Fietsenwerkplaats Mutual Aid

Fietsenwerkplaats Mutual Aid

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Bicycle workshop Mutual Aid is about reciprocal help, self-organization, 'do it together' more than 'do it yourself' and a lot of bicycles. We give away bikes for free to people who can't or don't want to buy a bike…...(Not because we think free is good, but it's the best way to show right now that it's really something else — a glimpse of another world. ) We’re not telling you what that world will look like, this will be a collective enterprise. We are not part of the municipality, Coa, Wij-team, church, mosque or political party. We like to see ourselves as a part of individuals, small groups and larger initiatives who think that people could and should deceide about their life.

Free means free of money, but we expect something different from you. When we do something for you, we expect you to do something for someone else at another time ( because we already have anything ). At the moment we don’t accept donations and also prefernot to get any other form of payment like sweets, alcohol or food ( we do like nuts and fruit though ). If you really want to donate something you can do that by bringing broken bikes and bike parts. Mutual Aid differs from: We do something for you (A) then you have do something for us (B). We like to see that A helps B – B helps C – C helps D and so on. It’s up to you whether you do that or not – fortunately we don’t have to think for someone else, because you can do that yourself

We refurbish bicycles that would otherwise be thrown away. In addition, we do small repairs to city bikes and often ask if people want to do it themselves, together with us or by us. Many people want to do it together. This creates conversations with a beautiful dynamic and very different than when it is not free. I often say it: 'The social is probably more important than the bicycles.' We’re not just helping the poor. Everyone is welcome and we are not going to check how much money you have in your account.

Ώρες λειτουργίας: 

De fietsenwerkplaats is open op dinsdag, woensdag, vrijdag en zaterdag van 12 – 5 uur

We delen de ruimte met een crafts club en die is open op dinsdag, woensdag, donderdag van 10-4 uur en en vrijdag van 12 – 3 uur

Woensdag: Fietsreparatielessen in blokken van drie weken ( van 19.00 uur tot 20.30 ). Je kunt je opgeven voor een volgende reeks.

Vrijdag : Radicale theorie leesgroep – sluit je aan of start er zelf een. We hebben veel ruimte voor meerdere kleine groepen tegelijk. Start om 19.30 uur.

Donderdag: Theaterworkshop. Dit is het enige waar je in onze werkplaats voor moet betalen ( omdat S. moet eten en de huur moet betalen )

Zondag: Verschillende sociale activiteiten – Fietstochtjes / birdwatching en ‘s avonds na het eten bij het Free Café een film

[ The bike shop is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 12– 5 p.m.

We share the space with a crafts club and it is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m. and Fridays from 12 - 3 p.m.

Friday : Radical theory reading group – join or start one yourself. We have a lot of space for multiple small groups at once. Starts at 7.30 p.m.

Thursday: Theatre workshop. This is the only thing in our workshop you have to pay for ( because S. needs to eat and pay the rent )

Sunday: Various social activities – Bike rides / birdwatching and in the evening after dinner at the Free Café a movie ]

Wednesday: Bicycle repair classes in blocks of three weeks (from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.). You can sign up for the next series.

κατηγορίες: 

  • course/workshop
  • exhibition
  • film
  • (free) shop/market
  • meeting
  • work space/diy

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Fietsenwerkplaats Mutual Aid
Travertijnstraat 12
9743 SZ Groningen
Ολλανδία
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