Soap Box Rally
The Bergamo Soap Box Rally is a wooden car race that every year, usually in May, transforms the Viale delle Mura into a wild and spectacular circuit. This scenic route runs alongside the imposing Venetian fortifications of the Città Alta, offering a breathtaking descent overlooking the lower town. The event takes its name from the American "soap boxes," but for over 70 years, the people of Bergamo have made it a craft tradition, where the racing cars must be built strictly without engines and with a wooden frame. Each crew challenges gravity along this route, tackling three different challenges that test pure speed, skill in jumping and foam obstacles, and the aesthetic originality of the vehicles.
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