I'm 25, polish, been living in NL for the last year and plannimg to stay another one. I come from Wrocław which is deemed the most bicycle friendly city in Poland and it's true, it really is pretty nice. But compared to the NL... No, let's not.make that comparison. Ik wilde het graag in NL schrijven maar de zinnen zijn nog steeds te moeilijk voor mij :( Maar echt, waarschijnlijk meest van Nederlanders weten niet eens hoe gelukkig ze zijn omdat je hier geboren geweest, maar voor een buitenlander dat houdt van fietsen de fietspaden zijn gewoon... uhh... a blessing.
That or portable teleporter technology like they had in Star Trek Voyager. Was like the size of a snickers bar. San Francisco looked a lot less disgusting there being all foot paths.
Not just large cities. It works best in small cities, towns and villages actually. It's one of the reasons there are so many vibrant small Dutch cities.
this is why i’ve chosen holland as my winter break destination. i love cycling in london, but it’s nice not having to worry about getting run over by a truck/car/bus/horse and carriage..
Vegan John The Irish lad your still lucky! Ireland is the most lush green place with the best dairy products. I wish I lived in Ireland instead of America😣
Maybe I have a warped perception of cycling in the UK from not living there but I would be about ready to move back to the US if that's what my cycling experience looked like. At least our roads are big. I avoid 2 lane roads like the plague for a reason
88% of cycling casualties in the Netherlands are the result of collisions with motor vehicles (including just under half with cars, about 15% with heavy goods vehicles, 8% vans, 10% die without colliding with motor vehicle and just about 2% are killed or injured by other cyclists, add buses and other large vehicles). The Netherlands with a population of just 17 million has over 200 cycling deaths each year and 80,000 cyclist accident hospital admissions casualties (50,000 of them serious). Denmark, Belgium, Sweden and Germany all have lower cyclist deaths per billion kilometres cycled. Per capita, the Netherlands has the highest Cyclist mortality rate in all of the European Union. If you intend to stick to cycle paths, the Netherlands is fantastic, the best in the world. You may however wish to avoid road traffic and proximity to motor vehicles as much as possible. Don't forget fully comprehensive travel insurance (including repatriation) and let your insurance company know that you will be cycling and in addition, if you will be involved in any type of cycle sport.
Video of clean, quiet, calm social streets filled with happy and healthy looking people including a physically active older generation. 50 people: Nah, I don't like that.
Americans be like: "well we can't have that because our weather isn't 55 degrees 24/7" even though the Netherlands also gets hot and cold, and then they proceed to explain why a state highway dumping its traffic into an otherwise quiet downtown is a good idea
@@maremacd If you live in the Netherlands for a time you'll get used to it very fast. Also, almost everywhere it's very calm. They probably filmed on a sunday somewhere in amsterdam leiden or delft
Above all we dont wear those stupid helmets. Who even came up with this thing for city bikes? In countries like Belgium, germany, i find it absolutely ridiculous to see people dressed up in fancy special fussy biking gear n clothes as if one is going on a long distance biking tour through Europe instead of going to work. The worse part despite all the fancy gear they dont pay attention to the neighbouring cyclists in the opposite direction n bike on the wrong side during cross overs. Fast bikes overtake from the right instead of from the left. 🤣🙈🤦♂️
@@quark31 as a Canadian told repeatedly to wear a helmet to achieve road saftey I agree with your statement. I don’t cycle to work anymore because of driver aggression and lack of road safety. I’ve been attacked by both pedestrians on sidewalks and by vehicles on the road. Very intimidating trying to squeeze between 1 ton truck going 60kmp in a shared lane with a curb preventing you from distancing.. in most cities here it’s illegal to ride on the sidewalk too.
Not even mentioned: you can go to a party and drink carelessly and still get home in the early hours on your bike, only once in my Amsterdam student years the police ordered me to get of my bike and continue my journey on foot.
@@DidierDrogba1997 it can get too late for public transportation, in most cases transportation services stop working after midnight. this might not be the situation at where you live, so i would say a bike is pretty handy for the rest of us
@@talhaklc9621 I live in Zurich, Switzerland and I'd assume a tourist city like Amsterdam would have a great, if not even better public transportation infrastructure
@@DidierDrogba1997 thats probably true for amsterdam what you are saying, i don't know much about netherlands. I live in turkey and i can say that our social and entertainment resources get significantly harder to access after midnight, even in cities like İstanbul (known for tourism or un-strict lifestyles). Yesterday, the prime minister just announced that all kind of musical activities will be forbidden after midnight, with the start of the next month. I know its unrelated but i am trying to give you a perception about what some countries are still dealing with in 2021, its like the whole country is a joke. We have so much to untangle these times, until then, hurray bikes!
I live very close to the Dutch border, yet the conditions for cyclists are way worse here in Germany. I love going to Venlo or Utrecht because there you feel like you actually are a part of the traffic and not just a nuisance for car drivers
I feel that, I live next to the German border but from the Dutch side. Everytimy I cycle, the infrastructure is just not there anymore. The moment I cycle into Elten-Emmerich, the cyclepaths are shared with people on foot.
In 2 months it’s the Bundestagswahl. You know which party to vote for if you want bike infrastructure and sustainable development. Let’s vote out the Autolobby.
Traffic police just can't let go of that sweet sweet traffic ticket revenue money and also the taxes and fees for the crooked politicians. Then there is the dumb citizens with the rolling coal diesels and loud mufflers to feel better about themselves.
Did you notice that all the bikes in the video have a headlight and taillight? It's illegal in Holland, Germany etc. To ride a bike at night without lights. The Police will give you a ticket. Its much safer to have lights and not wear a helmet than it is to wear a helmet with no lights. When I drive my car at night in Montreal I can barely see most of the cyclists. Lights should be mandatory for Cyclists worldwide.
No riding without a helmet is saver than with a helmet. It's investigated in countries where they where a helmet and people that don't wear a helmet have way less accidents than people that wear a helmet. A bike helmet is also not designed against cars and gives 0 protection.
@@emiel1976ep This isn't true. There is no evidence to suggest that wearing a helmet reduces the number of accidents - in fact the reverse may be true. Nor is there any real evidence to suggest that wearing a helmet reduces injuries sustained in accidents. Most fatal accidents in London are a result of crush injuries with cyclists coming into contact with buses and trucks - incidents where a bit of plastic covered polystyrine isn't going to be of much assistance.
Was chased by a couple dogs, turned to look back, caught front tire and flipped over. I crushed the back of my helmet. I have no doubt it saved me from serious injury.
@@stevetaylor8698 There is evidence that wearing a helmet reduces the chance of having several different head injuries when in an accident. From a recent meta-analysis of a signficant amount of studies on this topic: "The use of bicycle helmets was found to reduce head injury by 48%, serious head injury by 60%, traumatic brain injury by 53%, face injury by 23%, and the total number of killed or seriously injured cyclists by 34%." This does not mean that wearing a helmet will always save your life, but that wearing a helmet is safer than not. Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29677686
I always dreamt of leaving the UK to go to Canada but after watching Not Just Bikes I ended up here and really want to live in the Netherlands now. I started learning French and German in school but remember very little and after trying to pick up some Dutch it's very simple as it's so similar to both English and German
And that's the problem with Not Just Bikes... He's way too critical of Canada. I'm from Canada and I think it's lovely. If you want density, go to Downtown Toronto, wanna spread out, go to one of the numerous suburbs around Toronto. Transit and bike infrastructure is getting much better in the Suburbs, it isn't nearly as bad as he says it is.
I'm from Canada. (Toronto Area and now Vancouver) Netherlands is incredible. I'd consider living there for sure. Have visited Amsterdam and surrounding area twice and can't wait to get back and ride there.
