This year we came up with a new solution on Schadowstraße that will significantly enhance the market experience. By setting up a detour, the Christmas huts can be rotated by 180 degrees and thus open up on both sides towards the middle of the street, which is normally used for bicycle traffic. The temporary cycle path detour works as follows:

• In the daytime, entrance gates at Jacobistraße/Schadowstraße and Kö-Bogen-Tunnel/Schadowstraße will prevent vehicles from entering the Christmas market area. These will be closed daily from 11 am. During the morning rush hour, Schadowstraße can still be used by cyclists.
• The Christmas market closes daily at 10 pm. On December 24, the Christmas market closes at 3 pm and on December 26 at 9 pm. The entrance gates for cycle traffic will be reopened after the market closes each day.
• Additional bicycle parking facilities will be set up near Karstadt on Schadowstraße for those arriving by bike.

The detour starts at the Am Wehrhahn/Jacobistraße junction. Cycle traffic will be diverted north into Jacobistraße. A cycle lane will be set up for this purpose, which will be separated from the motor vehicle lane by beacons and signage. The cycle lane will be set up on the existing parking spaces on Jacobistraße between the streets Am Wehrhahn and Jägerhofstraße. The approx. 20 paid parking spaces that will be eliminated as a result can be compensated for by the parking garages (Schadowstraße multi-storey parking lot, Liesegangstraße multi-storey parking lot, Q-Park Stadtmitte, Q-Park Kaufhof Wehrhahn etc.). At the level of Malkastenstraße, the detour is routed via the existing protective lane into the side area, where cyclists can use the traffic lights in the direction of Hofgarten. The detour will then be routed via Jägerhofallee in Hofgarten towards Kö-Bogen II.

The detour starts at Kö-Bogen II in the northbound direction. Cycle traffic will then be diverted towards Jacobistraße via Jägerhofallee in Hofgarten. At the Jägerhofstraße/Jacobistraße junction, cycle traffic will be routed via the existing ramp onto the road heading south. The right-hand lane on the road will then be converted into a cycle lane by beacons and signage up to the Goltsteinstraße junction.

Cyclists will be directed via Ludwig-Zimmermann-Straße to the motor vehicle lane on Königsallee. Cyclists will ride on the bank side of Königsallee as far as Steinstraße and can leave from there.

Here cyclists cross Steinstraße onto the motor vehicle lane of Königsallee. Before Corneliusplatz (Kö on Ice), cyclists turn west onto Theodor-Körner-Straße.