortably with PayPal and you will get a credit of 5€. Just klick here and follow the instructions: Prerequisite is that you have deposited Paypal as a means of payment with us. In the customer account you can do this very easily in the Account settings under Change "Payment type".
11.09.2019
After the summer is before the summer
You can't let go of the summer yet or can't wait for the next one? Anticipation makes it easier. Be inspired on EuroVelo by numerous long-distance cycle paths throughout Europe and already plan your tour for next summer.
26.08.2019
Note on damage claims
Please do not park or return our bikes directly next to parked cars! When parking the bikes, make sure that they do not obstruct anyone and cannot damage anything. If an inconveniently parked bike falls over and damages e.g. a parked car, nextbike might be obliged to communicate the customer data of the last user to clarify the facts. For more details please refer to our Data protection leaflet.
20.08.2019
Activate Push Notifications
Activate Push Notivications for your nextbike app in order to receive current information on your rental status.
06.08.2019
Hello Havirov / CZ
All good things are 3! With the start in Havirov / CZ a few days ago already three cities of our neighbour belong to the nextbike family. Best of all: in Havirov, thanks to the support of the city, the first 15 minutes per rental are free for everyone. For more information click here: nextbikeczech.com/havirov.
07.05.2019
nextbike at a monthly rate
Did you know?For only 10 € per month the first 30 minutes per rental are included in all German cities (except Bremen, Nuremberg and Usedom). Book the monthly rate in the app and start cycling for less. The rate can be cancelled montly and will otherwise be extended automatically. More information under nextbike.de/prices or on the respective pricing website of the cities.