00:09 I live an grew up in the netherlands, and even for me a left turning bicycle lane was next level of cycle infrastructure. I took a lot of it always for granted, but now realise how much better my childhood (and life) was because of the bicycle infrastructure
This channel is superb ❤️💙 I'm enjoying all the videos here . I love cycling and I also love the Netherlands. I have been to Netherlands around 11 times in the past 7 years and I ll keep coming to see that beautiful country again and again ❤️💙☺️🇳🇱
Sono stato a roma in bicicletta, andava bene (sono olandese, traffico Romano sembra molto caotico, pero, I romani sono molto toleranti in traffico, la mentalita.
The worst thing here in Italy is that cycling is not considered a mean of transport, it is only considered as a fun activity to do in the very few designated cycle routes. Seriamente, qua senza una macchina non vai da nessuna parte
This is amazing. We wish for this in trinidad and tobago 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹. This for us is like Utopia. Congratulations Netherlands. Wished our politicians cared for us like this
Thanks for the info sir. How many Indians like me feels it the need of the hour in our cities (N.Delhi, Bhowali, Jaipur Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Meerut, Bengaluru, Pune, Nashik, Gurugram etc) and also pledge now to take bicycling as the mode of transport for themselves.? Love from Nainital, Uttarakhand, India.
Once I was an au-pair in Netherlands, My friends and I prefer to ride by bike to go to the city or buying some commodities in the market rather than riding by bus or by tren because it's expensive. Riding by bike is much better for the health. It is not dangerous because they have their own bicycle lane separate from cars. The Dutch people are very friendly and kind. I miss riding a bike 😭😭😭 due to this pandemic which is difficult to commute especially buying some foods to the market.
Oh wow, this is incredibly sweet and thank you for your positivity. I'm so happy you had a good experience. And vice versa I am sure Dutch people learned a lot from you - our tiny country can really use the perspectives of someone from abroad sometimes! And I hope that things improved pandemic-wise where you are!
I agree. Best channel ever 🙂 I like your video's and use them for years already to show our bike culture to people abroad. Very pleasant voice, clear and calm spoken. (a Dutchy)
Yes, his tone is much better than Not Just Bike's KILL ALL CARS tone. This man is calm and forgiving to those like me who grew up in Car Dependant suburbs of Toronto. He calmly suggests biking rather than making me feel like shit for not protesting my government for more bike lanes. Not Just Bikes may raise the same points as this guy, but his tone and cynicalism just get's so tiring
@@coastaku1954 👍 I do enjoy the snarky tone of 'Not just bikes' sometimes as a contrast to the peculiar intonation of 'Bicycledutch', the Bob Ross of the little world where bicycles live... 😉
@@mourlyvold7655 But I mean it just gets insulting to my way of life. I get it, the North American Suburban life sucked for you, but many people actually prefer it to living in a dense city. I get his points about walkability and I think it’s evil to make people have to drive, go into loads of debt to by a corporation’s mobility device just to get groceries
My best childhood memories are of riding a bike.. I used to ride 30-40 miles a day during summer break exploring town to town and out on trails in the wilderness. I hope to recapture this and gain back my health by building my own trikes.
Same for me. I put thousands of miles on my bike as a child. Now I'm stuck in idiotville where people only bitch about gas prices and a majority of the population is varying shade of obese.
Cycling also makes cities smaller and at 3:17, houses, you can find other examples too where cars can't park but cyclist can. Cyclists sometimes have infinitely more parking space than cars.
@@mhjmstultiens It's great! Only one section requires I risk my life riding directly next to cars moving fast but it's short and then I have a path again. Thanks for asking!
I've been watching Dutch and Copenhagen cycling videos since about 2005. I love them! Back in 2005 there were very very few "upright" style bicycles in Australia - it was all mountain bikes and racers. Now we have them all, and cycling infrastructure has certainly improved too - though nowhere near the quality and quantity of the Dutch variety. Unfortunately we have the mandatory helmet law - which I generally ignore. A policeman stopped me last week - he had no choice really as he was on the footpath in front of me as his colleague dealt with a motorist. Luckily he was a really nice bloke - he asked me where my helmet was etc, I told him my views on the helmet law, he said he always uses one, and let me go on my way. Plenty of others would not have been so kind - and we have something like a $350 fine in Victoria! I am more relaxed now about breaking this law - I've joined a crowd-funded "we'll pay your court costs" group. Perhaps as a consequence of our helmet law, a high proportion of cyclists on our roads are "sports" cyclists, dressed in their lycra cycling attire, riding in large groups often, and generally annoying both motorists and pedestrians alike. How could the helmet law have this consequence you ask? Well, the helmet goes nicely with the bright lycra cycling attire, and it indicates that this is a dangerous, sporting activity. If you live in a free cycling country (ie 99% of the world), please do wear a helmet if you like, or if you ride very fast etc, but don't let your politicians be stupid and introduce a mandatory helmet law. Happy cycling!
Hate or at least disdain goes both ways, against roadster IGH riders. IMO It's a fact that the average dead cyclist in USA is a MAMIL on a CF tinker toy. Numbers inflated by group ride kills, there has been 5+ at a time. I for one do NOT see me going to Nanny helmet countries like OZ and NZ. F that. I have ZERO miles with a helmet, including 8,100 miles on a 120 lb Rohloff tour bike in SE Asia and NW America where I live. I have done a bunch of century rides all by myself. Some I never even saw 1 other guy. I certainly won't be ever buying or riding a deFAILeur bike again. All my fastest rides were actually with a SA RD5w.
Years ago, the Netherlands decided that 49 cc top speed 40 km mopeds had to wear a helmet. The number of sales fell by more than 50% and after 10 years the government restored a second moped limit of 25 km per hour without a helmet.
Third World infrastructure. Those silly plastic hats (the holy helmet) belong to the victim blaming outfit. And you miss zero-helmet-cycling in winter: ua-cam.com/video/5JQr8cm-6X4/v-deo.html
@@spinkicker27 as a citizen of Russia I don't think so; our cities not for people but cars, our architecture is weak, public transport is weak, urban planning is weak...You could see or read about some big cities(centers of big cities:) like Moscow, St.Petesburg, Kazan or Yekaterinburg and see good images, but other cities in general are very bad!
@@spinkicker27 but I think we are not hopeless outsiders, If we compare with the Netherlands, we are certainly far behind. Looking with whom to compare
Not a single person in this video is obese or even overweight. You have to travel Europe to realize just how bad the obesity epidemic is in the North America.
@@themurdernerd To be fair, your diet also matters and when you consider that the food stanards in NA aren't that good (lots of highly processed food), you do get an obesity problem. But of course, sitting all the time in a car isn't healthy either and car dependency does promote weekly grocery shopping which makes fresh food less practical as well.
I am from India, I love cycling 🚲❤️❤️, despite having motorcycle and scooter, I love my bicycle most, I use my bicycle in the city and public transport for out of the city
Last year BicycleDutch posted a video about the Swedish city of Malmö and he was pleasantly surprised how well the bicycle infrastructure was. ua-cam.com/video/FXZyF1ZXPiY/v-deo.html
Only people on Ebikes have helmets or little children. I live in cycling city Groningen. I don't even own a car, I don't need one. In the city I can cycle every distance and to further places I take the train or borrow a car.
I'm American, I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan (Go Blue!). I badly wish Dutch traffic engineers would just take over my city., I can see the promise of my city, twinkling through space like a dim star off in the vast empty black of space. While at the same time getting smacked in the face with the truth of "never going to happen in my lifetime". Talk about a severely depressing out look.
