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Definition of a DISHONEST reaction: calls itself "honest". Just like a site called "cheaptickets" NEVER has the cheapest tickets.

There are shared Spaces too. But you have to see it as the car is on visit. And in general where there is no separate bike path the speed limit is low. So there is a separation more on speed.

Lots of high rise building because the NL is a very small country with a lot of people. Literally no room for one-family homes for everybody.

Amsterdam is actually teally bad for biking....

I work as a real-estate agent In Utrecht and Houten, and though it is undiable that Houten is popular with (young) families and senior citizens, it is boring as hell for anyone else. And what is mentioned about the architecture: that is simply not true. Houten is very consistent throughout the town... consistently ugly and similar architecture almost everywhere.

The Netherlands is also trying to get rid off the remaining level intersections with train rails and roads.

What about the metro bike share behind you this whole time.

No red lights. Because bikes and pedestrians don’t need red lights. Cars need them.

That sounds awesome

Soviet microdistrict vs usa suburbia. The capital of Belarus ( Minsk) has the same population as Houston, Texas.But 1/8 smaller in size

Soviet Microdistrict vs usa suburbia

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To all the casual viewers, Houten is by no means exceptional here in the Netherlands. It has basically perfected the art of making a bicycle friendly and walkable city but most other Dutch cities are almost as good.

Metro isn’t useful even if you tried. Two major lines are in the freeway median as if you can easily access them. You can’t. Metro lines all go to DTLA where no one works or shops there. Perhaps the only useful lines are the C/K lines when you want to go to LAX and you can disperse to the outer reaches of the city before you call an Uber driver. Unless you don’t feel safe and fear for your life and luggage. Why spend billions for badly designed Metro routes and unsafe trains. That’s Los Angeles screw ups for you.

Did you feel safe in Amsterdam? Just because of what happend to ann frank

least dystopian American take

If there is a collision between a car and a cyclist - the car gets 100% of the fault by law. Even if the traffic rules would say the car was driving correctly and the cyclist was wrong. The idea is that you are the more lethal vehicle, and you have a responsibility to drive slower and be more careful in dangerous situations with vulnerable fellow road users. Since everybody also cycles, you can read cyclist more easily and anticipate as a driver. The road design you showed at 12:20 and 13:10 look like 30km/h speed zones, and often include paid parking to discourage drivers from just going there. These are not roads designed to go from A to B - but for people to get to their houses from the 'main road' leading moving into the neighbourhood.

I like that there's a Carl's jr below😅

The signs at Schiphol are in English... mate hahaha

Dutch suburbs might be better compared to North-American suburbs, but they are still worse when compared to actual good urban development in my opinion. The lack of density makes public transport less feasible and less attractive, which will increase car use. Suburban streets also feel less enclosed, and therefore less pleasant, because of the relatively low houses. Overall suburbs are just inherently less efficient and less sustainable when it comes to land use. The positive of having your own garden is not a lot compared to the negatives of low density. An alternative for these gardens could be community gardens, or simply more public parks with a lot of sections enclosed by thick greenery to create a sense of privacy.

Around 3:14 you say there is a farm across the street, that would be some sportsfields. Farms would be a few kilometers further down the tramline

Great video! When I have friends over from abroad, I always tell them: "mind the cyclists, the car drivers are seldomly a problem." However, aggressive cyclists are a problem specific to Amsterdam only.

15:00 You just have to pull up on the sidewalk (on a spot not endagering pedestrians) when you wish to stop, so you're out of the way of the bicycle flow.

Offcourse we have single houses, what are you thinking? And visiting only Amsterdam, then thinking that you know how an entire country is... you dont even know how many people live in Amsterdam. Disappointing...

A HOY , The tents are one maybe two times a week purepose setting ! MARKET PLACE . Rest of time town square or parking lot !

If you can´t ride a bike, don't ride one in Amsterdam. Thanks.

This is a lovely video offering an interesting view on Dutch city design. I hear you "imagining" and "betting" a lot though. Like with the sidewalks crossing the street and the market on the square. Have you considered asking someone or at least googling it?

"Everything is a bit more flexible." We call that *freedom* 😁

Usually a "Market" is held once per week on a certain day. The stalls are metal frames with wooden table-like selling area's and on top a canvas tent like canopy which can be rolled up. This all can be taken down after the market and brought to another neigborhood and put down early in the morning and the sellers come with their own trucks/vans put their wares on the table and in stacks to the front and sell Vegetables,fruits, clothing,second-hand stuff, fish, etc. and next day the market is in another square/neighborhood. In Amsterdam Zuidoost there are 4 area's with markets from monday till saturday. People walk to the market and have at least 1 close by and 2/3 within 3 kilometers, ride their bike and have fresh produce several times a week.

#jewinschipol

There are other traffic rules that differ from motorized traffic. Kids at Dutch primary schools also have to take a theory and practical bicycle exam. A rule when you slow down on a bicycle path, stick out your right hand and cycle to the right side of the bicycle path. This is important for the cyclists who cycle behind you. And besides that, Amsterdam is the most bicycle-unfriendly city in the Netherlands, with the most unfriendly cyclists. In Amsterdam, everyone always seems to be in a hurry. But Amsterdam is also a challenge to cycle, narrow roads, tram tracks, tourists, etc. The experienced cyclists know exactly how to cycle and what obstacles there are. And if someone suddenly slows down on the road this can be hindrance and even dangerous.

