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A good friend of the house: Rhine counter VC Cologne  celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2024 and Kris, the president, invites us to a big event!

In 2014, three Vespisti from the Rhineland in the Alps were sitting in their van at night on the way home from the Vespa World Days in Mantova, Italy, and were so enthusiastic about the huge Vespa meeting that they quickly launched a new Vespa Club - the Vespa -Club RheinSchaler Cologne! A club for Vespa enthusiasts from Cologne and the surrounding area. 

After ten years The three boys have now become over 100 Vespisti and Scooterists. Colorful, diverse, open, crazy and Rhenish-friendly, people have been meeting on Sundays at 16 p.m. on Cologne's Rudolfplatz since the beginning to chat and plan trips.

Rhine switch DGR 2021

Vespa Babbo Rhine switch

Every year at least one longer tour is undertaken together and since the beginning the annual organization of the pre-Christmas Vespa charity campaign has been “Vespa Babbo” has now become a Cologne tradition and is known beyond the city limits.

Vespa Babbo

10 year club anniversary

In 2024 the club will look back on many wonderful years with many tours, meetings and activities and will celebrate this from 24.-26. May 2024 in cooperation with the Motorworld Rhineland at the big anniversary meeting at the historic Butzweilerhof Airport with:

  • exits
  • Make decisions
  • Party
  • SlowMo Race
  • Raffle
  • and come-together!
Distinguished gentleman ride at Motorworld

The Rhine Switches invite all scooter drivers to attend.

For more information visit www.rheinschneider.de/alterschneider

Kris

The first Advent, or St. Nicholas' Day at the latest, is the official opening of the Christmas season. For a few years now there has been a new tradition and you can see many Santa Clauses on their Vespas on the streets. The rides are often for a good cause and are a perfect opportunity to disguise the scooters as reindeer and hit the popular Christmas markets.

We have received photos and invitations from various clubs, so we would like to report a little from our area:

Cologne

As in the case of the exit Rhine switch with her classic vespababbo. The 8th edition was canceled last Sunday due to the weather. Nevertheless, a few perplexed and Vespa freaks could meet (like me) did not hold back and still met and - despite the weather - drove through downtown Cologne to spread the joy of Christmas.

 

That’s how it is 1.000€ was received through donations that are handed over to the Cologne Community Foundation.

 

 

 

A little video about it:

Scooter Center by the Vespa Babbo Cologne

Leverkusen

On December 18th there is a very special one Moped Christmas ridethat will drive through Leverkusen at an unbelievable cruising speed of 25 km / h.

It's interesting that the guys built a Ciao tandem that we sponsored with parts.

The background to the tandem: They give a moped fan who has lost their eyesight the chance to drive again.

 

Tin companions

Timo would like to go with his Vespa Christmas Campaign 2021 distribute biscuits through Wolfenbüttel. This time even with some other scooter riders. Local families will take part in the campaign. He is also planning a competition, which we are happy to support.

Scooter Center Competition

The prices at a glance:

  1. Place: 100 € Scooter Center Voucher, 1x red crochet vespa, gift basket city of Wolfenbüttel
  2. Place: 50 € Scooter Center Voucher, 1x digital print “Bella” Vespa PX 125
  3. Place: 25 € Scooter Center Voucher, 2x sticker sheet metal companions.

The closing date for the competition is December 10.12.2021th, XNUMX.

All information here:

Vespa Christmas campaign 2021 | THAT awaits you! | Scooter Center Sweepstakes | Cookies for the region

Anyone who would like to leave a donation for the Braunschweig Hospice Foundation can do so by stating “Christmas campaign” to the following account: www.paypal.me/blechgefaehrten

Düren

Vespen Nest Düren is doing a round for the second time, which will take place on December 18, to distribute sweets, fruit and joy to children and once again to support the German Foundation against Childhood Cancer in Bonn.

Event information here

And we're still talking about our open day, but only because it was really cool and maybe we didn't really talk about the most important thing:

OUR VISITORS

We had around 1500 visitors and the stories behind it will be numerous. We had the opportunity to meet a few, from the “instagramer”, to clubs, to scooterists, who took an active part in our campaigns and who also won.
Here's a part of our visitors' experience:

 

Our visitors on Open Day 2021

 

Many thanks to:

Vespa Club RheinSchalter Cologne

Vespen Nest Düren

Vmaniacs

Raffaele Calvo