Shout out from Seattle Wa! I ride my bike everywhere, but its a constant battle. Been working tirelessly to get the city to do better by us walking and rolling. Sometimes though I want to just give up and move to the Netherlands 😢.
I’m a runner and do it twice a week but also combining with cycling. Honestly, I love to cycle more than running but running does keep me in better shape, Cycling is more relaxing specially during summer. I cycle twice for an hour and thirty minutes
Try and up the intensity. Try and go to places with hills and try sprinting on bike. It isnt as intensive as running because cycling is more efficient however if u try and cycle faster and go to routes with hills trust me ur legs will feel it.
@@nootnootpenguino8586 that's the thing I live in an area where it's mostly flat surfaces not many hills. But I think the combination of both running and cycling is working out for me.
Tp. 2666 neither running, that’s just a myth, never proven. I enjoy both activities and none of them has given me healthy issues, it is said that cycling can affect men testicles but that’s another myth never proven too. I’ve been running for 8 years now and know people who had been running for longer without any issues as well.
@@TheFedericohiguain2 simply change your gearing, basically use a gear too heavy to cycle fast... your legs should be in pain all the time. The next time do exactly the opposite, just to make the built up muscle more supple. You should take a spinning class once in a while, it is pretty hard work...
I was commuting back to my home yesterday and was thinking it would be a nice topic in a video to do a comparison between riding to and from work on a bike with a stopwatch to time the trip, versus by car and time it. I'm sure the evidence of the sluggishness of a car will become quite evident that way!
Absolutely fantastic informal video what an Amazing infrastructure I love cycling and I love the dutch way of life this has got to be the place for me .
Nice video! Question: How are VREDESTEIN tires there in Holland. I have been using Vredestein Fortezza tires on my Colnago Master road bike for almost 20 years and love them. I find them pretty puncture resistant and durable. Unfortunately, almost nobody rides them anymore.
Do you apply this to sustainable development goals? I am from Brisbane Australia. I am working on achieving the targets especially inclusive and healthy cities. Politics here is way too corrupted
cycling is most definitely a way to achieve the std. it reduces the CO2 equivalents in the air due to the reduction in the amount of cars and it increases the exercise people get Furthermore, it can also create a larger sense of community since you can, and need to, communicate directly with others. A problem for Brisbane might be that the people coming from outside of the city need to travel too far a distance in order for cycles to be the solution, however, creating a public transport system on which you can commute with the bike might be helpful for this.
The Dutch situation is unique. Just imagine putting all of Australia's population in Tasmania. Population density translates in shorter distances to commute. Also the overall geography plays a role. The landscape is flat the cycle ways are often adjacent to a river or a canal. The climate is also cycle friendly to cycle if the temperature is in excess of 30 C is not recommended.
@@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl this it's hard to implement the same plans elsewhere because of aforementioned factors. there's a lot of tax money here on a small space that can pay for this insane cycling infrastructure. revamping a city center to be cycling friendly is one thing, but doing the infrastructure the dutch way across the board it's just not feasible for large stretches of land. even if you did manage, virtually noone is going to cycle that far anyway, they have to be commutable distances to begin with, all this planning is basically anticipating and steering on how people think. (and their mistakes) give them a good reason to choose a bike, and they will choose a bike. the integration with the railroad network/public transit we have here too, can likely be implemented more easily elsewhere indeed..
Hi I live in Malaysia where it’s hot all year long, I’m wondering if u get all sweaty cycling in Netherlands? I see everyone wearing their destination clothes and I’m curious if those are drenched at the end of the ride
I've been to KL, & i got sweaty just stepping out onto the street. The Netherlands has a temperate climate..Even in summer, temperatures rarely rise above 24c. Also it takes less energy (& produces less sweat) to cycle a mile that to walk it. Urban utility cycling tends be quite leisurely. It's not a race. I'd probably want an e-bike if I lived in Malaysia.
Very nice video. Will you ever visit Warsaw or other city in Poland and do a video on it? I'm interested in what it looks like from Dutch perspective and you did some videos about places outside of the Netherlands.
Does anyone know what it would cost for a UK or USA town to adopt this there, compared to the lives and money lost to accidents and road rage? I am convinced it would be best in the long term, I genuinely don't know how feasible it is in the short term money wise. How much of it not happening is a culture against cycling and how much is it based on short term costs?
The only cost is the paint, and the hourly wage of the guy who does the painting. Trouble is lots of small towns and especially historic villages simply don’t have the space. Also, vehicles generate lots of tax revenue for government whereas bicycles only generate one lot of sales tax, once. Vehicles are more profitable which is why they still exist.
An important difference to note is the kind of bikes they are riding. Notice how almost none of them are leaned forward. They're all practically sitting up while riding. Notice the taller handle bars that allow that to happen. The bikes that the Dutch use and manufacture are made for comfort and for the average person, including the elderly as seen in the video, to be able to ride easily. In America bikes are seen as a sport tool, which to some is true, but almost nobody sees it as a comfortable form of transport. The way that Dutch bikes are made directly facilitates and encourages more normal people to ride bikes places by being comfortable to ride which makes complete sense, but American bike companies just don't seem to get it.
I wish the people in my Canadian city investing money in bike lanes would learn from the real existing success of the dutch instead of attempting to re-invent the wheel.
I also spend as much as you, but many people buy new bikes that are quite expensive. A good new bike will cost you 200-600€. I guess that's what he means.
Bikes can cost anywhere from 50 to several thousand euros. Its also good practice getting your bike serviced every now and then, which costs a bit too. Other than that you might buy new brakes, tubes, lights etc
@@Dongonzales123 My probably Dutch inspired Specialized Globe Live 3 utility bike cost $2000 when new in 2011, I picked it up earlier this year for $700. It's a great bike
some people have to buy new bikes for you to be able to buy a second hand bike. On average 300... Mine cost 1400, but I've used it for over 9 years now... 500 in maintenance I suppose (which I do myself). At any rate it is much cheaper than a car - though my dad used to only drive 2nd hand cars he fixed himself. He once drove a ƒ300,- car for 8 years xD Not close to 8500, but on average the same is true: not everybody can drive a 2nd hand car ;)
Bicycles are great the only problem(at least in the U.S,) is the fact that neither automobile nor bicycles respect each other's spaces or rights. If the motor traffic was physically separate it would be great.
As a cyclist in The Netherlands I love the fact that I have my own space and get respect from the other road users. And as a driver in The Netherlands I love the fact that I have my own space and get respect from the other road users. It's easily the best system in my opinion, but I'm biased so better dismiss my opinion! (sarcasm!)
That is because of the terrible education. It's very easy to get your driver's license in the USA and that low level results in high numbers of car accidents with very high numbers of deaths and injuries. The Netherlands has a great infrastructure, but also a good educational system that starts on schools. Children learn ad a young age the traffic rules and how to behave in traffic on there bike. We have for schools, special routes where children learn to ride in traffic. But also the level for your driver's license is one of the best in the world. And as you hit a bike with your car, than you are wrong even as he went trough red, so you will always lookout for them. Bikes and predestinations are protected by law. Also roads are well maintained for safety and places that are dangerous, will be changed. Everything is designed for savety and many things are designed to prevent accidents. Roads are still changing and each time as there is something better, the road will be changed to make it saver. Also cars are banned more and more out city centers and bike parking is in most cities free even guarded parking. More bikes on the road makes it saver and is cheaper to maintain and make.
@@truantray I rode a bike till I was 36 years old till I got a car. The problem is drivers not paying attention to bikes and cyclists not obeying STOP signs or red lights. There is enough blame to go around.
