Thursday, June 19, 2014

Velib'

First of all, what is Velib'? It's a huge bicycle sharing system that you can use all around Paris. It's similar to those you can find in other European cities (in France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain...) and, basically, all over the world.

So, how does it work? Well, depending on the fare you buy, you'll have blocks of either 30 or 45 minutes free of charge. After those minutes, you can either deposit the bike to a Velib' station and wait 2 minutes to retake it or you can continue but you'll be charged of an extra 1€ for the first additional half an hour, 2€ for the 2nd half hour and from the 3rd half hour, it would be 4€ each.

Now you might be wondering how much it costs, well it depends. There are the long-term subscriptions and the short-term tickets.