"Cyclist going the wrong direction!" Probably not, because most streets in my country that are one way streets for cars, are two way for everybody else, like pedestrians and cyclists. This is indicated by a sign at the beginning of the street, telling that it is a one way street, with a wite sign underneath it, showing a bike and the word "uitgezonderd", which means something like excluded.

Amsterdam isn’t my town anymore…all the things that happen now…and it is strange they put so many people in a mega building…and claiming that those communities, having a better social living place…is wrong. I know somebody how are living in such a building, and he doesn’t know any other persons how are living in that building, he even doesn’t have contact with his neighbors, they even greets or talks to others they just step into the lift and some saying only goodbye…the phone is more important these days…the only person he have contact is the concierge….poor world…and that park front his building, well it is just, well you can call it that nature take over, it is just only weeds what is growing……and front his building, well bikes did take over de space…

He can’t find the exit on the airport and thinks that Amsterdam has 4 million citizens….🤔

The centers of Dutch cities aren't the greatest to get around in in a car, but for anywhere else (including the more urban areas of the cities) I wouldn't say it's inconvenient to drive. Anywhere the trains go the cars can go as well, it's just that many people either don't want to drive or don't even have a car because it's simply not necessary to have one. The Netherlands (including Amsterdam) also regularly makes the top 3 highest-quality roads in the world.

Biking is stressful if it’s all new to you. You are not used to it. Of course you can’t do sight seeing on a bicycle lane. Normally there’s no cursing at other cyclists, only when you are endangering traffic 😎. Utrecht has been named best bicycle city in the world, several times. And when you bike in Amsterdam and in Utrecht (you can even bike from one city to the other in just a couple of hours) you notice the difference in infrastructure. In Utrecht it’s even better for bikes compared to Amsterdam. In Utrecht you don’t have to share the street with cars as often as in A’dam …

I liked your video 😊 It's true in larger cities bicycling can be stressful and lanes are too small to handle all the bikes.

I liked your video 😊 It's true in larger cities bicycling can be stressful and lanes are too small to handle all the bikes.

I would imagine you got yelled at because you stopped suddenly without signaling which is the Dutch equivalent of slamming the brakes on the freeway without your brake lights turning on. Super dangerous stuff. Always look over your shoulder and announce your intentions if someone is behind you.

from 8 min .10 min is a market place you are not allowed to come there by car only the market traders are allowed to come there with their cars to unload .12.48 min on the canals there is 1 way traffic. on the Manixstraat 5 cars and 20 cyclists Put on a helmet then all of Amsterdam knows watch out there goes another tourist :) 😇 Mvg Frits from Amsterdam

Monster in The Netherlands is the best!

25 years ago it was a cool city. Now it’s just another shithole like so many in europe

In the Netherlands: Every car driver is also a bicycle driver. Let that go through your mind to understand the implications. Also: if a car and a bicycle crash in the Netherlands. The car driver is legally at fault. Always! No matter if the bicycle driver did not look, was driving wrong way or whatever 😉

PLEASE READ BEFORE COMMENTING: A few corrections/comments: * Amsterdam metropolitan area has 2.5 million, not 4 million inhabitants. * There are plenty of "single family" homes in the Netherlands, but many are attached rather than detached, unlike in the US. Additionally, the average size of a Dutch home is about half the size of an American one, according to Pubmed * I visited all the major cities in the Netherlands and was in the country for around 2 weeks. This video is just part one of the review, which is about Amsterdam as its the first city I visited. I know Amsterdam is not representative of the whole country! * When I say "Medieval" I mean the urban form, or footprint of the city in Medieval times. I know most of the buildings in Amsterdam are not from this time period! * I already made a video about other parts of the country, mainly Houten, and more are coming out soon. * When I say I was yelled at on the bicycle lane--yes, I know its because I slowed down unexpectedly. I am simply not used to such busy bike lanes here in the US. I'm sure if you ride on Amsterdam bike lanes every day, you get used to the energy and etiquette pretty quickly. My comparison to a freeway in the US is a compliment: Amsterdam should be proud of how many people cycle, rather than drive! * My comments about feeling stressed on a bike lane, or not knowing where something was, are just that--comments. They're my opinions, not facts. Like I say in the video, sometimes I can be an idiot! ua-cam.com/video/dq0GKEdoQkg/v-deo.html

6:07 yass, guys if you're into traditional architecture check out Leon Krier and Architecture Uprising

Amsterdam does not have a population of 2 but less than 1 million.

I am Dutch and the airport is prounced "Schiphol"not "SchGGGGGGGGiphol" ... In the Northern half of The Netherlands we do have what is known as a gutteral or hard G but we understate it. We pronounce it quick, short and soft. We do not add volume and attention to that letter by basically screaming GGGGGGGG everytime it comes up in a word. Like you did....