Check out this cool ferry in Amsterdam (Ijferry)
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- Cycling across Amsterdam and checking out the free ferry across the Ij.
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The square at the side of the Central Station is very interesting as well, where you felt you had to apologise to the other biker. This small space where the three bikelanes just end, ánd the ferry leaves, bikes and pedestrians are thrown into one big frenzy. This is a deliberate setup; traffic lights or complicated linage was considered but in the end this was chosen as the best solution, and I am always amazed at how well this works.
Not if you're blind or visually impaired, then it's a chasm that prevents you from going on the ferries.
Awesome video. 👍👍 I am always impressed by the intuitive design of the bicycle lanes, like colors, speed bumbs, lining, road signs, traffic lights etc. They guide you without thinking what to do.
ye nice, but it doesn't work like that since you are an active part of traffic, and you should always look around you, think anticipate and act.
Otherwise you're just another stupid tourist.
Ferry nice....
I live in Amsterdam and I cycle over this road and ferry every day. Never realised it was so special.
Nice ride and very pleasant background music ❤
the meetingpoint for one of my favorite biketrips trough twiske naturepark and waterland.......specialy broek in waterland is worth a visite.
Hey thx for the video. Small thing: in Dutch, "ij" is always capitalized as "IJ" not "Ij". "ij" is essentially an old misspelling of "y" that we never got rid of, so it's kinda only a single letter (even though it's always written as two).
Thank you!
In 1969, I learned to write. The IJ was one letter back then. Write a "U" with extention below the writing line, comparable to g being an a with an extention (in another font). I never heard that the "IJ" is family of the "Y". As I learned it at school, the "Y" does not exist in modern Dutch anymore. In earlier days the "i" and "j" and the "y" was used to lengthen the vowel before it. Seeing my name, you will understand why I wanted to know this. And yes, a 17th century Dutchman would say my name was misspelled. I know, haha.
@@ronaldderooij1774 Damn ..... if the Y no longer exists I'll have to go through life being called Ro 😟
@@ronaldderooij1774
> [T[he "Y" does not exist in modern Dutch anymore.
'Yoghurt' wants a word, as does ''hyena'.
Yes and no about the y not existing. It is not part of the Dutch alphabet, it is however still being used in many words. However, with the almost exclusive exception of names, these uses tend to be in "loan words". very few "original Dutch" words still use it. The mentioned example of Yoghurt is Turkish in origin.
Hi! I actually work on those ferries that's also really cool 🙂
I have been on that ferry. I took a guided cycle tour into the villages so close to Amsterdam.. having arrived there at the end of a Rhine River cruise that started in Basel, Switzerland.
Thank you. This was a nice reminder.
The IJ is the remnant of a river that flowed from mare Flevum (now it its bigger form the IJsselmeer) to the North Sea. Nowadays it is replaced by a canal (Noordzeekanaal) but in Roman times it swept northwest and was flowing into the North Sea where now is Egmond. (mond meaning mouth).
and Eg meaning IJ (ei) ? See here the very old direct relation between Dutch and English language. IJmond is a known name of the area where the Noordzeekanaal and the Northsea meet. I think it is plausable Egmond has the same meaning as IJmond.
Thanks, i didn't know that, because subsequently after the Roman times it lost the access to the sea and it was a bay with brackish water for roughly a 1,000 years.
@@dikkiedik53 Egg is an ei. IJ not 😂
@@dikkiedik53 Nee, "Eg" betekent niet "ei". Was dit wel het geval, dan kunnen toeristen een bezoek brengen aan "Eggmouth".
@@dikkiedik53 The name of IJ is very common in Germanic names for bodies of water. There are two rivers named IJsel/Isel for example and even two IJselmeers in the Netherlands. Then there is the Isar and Isen.
Mayby from the Celtic Ys = fast flowing but historians do not agree on that :D Certainly not from the word for egg.
Next time take the ferry to NDSM. Nice ride and lots of interesting things to see. Old shipyards. Art museum. Big flee market. Etc. Thx for your video!
