"NextBike" Top 5 Page for this destination Dresden Transportation Tip by Nemorino

NextBike is a private bicycle sharing system that is quite similar to DB Call-a-Bike except that it is partially paid for by advertising directly on the bike -- and it is cheaper. Rental of a NextBike costs one Euro per half hour or nine Euros for up to 24 hours -- nine Euros as opposed to fifteen for Call-a-Bike. (Prices as of 2013.)

Online registration for NextBike is easy provided you are willing to give them your credit card number and cell phone number. Registration costs nine Euros, but this amount is applied to your first bike rentals.

I had already been registered with NextBike for a while, but Dresden was the first place I had a chance to try it out. I checked out a bike at the main station, rode it through the Großer Garten to the Adult Education Center, left it locked up there all afternoon and then rode it back when I was finished with my workshop.

Aside from being cheaper, I found NextBike to be somewhat less hassle than Call-a-Bike -- though you do need a cell phone for both.

NextBike is currently available in Dresden, Erlangen, Frankfurt am Main and Nürnberg, and they say it will be expanding soon to include nine more German cities and even some in Austria and New Zealand.

Second photo: My NextBike in the Großer Garten (Large Park).

Mode: AROUND
Phone: 030 69205046
Type: Bicycle
Website: http://www.nextbike.net/