Poles buying more bicycles

Poles will buy some 1.2 million bicycles in 2014, according to forecasts quoted by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. The number has been steadily growing for the past years, from 0.75 million in 2008 to 0.99 million in 2013. The average unit price is PLN 1,000. An growing interest in purchasing bicycles may be attributed to several factors, the newspaper wrote. Poles are increasingly interested in a healthy lifestyle and cities are expanding cycling infrastructure. The country is still behind many European markets, however. In Germany, some 3.9 million bicycles were sold in 2013. The UK came second with 3.6 million and France was third with 2.8 million.