@@PC4USE1 the US still has a long way to go if it comes to cycling. In the Netherlands 99% of the car drivers are also cyclist, so there is more respect and awareness from drivers to cyclist. Also the cycling infrastructure in the Netherlands is a lot better which allows all groups of people on bikes (not just fit and able people, but also children and elderly people). Less traffic violations will be made in the Netherlands not only because it is a safe infrastructure but also because the infrastructure often gives preference to cyclists. There are off course still traffic violations -like ignoring a red light- made in the Netherlands, but I this is mostly just when it is safe to do so (no cars coming) and in general doesn't hinder other traffic.
Los países más desarrollados, cuentan con más y mejores ciclovías, porque entienden que la bicicleta como medio de transporte es más saludable física y sicológicamente; además de disminuir la contaminación ambiental que producen los vehículos motorizados. Qué ganas de haber nacido en un país hací!!
It's nice to just pootle along instead of going at time trial pace to avoid a large queue of cars on your back wheel. Having said that, going everywhere at nearly 30 and catching my breath at the lights did get me very fit.
I live in Denver Colorado, which is supposed to be a great cycling city. You take your life in your own hands if you spend any amount of time cycling any where
Hard one. I guess there isn't a clear yes or no for that question. I think most elderly people would think twice about going out on bikes if the conditions are snowy. A lot of the cycle paths do get cleared and salted in the cities and such and I also think most work commuters and students who have little alternative will still go out.
Here's the answer: ua-cam.com/video/SYwUUyz6CDA/v-deo.html but in this video the cycle paths weren't cleaned , the snow came as a surprise to the municipalities. In this video the paths are free of snow: ua-cam.com/video/kA_9Mtqk_Gg/v-deo.html (both videos are of this channel. just type 'snow' and search for more snow cycling)
Workshops gotta be expensive there if riding with those granny bikes on flat terrain cost you 300 euro/year. It's like brake pad from Ebay(China) 4 Euro. Same in the Netherlands 20 Euro, plus 30 Euro workshop labor to put the cantilever pads on the bike.
I think it´s more things like flat tires or broken lights. sure, you can repair those yourself easily enough, but that takes time. might aswell take it to the shop and then go on with your day to then pick it up again when you head home
I guess it also includes the price of the bike itself, and people getting their bikes stolen from time to time. Avd some people buy really expensive bikes, pulling up the average.
I am 67 years old Dutchman and cycle since I was 4 , and I will cycle as long as I can , good for youre health and you can enjoy nature .
Bert Overweel 🙂❤️🚴🏻🚲🚲
Good job! Fietsen is ook heerlijk, je bent echt buiten in plaats van achter glas en dat is fantastisch.
How a 67 yo can use yt? Lol
@@Vanni1 68 now , 🙃
I'm 25, polish, been living in NL for the last year and plannimg to stay another one. I come from Wrocław which is deemed the most bicycle friendly city in Poland and it's true, it really is pretty nice. But compared to the NL... No, let's not.make that comparison.
Ik wilde het graag in NL schrijven maar de zinnen zijn nog steeds te moeilijk voor mij :(
Maar echt, waarschijnlijk meest van Nederlanders weten niet eens hoe gelukkig ze zijn omdat je hier geboren geweest, maar voor een buitenlander dat houdt van fietsen de fietspaden zijn gewoon... uhh... a blessing.
I agree, the Dutch approach to cycling is what I believe large metropolitan areas in the world should mimic.
That or portable teleporter technology like they had in Star Trek Voyager. Was like the size of a snickers bar. San Francisco looked a lot less disgusting there being all foot paths.
Vía Lactea yeah cuz of the global warming
Not just large cities. It works best in small cities, towns and villages actually.
It's one of the reasons there are so many vibrant small Dutch cities.
@@rogerwilco2 But I don't think it can work in the already undense Suburbs where I live without major rebuilding of all buildings
they have it in the whole country, in the suburbs and countryside too, you can bike everywhere
this is why i’ve chosen holland as my winter break destination. i love cycling in london, but it’s nice not having to worry about getting run over by a truck/car/bus/horse and carriage..
Drivers have no chill in the UK, cyclists are treated like dirt.
Vegan John The Irish lad your still lucky! Ireland is the most lush green place with the best dairy products. I wish I lived in Ireland instead of America😣
@@jennpoop6134
Wait...
You guys vote?
Maybe I have a warped perception of cycling in the UK from not living there but I would be about ready to move back to the US if that's what my cycling experience looked like. At least our roads are big. I avoid 2 lane roads like the plague for a reason
88% of cycling casualties in the Netherlands are the result of collisions with motor vehicles (including just under half with cars, about 15% with heavy goods vehicles, 8% vans, 10% die without colliding with motor vehicle and just about 2% are killed or injured by other cyclists, add buses and other large vehicles).
The Netherlands with a population of just 17 million has over 200 cycling deaths each year and 80,000 cyclist accident hospital admissions casualties (50,000 of them serious).
Denmark, Belgium, Sweden and Germany all have lower cyclist deaths per billion kilometres cycled.
Per capita, the Netherlands has the highest Cyclist mortality rate in all of the European Union.
If you intend to stick to cycle paths, the Netherlands is fantastic, the best in the world. You may however wish to avoid road traffic and proximity to motor vehicles as much as possible.
Don't forget fully comprehensive travel insurance (including repatriation) and let your insurance company know that you will be cycling and in addition, if you will be involved in any type of cycle sport.
Video of clean, quiet, calm social streets filled with happy and healthy looking people including a physically active older generation.
50 people: Nah, I don't like that.
thier muricans from the US of A
@@wouldyoudomeakindnes Taiwanese
Lol
Americans be like: "well we can't have that because our weather isn't 55 degrees 24/7" even though the Netherlands also gets hot and cold, and then they proceed to explain why a state highway dumping its traffic into an otherwise quiet downtown is a good idea
@@blitzn00dle50 Netherlands also is a flat as a pancake and represents a SINGLE metro area in the rest of the world.
We have to demand a change like this in Germany too!
I love cycling in the Netherlands it is so easy and relaxing.
Unfortunately not gonna happen as long as the car lobby is so strong
Relaxing? It looks so congested, and the traffic rules seem baffling. I would be afraid to cycle there.
@@maremacd If you live in the Netherlands for a time you'll get used to it very fast. Also, almost everywhere it's very calm. They probably filmed on a sunday somewhere in amsterdam leiden or delft
Above all we dont wear those stupid helmets. Who even came up with this thing for city bikes? In countries like Belgium, germany, i find it absolutely ridiculous to see people dressed up in fancy special fussy biking gear n clothes as if one is going on a long distance biking tour through Europe instead of going to work. The worse part despite all the fancy gear they dont pay attention to the neighbouring cyclists in the opposite direction n bike on the wrong side during cross overs. Fast bikes overtake from the right instead of from the left. 🤣🙈🤦♂️
@@quark31 as a Canadian told repeatedly to wear a helmet to achieve road saftey I agree with your statement. I don’t cycle to work anymore because of driver aggression and lack of road safety. I’ve been attacked by both pedestrians on sidewalks and by vehicles on the road. Very intimidating trying to squeeze between 1 ton truck going 60kmp in a shared lane with a curb preventing you from distancing.. in most cities here it’s illegal to ride on the sidewalk too.