Ok thank you! Actually I think I cycled past that didn't go in though
The name of the water IJ is the remnant of the Dutch word "het tij" or "het getij" ,in English "the tide".In former days the water was in open connection with the see.
organised chaos
My ferry leaves from the middle of nowhere. The Hempont near the trainstation Sloterdijk. It goes to the otherside of the north sea channel, to Zaandam. A city visited by czar peter the great and Monet. Where 80% of the worlds chocolate is being processed and distributed.
Take those every day going to work, they are a great weather indication, if busy the weather is good, if not busy the weather is bad.
Also look at the ground green for getting on the ferry and red for driving off the ferry
Best regards
Frits from Amsterdam N
The last time I visited Amsterdam, I stayed in one of the boats on the IJ behind you at the start. The time before, I stayed in Amsterdam Noord so had to use the ferry each day.
Last time I visited Amsterdam... wow, that must have been in 1987 with the demonstration against minister Deetman (Education): En die Deetman met zijn plannen, weet je waar we die het liefste zien, in de Amsterdamse grachten of nog liever onder lijn 10. What a terrible city.
Achtually, the water you point out at 0:35 is called the Oosterdock, one of the first VoC first ports. It's connected to the IJ but a sapperate body of water. The buildings you see in the background are still in the center. From 2:05 till 3:45, notice how all those traffic lights for bikes are green 🙂 at 4:12, notice the police on bikes guiding another cycler back onto the bikepath. 9:30 you should see the bike parking area on the center side of the ferry, its much bigger.
You seem to handle the Dutch bike traffic pretty well, fearlessly and nimbly dashing past all the other Amsterdam cyclists... Dutch ancestors? :)
No clearly not. He’s wearing a helmet, clearly still a tourist. 😊
@@ramonschliszka6332 hahahaha
yeah you can recognize tourists from a mile away, they all look afraid and wear helmets. Apart from the Italian ones, they wear marihuana beanies and walk around like they are lost
@@ramonschliszka6332
Here we go again, ridiculing anyone who dares wear something different than your average daily outfit.
What if this guy uses the ferry as a starting point for a long distance inter-city commute at higher speeds for practicality, in which case a road bike would actually be the more logical choice and wearing a helmet is a pretty sensible decision considering that his more hunged over position would launch him head first in case of an emergency? Ever thought of that possibilty? Helmets have their place and time, ask any 'wielrenner'...
The funny thing is, I never hear everyday pedestrians mock joggers for their running shoes and sporty outfits.
It's always the dutch 'fietsers' in youtube comment sections. What's up with you people?
I happen to really appreciate the (classic) liberal dutch atmosphere of "live and let live" found amongst my friends. Isn't that what the Netherlands were known and respected for? Mind you: there is some merit in the old dutch expression "Doe maar gewoon, da's gek genoeg (Just act normal, that's crazy enough) but taken to the extreme,
like it is customary under every dutch cycling video, this attitude results in the rather obnoxious, calvanistic and suffocating conformity found in posts like yours. In fact it is rather the opposite of "acting normal", it is a pathetic cry for attention: "Look, look at us, look at how incredibly, wonderfully, especially normal and casual we are". Yuck!
What you guys fail to realize is that (ironically enough) it comes across as pretty snobbish and elitist.
One of the more unfortunate aspects of dutch culture that I would gladly do without...
No offence intended, I had to say it (and I don't even wear a helmet).
Groeten uit Brabant.
@@mourlyvold64 guess the roads can't freeze up next winter after all that salt... I think the joke went way over your head and it might be better to just chill a bit before going full rage mode over something this silly
Actually, a nicer ferry is the one to NDSM wharf. A slightly longer route, feels like a mini-cruise. Returning to the centre you get an amazing view of the warehouses of ‘Oude Houthaven’.
Little Dutch spelling tip: The letter ij in Dutch is basically the exact same as the letter y in English. So the 'ij' letter/vowel in Dutch when you put a capital letter on it (for a name or at the start of a sentence) you not only put the capital letter on i but also the j. Because ij are two letters who always combine as one 'letter unit'. Like the letter y. So 'ij' becomes IJ when using a capital phrasing not 'Ij'. So this water is called the IJ not Ij.
