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Half the people in Helsinki, the Nordic country\u2019s capital, travel by bicycle at least once a week. 10 percent ride all year round. Cycling is part of the Finnish culture, and the Finnish Cyclists\u2019 Federation knows this better than anyone. That\u2019s why the organization started a series of free bicycle lessons to help newcomers integrate into their new surroundings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMany people who come to Finland, mostly women, don\u2019t have this bicycle skill and it\u2019s a very important part of Finnish society,\u201d said Federico Ferrara of the Finnish Cyclists\u2019 Federation. \u201cIt\u2019s also very important for them, because when you first come, if you are in a refugee centre, many times they are in the middle of nowhere and the bike can be the only way of commuting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n

In a typical lesson, the clients meet at a quiet place to be taught the basic skills. Once they master the initial moves, the teachers ride with them on an open road. After a 3-hour session, 90 percent of students are able to cycle without any problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of our clients have some kind of taboo with these biking skills, maybe they fell down when they were kids and they\u2019ve had this trauma in their head for 20 years, or maybe it\u2019s not socially or culturally accepted for them to bike.\u201d<\/p>\n

That is all left behind, and in the past 18 months, 320 beginners were successfully taught how to ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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