Not even mentioned: you can go to a party and drink carelessly and still get home in the early hours on your bike, only once in my Amsterdam student years the police ordered me to get of my bike and continue my journey on foot.
ive never thought about that, major benefit
Why would you even want to ride a bike when youre drunk af? Just use public transportation in this case, faster and more comfortable
@@DidierDrogba1997 it can get too late for public transportation, in most cases transportation services stop working after midnight. this might not be the situation at where you live, so i would say a bike is pretty handy for the rest of us
@@talhaklc9621 I live in Zurich, Switzerland and I'd assume a tourist city like Amsterdam would have a great, if not even better public transportation infrastructure
@@DidierDrogba1997 thats probably true for amsterdam what you are saying, i don't know much about netherlands. I live in turkey and i can say that our social and entertainment resources get significantly harder to access after midnight, even in cities like İstanbul (known for tourism or un-strict lifestyles). Yesterday, the prime minister just announced that all kind of musical activities will be forbidden after midnight, with the start of the next month. I know its unrelated but i am trying to give you a perception about what some countries are still dealing with in 2021, its like the whole country is a joke. We have so much to untangle these times, until then, hurray bikes!
your videos are pure meditative beauty
Dutch are a wonderful and conscientious people. Bigger countries could take a page out of their book.
I live very close to the Dutch border, yet the conditions for cyclists are way worse here in Germany. I love going to Venlo or Utrecht because there you feel like you actually are a part of the traffic and not just a nuisance for car drivers
I feel that, I live next to the German border but from the Dutch side.
Everytimy I cycle, the infrastructure is just not there anymore. The moment I cycle into Elten-Emmerich, the cyclepaths are shared with people on foot.
In 2 months it’s the Bundestagswahl. You know which party to vote for if you want bike infrastructure and sustainable development. Let’s vote out the Autolobby.
I love the narrators voice! It's so calming
Very good approach to living a cycling based society. Many illnesses go away with the simplicity of pedaling...Great channel..Thank you...
I am a 16 year old boy from the Netherlands and I can ride a bike since the age of 3, and I love biking!
lucky you
America: I’m going to pretend I didn’t see that
Traffic police just can't let go of that sweet sweet traffic ticket revenue money and also the taxes and fees for the crooked politicians. Then there is the dumb citizens with the rolling coal diesels and loud mufflers to feel better about themselves.
Kandi Klover ua-cam.com/video/0Dvwe2H4k60/v-deo.html
you mean.
america:blow me! :P
America tries to make less cars on the road by just making them bigger and bigger every year.
Dont you mean *America (with an exception to NYC), Canada, Australia, India, Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Ireland, Brazil, etc, etc...
You've just convinced me to start cycling
Did you notice that all the bikes in the video have a headlight and taillight? It's illegal in Holland, Germany etc. To ride a bike at night without lights. The Police will give you a ticket. Its much safer to have lights and not wear a helmet than it is to wear a helmet with no lights.
When I drive my car at night in Montreal I can barely see most of the cyclists.
Lights should be mandatory for Cyclists worldwide.
Hope you have safe bike lanes where you live? Where I live there are none and cars speed all the time, so no way will I bike here.
@Vinnie G it's the law in Montreal but the rule i hardly applied. I've never seen a Bicyclist get stopped by the Police for not having lights.
Now let's see if the rest of the world can do this to a certain degree, here's to hoping
@@Ericland_Entertainment_Inc in every city it's possible,
They just have to reduce the amount of cars.
And look how many are wearing helmets... almost no-one, they feel safe so they are safe.
No riding without a helmet is saver than with a helmet. It's investigated in countries where they where a helmet and people that don't wear a helmet have way less accidents than people that wear a helmet.
A bike helmet is also not designed against cars and gives 0 protection.
@@emiel1976ep This isn't true. There is no evidence to suggest that wearing a helmet reduces the number of accidents - in fact the reverse may be true. Nor is there any real evidence to suggest that wearing a helmet reduces injuries sustained in accidents. Most fatal accidents in London are a result of crush injuries with cyclists coming into contact with buses and trucks - incidents where a bit of plastic covered polystyrine isn't going to be of much assistance.
Was chased by a couple dogs, turned to look back, caught front tire and flipped over. I crushed the back of my helmet. I have no doubt it saved me from serious injury.
Richard Lake, but check their speeds, some of us go way faster in much dangerous places, can´t compare.
@@stevetaylor8698 There is evidence that wearing a helmet reduces the chance of having several different head injuries when in an accident. From a recent meta-analysis of a signficant amount of studies on this topic: "The use of bicycle helmets was found to reduce head injury by 48%, serious head injury by 60%, traumatic brain injury by 53%, face injury by 23%, and the total number of killed or seriously injured cyclists by 34%." This does not mean that wearing a helmet will always save your life, but that wearing a helmet is safer than not.
Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29677686
I always dreamt of leaving the UK to go to Canada but after watching Not Just Bikes I ended up here and really want to live in the Netherlands now. I started learning French and German in school but remember very little and after trying to pick up some Dutch it's very simple as it's so similar to both English and German
And that's the problem with Not Just Bikes... He's way too critical of Canada. I'm from Canada and I think it's lovely. If you want density, go to Downtown Toronto, wanna spread out, go to one of the numerous suburbs around Toronto. Transit and bike infrastructure is getting much better in the Suburbs, it isn't nearly as bad as he says it is.
I'm Dutch. Still dreaming of Canada ;)
I suppose the grass will always be greener - anywhere but home sweet home xD
I'm from Canada. (Toronto Area and now Vancouver) Netherlands is incredible. I'd consider living there for sure. Have visited Amsterdam and surrounding area twice and can't wait to get back and ride there.
@Sweet Toother In Mississauga it's pretty good, you can't use blanket terms in Canada, we're too big and too diverse
I briefly lived in NL many years ago, and I really miss cycling as a cheap and safe mode of transportation.
Best channel ever 😄 greets from Berlin
00:09 I live an grew up in the netherlands, and even for me a left turning bicycle lane was next level of cycle infrastructure. I took a lot of it always for granted, but now realise how much better my childhood (and life) was because of the bicycle infrastructure
Toronto has them, they're adorable~
This channel is superb ❤️💙 I'm enjoying all the videos here . I love cycling and I also love the Netherlands. I have been to Netherlands around 11 times in the past 7 years and I ll keep coming to see that beautiful country again and again ❤️💙☺️🇳🇱
Will you come to Italy? You can literally film every cycle lane that we have in 20 mins!
Sono stato a roma in bicicletta, andava bene (sono olandese, traffico Romano sembra molto caotico, pero, I romani sono molto toleranti in traffico, la mentalita.
The worst thing here in Italy is that cycling is not considered a mean of transport, it is only considered as a fun activity to do in the very few designated cycle routes.
Seriamente, qua senza una macchina non vai da nessuna parte
Or America, you can film every in 1 minute.
@@klaasdeboer8106 I find it difficult to believe. But, if you had such experience you are lucky and I'm happy for you.
@@KandiKlover Saw a video about top notch cycle infrastructure in Boston a while back
So civilised! Any Londoner watching who likes cycling please forward this video to Sadiq Khan.... we can only hope I suppose.
haha good luck with that, your major wont stop until London looks like his 3rd world country Pakistan
This is amazing. We wish for this in trinidad and tobago 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹. This for us is like Utopia. Congratulations Netherlands. Wished our politicians cared for us like this
Thanks for the info sir.
How many Indians like me feels it the need of the hour in our cities (N.Delhi, Bhowali, Jaipur Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Meerut, Bengaluru, Pune, Nashik, Gurugram etc) and also pledge now to take bicycling as the mode of transport for themselves.?
Love from Nainital, Uttarakhand, India.
Once I was an au-pair in Netherlands, My friends and I prefer to ride by bike to go to the city or buying some commodities in the market rather than riding by bus or by tren because it's expensive. Riding by bike is much better for the health. It is not dangerous because they have their own bicycle lane separate from cars. The Dutch people are very friendly and kind. I miss riding a bike 😭😭😭 due to this pandemic which is difficult to commute especially buying some foods to the market.
