Fold-up canopy for a people carrier, such as a perambulator or stroller

A canopy top for at least the partial covering of at least one opening of at least one person carrying device, comprising:

• at least a first canopy top element and second canopy top element that are moveable relative to each other and at least partially in or over each other around at least one shared rotational axis, said first and second canopy top elements comprising a front edge border defined by a front canopy top bracket and a rear edge border at a distance defined by a rear canopy top bracket, both of which are connected or connectable at the rotational axis with a main canopy top surface, said main canopy top surface being present or tensioned between a front and rear edge border and between first and second side canopy top surfaces that lie opposite each other, which extend from the main canopy top surface in the respective direction of the rotational axis, wherein the main canopy top surface that is present or tensioned between the front and the rear edge border comprises, at least in sections, a lower radial distance to the rotational axis than the maximum radial distance of the front edge border of the second canopy top element, so that the second canopy top element can be pushed into and overlap the first canopy top element through the rear edge border of the first canopy top element.