Bent me voor 😂
The word for ‘letter unit’ is ‘glyph’. The word for a connected combination of two or more letter shapes is ‘ligature’. A correctly localized for dutch font uses a single glyph ‘ij’ and ‘IJ’, which may or may not be a ligature.
@@JulesStoop Toppie leuk om de Engelse namen te horen voor dit soort dingen. Weet je ook hoe het in onze eigen taal heet?
@@hansolo2121 in de context van typografie, wordt het woord 'glyph' volgens mij vaak letterlijk geleend. Maar ik heb het ook vertaald zien worden als 'teken', 'letterteken' of 'symbool'. We zouden iemand die in het veld werkzaam is moet vinden voor het beste antwoord. M.b.t. tot 'ligature', dat is gewoon 'ligatuur'. En net als in het Engels heeft dat woord ook andere betekenissen buiten de typografie.
You missed the most interesting part!!
The square before the ferries is an interesting zone that's could be described as "free for all maximum 15kmh be careful zone"
The idea is that everyone just uses the best road for them, avoiding others, and there are no lines... Its genius and actually works.
Next time! Thanks!
absolutely, don't over nanny people...
Have you seen the new "parking lot" for bikes in front of Central Station. Also nice content for viewers ;)
Seen it in the news but no I haven't seen it in person, I need to go back!
Nice video!! Good explanations.
you were on the track to the ferry however you took the long way over another route ...if you followed the way you were then u would end up behind central station and saw the beauty of the IJ
0:39 not actually standing in front of 't IJ there buddy. That's Oosterdok.
When you write ij as a start letter then both are capital letters. So not Ijferry, but IJferry or IJ ferry. See ij as ONE letter.
Except it's not one letter, because then we'd have a 27 letter alphabet. It's really just a typographical inconsistency.
@ 4.27 minutes. Police officer with bike on your right side.
4:03 here you can see the police bike that exists
(You should capitalize the j in IJ and IJferry)
The american answer when your not sure: Nobody really knows
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Pretty cool is right. I noticed about 2:50 there was a small car coming the other way on the track. Is that because it’s small and electric? Also noticed one getting on the ferry. Scooters are able to use bike tracks as well?
Yeah I saw quite a few of those little cars, not sure exactly what it is but I know they are like baby cars, limited to a certain speed and maybe you don't even need a normal driver's license to drive one? Also yes I think scooters can use bike lanes over there unless it says that they're for bikes only.
@@spinningtrue Hey, resident of the Netherlands 🇳🇱 here! These "microcars" started to become popular as an accessibility mode of transportation of people with limited mobility. This has evolved over the years as a convenient, safe and weather resistant micromobility opportunity. They are limited to a maximum of 45km/h for the "yellow license plate" versions, bromfiets category, which are legally the same category in the Netherlands as any scooter you might find in Europe. There is a "blue plate" option, snorfiets category, which is limited to 25km/h, but enjoy advantages of kinda being in a bicycle category legally speaking, therefore being able to use bike lanes as well, not just roads. This is an oversimplification, read into it if you are interested. Finally, the ferries allow bikes, snorfiets and bromfiets as well on board, but internal combustión engines must be turned off.
@@barnabas.csermely What's important to note about these microcars is that they may or may not be a disabled person vehicle and it's sometimes very hard to tell. If they are, they're basically access all areas and may move around like pedestrians, which amongst other things means they have right of way on pedestrian crossings. So it's best to be really careful around these things.
@@barnabas.csermely Not quite true, there are no micro cars with blue licence plates in the Netherlands, there are only scooters/mopeds with (45km) yellow and (blue) 25km plates. The tiny red and grey and white micro cars with tiny yellow license plates are Cantas. The Canta is seen as a disabled vehicle, the bigger microcar(brommobiel) is not. Cantas you can park on the sidewalks and travel on the ferry, with the bigger micro cars you can't. For a Canta you don't need a driver's license, for a brommobiel you do.