Oh wow, this is incredibly sweet and thank you for your positivity. I'm so happy you had a good experience. And vice versa I am sure Dutch people learned a lot from you - our tiny country can really use the perspectives of someone from abroad sometimes! And I hope that things improved pandemic-wise where you are!
I agree. Best channel ever 🙂 I like your video's and use them for years already to show our bike culture to people abroad. Very pleasant voice, clear and calm spoken. (a Dutchy)
Yes, his tone is much better than Not Just Bike's KILL ALL CARS tone. This man is calm and forgiving to those like me who grew up in Car Dependant suburbs of Toronto. He calmly suggests biking rather than making me feel like shit for not protesting my government for more bike lanes. Not Just Bikes may raise the same points as this guy, but his tone and cynicalism just get's so tiring
@@coastaku1954 Just switch between the two (and others) from time to time.
@@mourlyvold7655 I do actually
@@coastaku1954 👍
I do enjoy the snarky tone of 'Not just bikes' sometimes as a contrast to the peculiar intonation of 'Bicycledutch', the Bob Ross of the little world where bicycles live... 😉
@@mourlyvold7655 But I mean it just gets insulting to my way of life. I get it, the North American Suburban life sucked for you, but many people actually prefer it to living in a dense city. I get his points about walkability and I think it’s evil to make people have to drive, go into loads of debt to by a corporation’s mobility device just to get groceries
My best childhood memories are of riding a bike.. I used to ride 30-40 miles a day during summer break exploring town to town and out on trails in the wilderness. I hope to recapture this and gain back my health by building my own trikes.
awesome ...
Same for me. I put thousands of miles on my bike as a child.
Now I'm stuck in idiotville where people only bitch about gas prices and a majority of the population is varying shade of obese.
Cycling is really cool, and even more in the Netherlands!!
Cycling also makes cities smaller and at 3:17, houses, you can find other examples too where cars can't park but cyclist can. Cyclists sometimes have infinitely more parking space than cars.
At 85 sq mi, Amsterdam is already tiny.
Every city should strive to be like this one, it is the eco friendly approach to life.
Love your channel! I bought a Dutch bicycle, going to start riding it to work in 2019.
And, how did it go?
@@mhjmstultiens It's great! Only one section requires I risk my life riding directly next to cars moving fast but it's short and then I have a path again. Thanks for asking!
Awesome! You should visit the Netherlands someday. We definitely have some nice cycling routes. :)
@@mhjmstultiens Thanks for the invite! My work used to send me to the Netherlands often, it is where I was first inspired for cycling as transport!
@wkruit1 I know, I am living there myself. :D
I've been watching Dutch and Copenhagen cycling videos since about 2005. I love them! Back in 2005 there were very very few "upright" style bicycles in Australia - it was all mountain bikes and racers. Now we have them all, and cycling infrastructure has certainly improved too - though nowhere near the quality and quantity of the Dutch variety.
Unfortunately we have the mandatory helmet law - which I generally ignore. A policeman stopped me last week - he had no choice really as he was on the footpath in front of me as his colleague dealt with a motorist. Luckily he was a really nice bloke - he asked me where my helmet was etc, I told him my views on the helmet law, he said he always uses one, and let me go on my way. Plenty of others would not have been so kind - and we have something like a $350 fine in Victoria! I am more relaxed now about breaking this law - I've joined a crowd-funded "we'll pay your court costs" group.
Perhaps as a consequence of our helmet law, a high proportion of cyclists on our roads are "sports" cyclists, dressed in their lycra cycling attire, riding in large groups often, and generally annoying both motorists and pedestrians alike. How could the helmet law have this consequence you ask? Well, the helmet goes nicely with the bright lycra cycling attire, and it indicates that this is a dangerous, sporting activity. If you live in a free cycling country (ie 99% of the world), please do wear a helmet if you like, or if you ride very fast etc, but don't let your politicians be stupid and introduce a mandatory helmet law.
Happy cycling!
Just because you hate road cycling doesn't mean everybody else should.
watch?v=uLOuYqKaXfs
Hate or at least disdain goes both ways, against roadster IGH riders. IMO
It's a fact that the average dead cyclist in USA is a MAMIL on a CF tinker toy. Numbers inflated by group ride kills, there has been 5+ at a time. I for one do NOT see me going to Nanny helmet countries like OZ and NZ. F that.
I have ZERO miles with a helmet, including 8,100 miles on a 120 lb Rohloff tour bike in SE Asia and NW America where I live. I have done a bunch of century rides all by myself. Some I never even saw 1 other guy.
I certainly won't be ever buying or riding a deFAILeur bike again. All my fastest rides were actually with a SA RD5w.
Years ago, the Netherlands decided that 49 cc top speed 40 km mopeds had to wear a helmet. The number of sales fell by more than 50% and after 10 years the government restored a second moped limit of 25 km per hour without a helmet.
@@GordoGambler Do you like these comments just to be a dick
The Netherlands is such an amazing country
It was, now its shit
It's still a nice country.
The drug crime is too much these days.
For white people. Lol
@@amjan I can guarantee you that's nothing compared to North America.
I know its not a Dutch bike but i just got myself a Pilen Lyx and i thoroughly love riding it.🇦🇺
By far some of the best experiences in my life biking in the Netherlands. I explored parts of Amsterdam that most tourists will never see.
Love this
So different to cycling in Australia. Here helmets are mandatory and the style of bikes are completely different too
Third World infrastructure. Those silly plastic hats (the holy helmet) belong to the victim blaming outfit. And you miss zero-helmet-cycling in winter: ua-cam.com/video/5JQr8cm-6X4/v-deo.html
@@taerial879 watch?v=uLOuYqKaXfs
watch?v=uLOuYqKaXfs
It is a good plan to wear a helmet..to protect your egg shell...
Good video. You are the specialist of cycle. I Love Dutch and their cycles🚴♂️🚴♀️🚴♂️🚴♀️🚴♂️🚴♀️🚴♂️🚴♀️🚴♂️🚴♀️. From Belgium.👍👍👍
You've sold me ,just on the noise reduction alone ,it would be nice to hear the birds singing occasionally
I cry every time I watch your videos, great infrastructure!
You live in Russia?
@@spinkicker27 Hi, Yes I'm
@@Mineguitara as I know, Russia have good infrastructure, right?
@@spinkicker27 as a citizen of Russia I don't think so; our cities not for people but cars, our architecture is weak, public transport is weak, urban planning is weak...You could see or read about some big cities(centers of big cities:) like Moscow, St.Petesburg, Kazan or Yekaterinburg and see good images, but other cities in general are very bad!
@@spinkicker27 but I think we are not hopeless outsiders, If we compare with the Netherlands, we are certainly far behind. Looking with whom to compare
Not a single person in this video is obese or even overweight. You have to travel Europe to realize just how bad the obesity epidemic is in the North America.
The obese people are generally driving their cars.
@@Bertuzz84 but there are also less of them
And how walkable/bike able their cities are. Almost like there's a link between being able to safely walk and bike, and not being obese.
@@themurdernerd To be fair, your diet also matters and when you consider that the food stanards in NA aren't that good (lots of highly processed food), you do get an obesity problem. But of course, sitting all the time in a car isn't healthy either and car dependency does promote weekly grocery shopping which makes fresh food less practical as well.
@@MarioFanGamer659 That's all true. Most of us here in the US live in the perfect obesegenic storm - terrible food and unwalkable cities and suburbs.
