![[[Photo: Classic Summer Days]]](/images/blog/2023/classic-summer-days-big.webp)
![[[Photo: Classic Summer Days]]](/images/blog/2023/classic-summer-days.webp)
On Saturday and Sunday, June 3 and 4, 2023, the "Classic Summer Days" took place at Merode Castle in the district of Düren. Here, the Mercedes-Benz brand clubs presented their vehicles in front of a historic backdrop. The event was held under the motto "R129 & friends". The meeting for members, friends and interested guests was organized by the Germany-wide active Mercedes-Benz R129 SL Club.
![[[Foto: Micha Lesemann im Podcast mit Stephan Schneider]]](/images/blog/2023/podcast.webp)
In the 36th episode of the DigiKonkret podcast of the Digital City of Düsseldorf, our CEO Micha Lesemann is the guest of host Stephan Schneider. The topic of the talk: our Aldenhoven Testing Center, its creation and why it is an example of successful structural change - also and especially in light of the current challenges in the Rhenish coalfield.
![[[Photo: Photo shooting of the vehicles on the oval track]]](/images/blog/2023/lloyd-days/01-lloyd-days.webp)
Last Saturday we had special oldies with us. The Lloyd Freunde IG, Nottuln had chosen our test center as the destination for their Lloyd Days. With their old-timers, a legendary small car brand of the economic miracle era, they offered a colorful picture on our steep curve.
![[[Photo: Bike race before the start]]](/images/blog/2023/radfahren/01-radfahren.webp)
Last Saturday, in perfect weather, the bicycle discipline for the Deutsches Sportabzeichen (German Sports Badge) was taken for the first time on our proving ground. And this was done quite sportily with muscle power – engines were only there as background scenery from the neighboring highway segment of the FTL, on which a quarter-mile race was held at the same time.
![[UNICARagil all four vehicles]](/images/blog/2023/unicaragil/01-unicaragil.webp)
After five years of intensive work, the Aldenhoven Testing Center hosted the grand final event of the UNICARagil project on May 11, 2023. Eight universities and nine companies showed the public four fully autonomous vehicle prototypes and thus how future mobility can succeed.
![[Logo: Aldenhoven Testing Center]](https://www.aldenhoven-testing-center.de/images/atc-logo-a-ohne-schatten-rgb.svg){kind=logo}