Please do take the IJ ferry instead of hanging in coffeeshops and the redlight district Amsterdam is more than those tourist traps
The constructionsite at 4:00 on the right is a bike-parking for about 11.000 bike's that wil be under water. It's opening saturday January 28st of 2023.
Better bring your snorkel then
It’s funny you keep mentioning rush hour. This is definitely not proper rush hour yet :-)
You have the pace of an American lycra cyclist 😀
The ferry is free, and it services 24 hours every day.
How cool is that?
What do you mean 24 hours? It doesn't go late in the night, that's one of the reasons why people from Noord are always wanting bridges across the IJ so much
@@letheas6175 GVB Ferry F3 services all through the night, between 23.00 and 06.00, taking people and bicyclists from Amsterdam Central Station to the opposite side at the Buiksloterweg. Also the Hempont Ferry F20 services all through the night, taking people from Amsterdam to Zaandam across the IJ.
'Bridges across the IJ' is an absurd idea. Even at Central Station, the opposite side is 300 m away. No one asks for a 'bridge' there.
If you want to get to Amsterdam Noord during the night by bus, bicycle or car, there are several options, like the IJ-tunnel, the Zeeburgertunnel, the Zeeburgerweg, or the A10 highway around the city.
@@elseverwoerd How is that an absurd idea? Also, yes they do want a bridge (or crossing in general) because of the many problems with the ferry's and the problems new neighborhoods have by being less connected then previously suggested (for example Sluisbuurt without extra mobility options). But yeah, there are actually multiple locations that would be suited for a crossing.
Even in the local politics, IJ crossings are a huge topic. A proposed tunnel for bikes and pedestrians seemed to be the most ideal, but again, very expensive. But you are factually wrong by saying no one wants it.
@@letheas6175 I denied two of your claims: 'the ferries don't go late at night' and 'people in Amsterdam-Noord always want bridges'. Both are incorrect, and I have told you why.
Now you change 'bridges' into 'crossings in general'; you don't admit to your falsehood about the ferries not servicing late at night and all through the night; and you offer an example of a neighborhood ('Sluisbuurt') that is connected to other city parts by connections that can be used 24h every day, like the Zuiderzeeweg, de Zeeburgertunnel, the Ringweg Oost, and even the Oranjesluizen.
You chose to live on what is basically an island ('Zeeburgereiland'). Lucky you, with all those connections!
Oh, what about all those people on Amsterdam-Noord (that is *not* you) who allegedly 'always want bridges'? I can't find any info on them.
@@elseverwoerd Most ferries, except for the one you mention, don't go late at night. So you are hardly right about the whole thing, thus I feel no need to continue on that topic. But if you really, really need it so much, yes there is 1 ferry that even goes late at night. But that hardly means a good mobility connection. Also, it doesn't matter what kind of crossing it is, the citizens are divided on that, some prefer a tunnel, some a bridge. In the original plans of the Sluisbuurt neighborhood, a cycling bridge was planned between the Oostelijke Havengebied and Sluisbuurt (just like with Noord) but sadly, good connectivity isn't high on the agenda and they canceled the bridge. Honestly, I'm glad I don't live there. I prefer to live in a more walkable and cycling kind of neighborhood.
How are you unable to use google (or read the news? or forum boards about mobility&new skyscrapers in the Netherlands/Amsterdam) well alright, let me help you, here are some articles:
(this one is about the history and explanation of the problem)
www.parool.nl/nederland/hoe-er-al-183-jaar-lang-geen-brug-over-het-ij-komt-na-talloze-plannen~b6af2517/
(this was quite recently, they held a demonstration)
www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/313242/fietsdemonstratie-voor-brug-over-het-ij-noord-groeit-en-bloeit-iedere-dag
www.parool.nl/nieuws/debat-rond-miljardendeal-amsterdam-brug-over-het-ij-is-nog-niet-van-tafel~b6eddb98/
And then on AT5 it has been reported multiple times (either the plans for the bridges, or protests by people from Noord, since they have demonstrations or news about this subject quite often)
But basically, everyone I know from Noord (my ex lived there and he has a lot of family/friends living there) are feeling the same about this. I even once talked about it at Ceuvel in Noord, since I studied mobility and am quite interested in this subject, and yeah. I don't know anyone who wouldn't want a bridge. I know you are probably going to say something like ''but that's not everyone, that's not facts'' or something like that, which would be true. But we all know we can't exactly know everyones opinion there. I'm just going off by what I have heard, also in my studies, and on the news/forums and Noord people I know.