I am from India, I love cycling 🚲❤️❤️, despite having motorcycle and scooter, I love my bicycle most, I use my bicycle in the city and public transport for out of the city
I love bicycles, hope to live in a place like this one day
I cycle because it makes me happy.
Me too
cycling is so common in the netherlands that it’s safe to ride without helmets even!! that is amazing! I wish it was like that in sweden too
@EnigmaDrath You might be confused with Denmark. That is a neighbour country of Sweden, with a lot of cyclists.
Last year BicycleDutch posted a video about the Swedish city of Malmö and he was pleasantly surprised how well the bicycle infrastructure was. ua-cam.com/video/FXZyF1ZXPiY/v-deo.html
Only people on Ebikes have helmets or little children. I live in cycling city Groningen. I don't even own a car, I don't need one. In the city I can cycle every distance and to further places I take the train or borrow a car.
I'm American, I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan (Go Blue!). I badly wish Dutch traffic engineers would just take over my city., I can see the promise of my city, twinkling through space like a dim star off in the vast empty black of space. While at the same time getting smacked in the face with the truth of "never going to happen in my lifetime". Talk about a severely depressing out look.
Shout out from Seattle Wa! I ride my bike everywhere, but its a constant battle. Been working tirelessly to get the city to do better by us walking and rolling. Sometimes though I want to just give up and move to the Netherlands 😢.
Ben een half jaar weg uit Utrecht krijg bijna heimwee.
I used to live in the Netherlands. This video makes me want to return
I’m a runner and do it twice a week but also combining with cycling. Honestly, I love to cycle more than running but running does keep me in better shape, Cycling is more relaxing specially during summer. I cycle twice for an hour and thirty minutes
Try and up the intensity. Try and go to places with hills and try sprinting on bike. It isnt as intensive as running because cycling is more efficient however if u try and cycle faster and go to routes with hills trust me ur legs will feel it.
@@nootnootpenguino8586 that's the thing I live in an area where it's mostly flat surfaces not many hills. But I think the combination of both running and cycling is working out for me.
@TheFedericohiguain2 I'm jealous It's all hills where I live, hardly any flat terrain at all. Alas winter now and bike put away until spring.
Tp. 2666 neither running, that’s just a myth, never proven. I enjoy both activities and none of them has given me healthy issues, it is said that cycling can affect men testicles but that’s another myth never proven too. I’ve been running for 8 years now and know people who had been running for longer without any issues as well.
@@TheFedericohiguain2 simply change your gearing, basically use a gear too heavy to cycle fast... your legs should be in pain all the time. The next time do exactly the opposite, just to make the built up muscle more supple. You should take a spinning class once in a while, it is pretty hard work...
I was commuting back to my home yesterday and was thinking it would be a nice topic in a video to do a comparison between riding to and from work on a bike with a stopwatch to time the trip, versus by car and time it. I'm sure the evidence of the sluggishness of a car will become quite evident that way!
I really want to live in the Netherlands. Let's hope one day I can.
I have a 10 minute cycling commute to work and wouldn't want to miss it. I once lived closer to work and actually longed for my longer commute.
I would love to go live in Netherlands. I am a Software developer by profession and live in India. How should I proceed?
www.expatica.com/nl/moving/citizenship/how-to-get-dutch-citizenship-107817/
this article should put anyone serious about migrating on the right track
Not. Improve your own country.
@@rutgerb I improved my country enough. Hence, need a break. Thank you
@@convex2172 be prepared. There are allready enough immigrants in NL
@@rutgerb hmm.. Will write that down.
Absolutely fantastic informal video what an Amazing infrastructure I love cycling and I love the dutch way of life this has got to be the place for me .
also in Slo(w)akia in 2136 :)
Nice video! Question: How are VREDESTEIN tires there in Holland.
I have been using Vredestein Fortezza tires on my Colnago Master road bike for almost 20 years and love them. I find them pretty puncture resistant and durable. Unfortunately, almost nobody rides them anymore.
We know Vredestein. It's a Dutch company😉
Do you apply this to sustainable development goals? I am from Brisbane Australia. I am working on achieving the targets especially inclusive and healthy cities. Politics here is way too corrupted
cycling is most definitely a way to achieve the std. it reduces the CO2 equivalents in the air due to the reduction in the amount of cars and it increases the exercise people get Furthermore, it can also create a larger sense of community since you can, and need to, communicate directly with others. A problem for Brisbane might be that the people coming from outside of the city need to travel too far a distance in order for cycles to be the solution, however, creating a public transport system on which you can commute with the bike might be helpful for this.
The Dutch situation is unique. Just imagine putting all of Australia's population in Tasmania. Population density translates in shorter distances to commute. Also the overall geography plays a role. The landscape is flat the cycle ways are often adjacent to a river or a canal. The climate is also cycle friendly to cycle if the temperature is in excess of 30 C is not recommended.
@@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl this
it's hard to implement the same plans elsewhere because of aforementioned factors.
there's a lot of tax money here on a small space that can pay for this insane cycling infrastructure.
revamping a city center to be cycling friendly is one thing, but doing the infrastructure the dutch way across the board it's just not feasible for large stretches of land.
even if you did manage, virtually noone is going to cycle that far anyway, they have to be commutable distances to begin with, all this planning is basically anticipating and steering on how people think. (and their mistakes)
give them a good reason to choose a bike, and they will choose a bike.
the integration with the railroad network/public transit we have here too, can likely be implemented more easily elsewhere indeed..
The transition at around 1:40 * cheff's kiss *
2019 🚲 thumbs up.
Hi I live in Malaysia where it’s hot all year long, I’m wondering if u get all sweaty cycling in Netherlands? I see everyone wearing their destination clothes and I’m curious if those are drenched at the end of the ride
I've been to KL, & i got sweaty just stepping out onto the street. The Netherlands has a temperate climate..Even in summer, temperatures rarely rise above 24c. Also it takes less energy (& produces less sweat) to cycle a mile that to walk it. Urban utility cycling tends be quite leisurely. It's not a race. I'd probably want an e-bike if I lived in Malaysia.
Very nice video. Will you ever visit Warsaw or other city in Poland and do a video on it? I'm interested in what it looks like from Dutch perspective and you did some videos about places outside of the Netherlands.
People born in Netherlands are very lucky.. 😓😓 I want to live there
Does anyone know what it would cost for a UK or USA town to adopt this there, compared to the lives and money lost to accidents and road rage? I am convinced it would be best in the long term, I genuinely don't know how feasible it is in the short term money wise. How much of it not happening is a culture against cycling and how much is it based on short term costs?
The only cost is the paint, and the hourly wage of the guy who does the painting.
Trouble is lots of small towns and especially historic villages simply don’t have the space.
Also, vehicles generate lots of tax revenue for government whereas bicycles only generate one lot of sales tax, once.
Vehicles are more profitable which is why they still exist.
An important difference to note is the kind of bikes they are riding. Notice how almost none of them are leaned forward. They're all practically sitting up while riding. Notice the taller handle bars that allow that to happen. The bikes that the Dutch use and manufacture are made for comfort and for the average person, including the elderly as seen in the video, to be able to ride easily. In America bikes are seen as a sport tool, which to some is true, but almost nobody sees it as a comfortable form of transport. The way that Dutch bikes are made directly facilitates and encourages more normal people to ride bikes places by being comfortable to ride which makes complete sense, but American bike companies just don't seem to get it.
I wish I lived there.
I no longer want to live in New Jersey, USA ! Do you think the Netherlands will take me?????
Can we show this to the London cab lobby?
Hehehehe.
