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tree only lights up fully while someone keeps pedalling really
hard, which encourages families with their kids to stop and give
it a try. The bicycle also charges a battery that, along with
solar panels, powers up the rest of the lights around the
Budapest square.
"One the one hand, we keep moving in this cold weather. On the
other, we can experience how much one needs to pedal to light up
a six meter-high Christmas tree decoration," said Gergely Orsi,
the mayor of Budapest's 2nd district.
"For us, it shows an example that sustainability is the future."
His municipality decided to cancel most of the usual Christmas
light decorations this year due to the energy crisis.
"Every year this square is decorated beautifully. We would have
been sad if we did not have them this year, but I think this is
an excellent compromise," a local resident, Nora, said after she
had pedalled the bicycle with her young son watching.
(Reporting by Krisztina Fenyo; Editing by Jan Harvey)
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