About rikschaguide.com

rikschaguide.com was founded in Munich at the end of 2017 and was the first online platform in Germany dedicated exclusively to tours and events by bicycle rickshaw.

Discovering a city by rickshaw is a special experience: the certified rickshaw guides listed on rikschaguide.com offer highly individual, personal tours that leave a lasting impression.

Guests can arrange their e-rickshaw city experience either directly through the guides’ personal profiles on each city page (on their own responsibility) or centrally via the instant-booking feature. After launching in Munich, rikschaguide.com expanded to other cities, including Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne.

rikschaguide.com was founded by Falk Hilber. A Munich native, Hilber has been running bicycle-rickshaw tours in his hometown since 2007. From the very beginning he has campaigned politically to establish the bicycle rickshaw as a sustainable mode of transport in tourism (experience segment) and in public transit (mobility segment).

In cooperation with municipal authorities, designated stands and regulations were introduced. Together with the Department of Labor and Economic Development (Munich Tourism), Hilber initiated the first two training programs for “Certified Rickshaw Guides of the City of Munich” in 2017 and 2021 to safeguard the quality of guided tours.

In 2024, under the spin-off “Smart Pedicab Mobility” (SPM), the first city-wide public-transport rickshaw service—called AltstadtMobil—was piloted in partnership with the City of Munich. For two months (mid-July to mid-September), four e-rickshaws plus one wheelchair-accessible rickshaw provided emission-free transport in Munich’s city center from 7 a.m. to midnight in a two-shift operation, bookable on demand via app.

Together with his team, Falk Hilber has owned and managed rikschaguide.com since 2017. During the pandemic years 2020/2021 he founded the manufacturer Coolly® (www.coolly.bike). Under the same brand, the City model is produced in Munich in two variants (F and H)—a modern e-rickshaw suitable both as a family bike and for professional or volunteer passenger service. Coolly® models are continuously developed and distributed across Europe.

rikschaguide.com also operates its own vehicle fleet in Munich, using the Coolly® and the “Model Zero.” The vehicles are rented to self-employed drivers and offered as experiences for private customers: the Coolly® e-rickshaw can be hired via rikschaguide.com at flexible rates (“drive your own e-rickshaw”) for independent city exploration.

Since 2019, rikschaguide.com has run bespoke, attention-grabbing campaigns, team events and shuttles for companies and brands using custom-branded versions of both vehicles. From the outset, rikschaguide.com has relied on dependable regional partners and ecological sustainability: since 2017, 100 percent of the electricity for its premises, production and fleet operations has come from renewable energy supplied by the Munich provider Polarstern.

Tailored campagins and/or shuttles for:

Gilead Sciences | Stadtsparkasse München | PepsiCo USA | Galeria Kaufhof | Stadtwerke München | Google UK | Mercedes Benz | TikTok Germany | Boe Concept | Pharma Med | Infineon | Fremantle Media | Gilead | Grundfos | Siemens | Targetik | Deutsche Marketing 24 | Sprint 1 | Allianz Versicherung |Bayern Tourismus | Deutschland Tourismus | München Tourismus | Referat für Arbeit und Wirtschaft | Mobilitätsreferat | Referat für Umwelt und Gesundheit | BayWa | Parkster | Pandion | Heineken | Renault | Volkswagen | Accor Hotels | R+V Allgemeine Versicherung | Hirmer München | SEG Automotive | Verdane | Celonis Deutschland | Zscaler | Rotary Club


Footnotes

  1. Your rickshaw guide will arrive with either their own or a rented e-rickshaw. For group and event tours you can also book uniform e-rickshaws from the rikschaguide.com fleet (with or without branding). Please use the request function for this.

  2. rikschaguide.com is an event provider for tours. A standard taxi fare cannot (yet) be booked via Instant Booking—only transfer rides for events on request. Contact your rickshaw guide directly if they are available and list the taxi fare in their profile. The taxi fare is €7 per kilometre and can only be arranged directly with the guides.

  3. You can book your tour on rickshawguide.com via the Instant Booking (green box) in under two minutes, booking confirmation and payment receipt included. Alternatively, you can arrange your tour directly with your rickshaw guide on the city pages at your own discretion.

  4. Via instant booking you can choose the Highlights Tour of rikschaguide.com in every city: a flexible, spontaneous, and open-minded tour: Enjoy entertaining guiding, listen to your rickshaw guide’s stories and anecdotes, discover personal insider tips, relax on the bench seat, visit famous sights on foot, take photos, and make stops at a restaurant, beer garden, café, or ice cream parlor. Your rickshaw guide tailors the route and highlights individually to the tour size you book. The Highlights-Tour is available from size (S) 60 minutes up to size (4XL) 5-hour full-day tour. Let yourself be surprised!

  5. The price for our tours is shown right in the Instant Booking section for each city. We offer several tour sizes, all at the same price.

  6. Our e-rickshaws seat two adults plus one or two kids. The bench is 100 cm wide—please check that you’ll fit comfortably.

  7. Single and group tours (with up to four e-rickshaws) can be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours before the start — no questions asked. Please understand that every booking involves organisational effort for our team, from scheduling to reserving the rickshaws. With this generous policy we aim to give you maximum flexibility; in our experience, guests seldom need to cancel.

  8. No worries about the weather—the rickshaws are weather-proof! Even in the rain, our tours are always a great experience.

  9. You stop in Munich and have some time to visit the city or you arrive in Munich and want to start your holiday with the best way possible to know the city: with a rickshaw/pedicab tour? Be met at Munich Airport by your private chauffeur in an executive limousine (Mercedes-Benz, BMW, or Audi). Your chauffeur will greet you in the arrivals area with a name sign. For the one-way option, your chauffeur will drive you to the rikschaguide.com headquarters to start your tour; for the round-trip option, you’ll also be taken back to the airport after the tour. Suitable for up to 3 passengers with 2 standard suitcases.