I'm going there again cycle touring from the UK. 😊
I love Netherland coz people are health conscious and care about environment
No. The main reason is that it is cheap
The Dutch people + Netherlands S2, most magical place I've ever been!
Are you from Brasil?
I wish the people in my Canadian city investing money in bike lanes would learn from the real existing success of the dutch instead of attempting to re-invent the wheel.
Every weekend I spend one day riding the bike from my village to Arnhem, 10 kilometres one way and the same back. Bycycle makes happy.
Everyone in Scotland, share this to our goverment!
One of the most iconic symbols of Dutch culture is a British export.
True, and in true British fashion, the UK has managed to be utterly rubbish at it!
1:23 Driver is blissfully unaware of the billows of grey smoke coming from the exhaust pipe! 😀
that car is malfunctioning, should have it looked at by a professional
Riding a bicycle in Turkey still remains as a terrifying experience.
300 euros? 😂
I spend 50 euros every few years for a second hand one or maybe 30 once every few years for a new tire
I also spend as much as you, but many people buy new bikes that are quite expensive. A good new bike will cost you 200-600€. I guess that's what he means.
Bikes can cost anywhere from 50 to several thousand euros. Its also good practice getting your bike serviced every now and then, which costs a bit too. Other than that you might buy new brakes, tubes, lights etc
My car costs nowhere near 8000 a year either. Even on 17 year old insurance it didn't cost that.
@@Dongonzales123 My probably Dutch inspired Specialized Globe Live 3 utility bike cost $2000 when new in 2011, I picked it up earlier this year for $700. It's a great bike
some people have to buy new bikes for you to be able to buy a second hand bike. On average 300... Mine cost 1400, but I've used it for over 9 years now... 500 in maintenance I suppose (which I do myself). At any rate it is much cheaper than a car - though my dad used to only drive 2nd hand cars he fixed himself. He once drove a ƒ300,- car for 8 years xD
Not close to 8500, but on average the same is true: not everybody can drive a 2nd hand car ;)
Love the video! Enjoyed the part in which you explain how cycling benefits local business. Love shopping local by bike!
Happy New Year!
I want to move to the Netherlands after a 5min UA-cam clip - this is hilarious
I'm curious where are you from. I'm guessing the USA. The Netherlands is great place to go. I've been there many times. Lovely culture and people.
Bicycles are great the only problem(at least in the U.S,) is the fact that neither automobile nor bicycles respect each other's spaces or rights. If the motor traffic was physically separate it would be great.
As a cyclist in The Netherlands I love the fact that I have my own space and get respect from the other road users.
And as a driver in The Netherlands I love the fact that I have my own space and get respect from the other road users.
It's easily the best system in my opinion, but I'm biased so better dismiss my opinion! (sarcasm!)
That is because of the terrible education.
It's very easy to get your driver's license in the USA and that low level results in high numbers of car accidents with very high numbers of deaths and injuries.
The Netherlands has a great infrastructure, but also a good educational system that starts on schools.
Children learn ad a young age the traffic rules and how to behave in traffic on there bike. We have for schools, special routes where children learn to ride in traffic.
But also the level for your driver's license is one of the best in the world.
And as you hit a bike with your car, than you are wrong even as he went trough red, so you will always lookout for them. Bikes and predestinations are protected by law.
Also roads are well maintained for safety and places that are dangerous, will be changed. Everything is designed for savety and many things are designed to prevent accidents. Roads are still changing and each time as there is something better, the road will be changed to make it saver.
Also cars are banned more and more out city centers and bike parking is in most cities free even guarded parking. More bikes on the road makes it saver and is cheaper to maintain and make.
The cause of that is 99% of US car drivers don't ride bikes, and are hostile toward physically fit people as they blob around in their SUV.
@@truantray I rode a bike till I was 36 years old till I got a car. The problem is drivers not paying attention to bikes and cyclists not obeying STOP signs or red lights. There is enough blame to go around.
@@PC4USE1 the US still has a long way to go if it comes to cycling. In the Netherlands 99% of the car drivers are also cyclist, so there is more respect and awareness from drivers to cyclist. Also the cycling infrastructure in the Netherlands is a lot better which allows all groups of people on bikes (not just fit and able people, but also children and elderly people). Less traffic violations will be made in the Netherlands not only because it is a safe infrastructure but also because the infrastructure often gives preference to cyclists.
There are off course still traffic violations -like ignoring a red light- made in the Netherlands, but I this is mostly just when it is safe to do so (no cars coming) and in general doesn't hinder other traffic.
Los países más desarrollados, cuentan con más y mejores ciclovías, porque entienden que la bicicleta como medio de transporte es más saludable física y sicológicamente; además de disminuir la contaminación ambiental que producen los vehículos motorizados.
Qué ganas de haber nacido en un país hací!!
0:21 Now imagine all those people in a car, it would turn into Los Angeles...
Whenever i am in a big city in the Netherlands, i always imagine that. So proud of my country
It's nice to just pootle along instead of going at time trial pace to avoid a large queue of cars on your back wheel. Having said that, going everywhere at nearly 30 and catching my breath at the lights did get me very fit.
I watched the entire video just to admire the Dutch bicycles.
3:19-3:28: Delft, a city with great bicycle infrastructure, in the centre but also in the suburbs.
Cycling is healthy!
My new favorite relaxation video, after the entire day of cycling
I wish to live in a place like this :)
I live in Denver Colorado, which is supposed to be a great cycling city. You take your life in your own hands if you spend any amount of time cycling any where
In Holland the cyclist comes first, in the pecking order. It's a great vacation experience. 😃
2:40 Whoops, small mistake with the 'lesser than' and 'greater than' symbols there. Great video though!
I can testify about the always on time claim. Current tyres have led to me having had zero punctures for years,even though I cycle very frequently.
I’m jealous I want to go there to cycling someday
Just as a question, do they continue cycling during the winter/when ice/snow is in the road?
Hard one. I guess there isn't a clear yes or no for that question. I think most elderly people would think twice about going out on bikes if the conditions are snowy. A lot of the cycle paths do get cleared and salted in the cities and such and I also think most work commuters and students who have little alternative will still go out.
Tarsius bancanus thanks 🙏
Here's the answer: ua-cam.com/video/SYwUUyz6CDA/v-deo.html but in this video the cycle paths weren't cleaned , the snow came as a surprise to the municipalities. In this video the paths are free of snow: ua-cam.com/video/kA_9Mtqk_Gg/v-deo.html (both videos are of this channel. just type 'snow' and search for more snow cycling)
Absolutely
¡¡¡¡¡Que hermoso lugar Dios Santo!!!
Do men ride the low step or 'ladies' frames? They seem sooo much more convenient for transportation around the city!
Yes they do.
Groetjes uit Holland 🇳🇱
Greetings from Holland 🇳🇱
That is luxembourgs flag, this 🇳🇱 is the Dutch one
Dat is de Luxemburgse vlag, dit 🇳🇱 is de Nederlandse vlag
This video makes me tremendously happy. Almost as much as cycling.
Workshops gotta be expensive there if riding with those granny bikes on flat terrain cost you 300 euro/year. It's like brake pad from Ebay(China) 4 Euro. Same in the Netherlands 20 Euro, plus 30 Euro workshop labor to put the cantilever pads on the bike.
I think it´s more things like flat tires or broken lights. sure, you can repair those yourself easily enough, but that takes time. might aswell take it to the shop and then go on with your day to then pick it up again when you head home
I guess it also includes the price of the bike itself, and people getting their bikes stolen from time to time. Avd some people buy really expensive bikes, pulling up the average.
It's including the bike.
Also I think he added electric bikes in that number.
1:10 gotta say spending more, and taking more trips to do so, isn't exactly a plus.