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My sister sent me this video of bike rush hour in the Netherlands, where more than a third of the people commute by bike! Awesome.
P.S. On the flip side: Crazy NYC traffic.
(Top photo by Garance Dore)
Bike Rush Hour
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Hi Joanna! I’m not sure if you read comments on old (9 year old even, what?!) posts, but I still wanted to comment this :) I love your blog. I discovered it not too long ago and searched for The Netherlands in the searchbar to see if you had ever written something about my tiny country. I saw this video (very recognizable for me!) and it reminded me that I had to fix my bike, which partially broke down yesterday. So thank you for writing this post, because a) it was very funny for me to read all the comments and b) it reminded me of fixing my bike, which I really need tomorrow morning, to go to uni and make an important test, so imagine if I had forgotten! Thanks and love from Holland xx
Very cool!
Brilliant video. Lots of comments about helmets though. They don’t need them because it is so safe. In any event, the protective powers of polystyrene helmets are very limited. More lives would be saved if motorists wore helmets than cyclists.
Love this post. Bikes are the wave of transportations future. If you haven’t already, take a look at Rob Forbes’ (founder of Design Within Reach) new venture PUBLIC Bikes (publicbikes.com).
Cheers,
Sally
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Haha, It’s so funny to hear you all talking about this. Now, you have to look at this station (Haarlem, next to Amsterdam), where everyone park their bikes in front of the station. This sight is a daily thing.
I am from Amsterdam and this is so normal for us. And rush hour over here is even worse I believe…
Every kid learns how to bike, so for us it is almost the same as walking (only quicker)! I even got married by bike (in a short dress, while being pregnant…).
Love your blog btw. And good luck the upcoming period! Little people/boys rule ;-)!
For lots of pictures of people on bikes in Amsterdam visit the blog http://www.amsterdamized.com (The picture of the girl is from that site by the way). There`s also a downside to commuting by bicycle through all kinds of weather. Here`s some security camera footage from last winter of an icy bicyclepath in the Dutch city Lelystad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqo4hwnJt6Y
Haha,
I’m from the Netherlands and your comments are really funny,
I can’t imagine how a day would be without a bike, and how I have to go to school that way.
We can drive a car when we are 18, and there are no schoolbusses.
And absolutely NO ONE wears a helmet. Those things are stupid.
its super dangerous if you don’t ride bikes (that would be me haha) they honk their little bells at you all uber aggressive ha!
i love it though. yay to saving the earth!
That was wonderful, but did you notice no one is wearing helmets? I know it’s no fun, and not very continental, but my very experienced cyclist husband would be brain damaged or dead if it weren’t for his helmet. Just from an innocent tire blow-out. We have the giant crack in the back of the helmet to prove it. As it is, he broke his clavicle. Please wear helmets everyone!
haha – brilliant! x
Awesome. If more people left cars at home and took up biking, think of the benefits. Whenever I can, I walk or bike to different places.
that video is crazy! no wonder i felt as though i were constantly about to be hit the entire time we visited amsterdam. too funny!
Yep, looking at this video I suddenly realize it’s perfectly normal for a Dutch couple to have five bikes, even if they live in France. :)
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