I like the fact that you think this is cool. The Dutch living and working in Amsterdam find this normal and it's part of their daily routine..
What is that in front there? A lunchbox? Your road bike looks very smart, but kind of unusual with what I can see for bikes the natives are riding. It's a little surprising all the cell phone addiction considering the sporty nature of these people.
It's a handlebar bag by the company klickfix!
No, het IJ, or it IJ, if you like.
Nice video. Keep up the good work. Dutch native speaker here, just to confirm that the combination of i & j in Dutch is called "lange ij" (long ij) [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJ_(digraph) ], and pronounced exactly the same as "ei", which is the "korte ei" (short ei). The "ei" also exists in German, but pronounced slightly different than in Dutch. The river "Rijn" in Dutch is the same as the one in Germany called "Rhein". Anyway, to make a long story short: if a name in Dutch starts with 'ij", it should be capitalized as "IJ", as in IJsland (Iceland), or the famous Amsterdam café "De IJsbreker" (The Icebreaker), or the Dutch port city of IJmuiden, or the Dutch municipality of IJsselstein. My guess is that, judging from the various comments from Dutch people here, you would do them an enormous favour to correct the spelling of the title of your video (which, I am sure you know, is a retrospective editing option in UA-cam), but of course: only if you want to look smart. 🙂 🙂 🙂
I wasn't in amsterdam that day :/
To all tourists: can you please take care to stay OFF the bike lanes? Thank you in advance!
That is illegal in the Netherlands. If a bike lane is present, cyclists must use the bike lane.
@@aname4822 I am talking to the pedestrians, thank you for clarifying
Its not Ijferry..Its IJferry.Its the ferry across the IJ!!
Niet zo zuur doen
The Dutch language considers 'ij' to be a single letter, and the capitalisation of 'ij' as 'Ij' (instead of 'IJ') just hurts my eyes...
random dude in city he doesnt know "nobody knows"
you could just ask someone
Nee,ik moet het schrijven.Want anders wordt gezocht naar de Ijferry en die zie je nergens staan.Het wordt dan als l en j bekeken....Terwijl het een I en grote J is...Oftewel IJ...
Met een gondel 🚠 was je klaar geweest
Misschien komt er ooit een wethouder met het”idee”
Tragisch centrum
Similar video, on a slightly different route:
ua-cam.com/video/T-X5YvmZC2E/v-deo.html
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IJ and IJferry. Never Ij.
Dude, you're going far too fast on a bycicling path. that is really dangerous!!
😂😂😂😂
You do know that anyone who is recognisable in this video can claim 3500 Euro's if you did not ask permision to publish any photo or video with them in it? This is European law.
Source? Don't think so, but you should not film people when they are in an "expected to be private" situation.
Pretty useless video. What s the point in highlighting the total madness of cycling in Amsterdam esp. The Parking. You did not even show the terror made by electro bicycles at 30 m p h speed.
Better a biker in Amsterdam (like me) then a zeikende zeurkous who seems terrorised by the number of bikes en e-bikes in the city and who has nothing to say of any interest.
You are going too fast
BS
Love it, he's very well adjusted to the Dutch traffic 👍
Achtually, the water you point out at 0:35 is called the Oosterdock, one of the first VoC first ports. It's connected to the IJ but a sapperate body of water. The buildings you see in the background are still in the center. From 2:05 till 3:45, notice how all those traffic lights for bikes are green 🙂 at 4:12, notice the police on bikes guiding another cycler back onto the bikepath. 9:30 you should see the bike parking area on the center side of the ferry, its much bigger.