Life on a Dutch Woonerf (Living Street)
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- Опубліковано 26 тра 2019
- When I posted I was headed to The Netherlands once again to visit (and for my first time to Utrecht,) as usual I got a lot of recommendations on what to look at. One of the first people to contact me was Rebecca Albrecht, who moved there with her husband Paul from Boston about three years ago and couldn't be more delighted to live there.
She mentioned she lived on a Dutch play street (woonerf) and when I looked at the photos she had snapped from the window of her bed & breakfast, my first thought was: maybe this would be an opportunity to get a unique angle from residents since I had ridden on so many similar streets in Amsterdam and in Copenhagen but didn't want to be too nosy.
When I arrived the street was full of neighbors and children and they wanted to talk to me about their lovely street. But this is not something exceptional as over 2 million Dutch people live on play/living streets. So take a gander but be warned: you will want the same thing for your block.
I am working as a real-estate agent in this city, and from that perspective I can attest that houses in these streets are in high demand.
Lovely to watch!
Much appreciated!
That's awesome!
I love this. Cars are the problem
Someone needs to make a video titled "Cars are the Problem"!!
bikes are problem just use an electrical wheel
The problem aren't trucks, busses, cars, bicycles or pedestrians. It is travel time from door to door. Look up Downs-Thomson paradox.
@@Paul_C but even that parasox isn't really right, many people will ride a bike or walk instead of going with a car becouse driving a car costs a lot of gas, and walking and cycling is also a form of exercise so it can make you more healthy and happier so many people will ride a bike or walk even thi it can be slower.
@@Lunavii_Cellest let's just say I believe a scientific paper somewhat more than your feeling. No hard feelings though, you believe what you want.
Way forward!
and.. everybody speaks english!
Leuk he
Approximately 97% of the population in the Netherlands (:
Bruhhh i live there and most people speak English in a fucked up way so i actually dont understand how they spoke normally
It really depends on who they're talking to. If you ask them in English, then they will reply in English obviously
@@solidsnowy7397 That's not true. Most Dutch speak English very well and you know that.
nice
Still so many cars!
Dear World, look up to the Netherlands, not North American cities
North America's "bigger is better" mindset will be the end of us.
@@SergeantColdgirl Bigger is only better when it's well thought out. Unfortunately, most neighborhoods and towns are planned poorly thanks to legacy Jim Crow laws of demographic separations (and that is a polite way of putting it)
Vroeger hing er nog een touwtje uit de brievenbus
Dat kan nu niet meer 😞
Heb ik nog wel hoor
@@Saartje05 Mooi! dat dat nog kan..
Nee, want de deur is open ;-)
Hier nog steeds hoor
What about compared to India or the Philippines
looks like all of them are fluent in English.
Only the English knowing people get a chance to say something.
But...are they the same with foreigners?
For sure, as long you have a matching lifestyle and speak Dutch or English and not that kind of person who still doesn't speak Dutch after 4 years.
Yes, Karen does not live in this street.
@@lienbijs1205 Ever saw Dutch who live in other countries? Some don't speak THAT language even after 25 years. We're no different.
@@Linda-hs1lk I don't think so. Just look to the Dutch pensionado's in Spain, they all learn Spanish even at higher age.
In my "woonerf" there lived people from Suriname, Turkey, Spain, English, Netherlands, Morocco, Indonesia. Every year we had a big barbecue where everyone brought their own food from their own country, it was great.
And how do you get to work? Get groceries? Go to school? Do you experience -40 celsius winters?
Bicyckle and public transport and no winters are mild
Bro this is not Siberia to have - 40 Celsius in winter
Commuting by bike or public transport (probably there is a busstop directly around the corner). Groceries also by bike: the supermarket is probably next to the busstop. We're more common to shop more often (2-3 a week when coming home from work). To school also by bike or walking: primary school is usually close by and secondary school (highschool) at cycling distance. No -40C winters; there is only snow a few days each year and temperatures hardly go below -10 (winter average is 0-10C). So a car is not really necessary or even practical when you live in a Dutch city centre.
Supermarkets are everywhere. Most kids go to school on bike. And no, we don't have winters like that. But we did have -20 and still cycle.
In the Netherlands grocers aren't that far away, neither are schools. It's an upside to being the densest populated country in Europa. We do experience rough weather, but -40?? no. Occasionally it gets close to -20 but that's not every winter. Proper clothing helps alot too.
Does everyone in Holland speak English?!
most of us do yes
Yep, most of us do. Subtitled TV and movies for starters and by the time we go to secondary school we can be quite proficient.
alex tapea Most people do
yes we are to smart actually haha ;)
Around 98% of the country can
In 1woord :verschrikkelijk 😖 ik zou hard wegrennen, verhuizen. Nooit rust daar, brrrrrr
@northern_lights aso
Wat een onzin.
Blijf je toch lekker binnen, lekker rustig achter je eigen deur.
@@bramvanduijn8086 gelukkig woon ik in een sociale huur wijk waar het veel rustiger is en waar we veel gedoseerder met elkaar omgaan en waar iedereen daar prima tevreden mee is.
Could you clarify on how the street stops a crazy/drunk/high driver from doing 60mph and injuring the kids
Well it seems like things like that don't really happen in the Netherlands. Besides you have to turn on to the street at a right angle, I don't even think 30 mph is achievable if you floored it.
@@StreetfilmsCommunity Do the trees and bollards help too?
@@EugeneAyindolmah I'm sure they do. The street is narrow and it is surrounded by all sorts of low-traffic streets to begin with. Could somebody hurt people? I'm sure. But any street in any city could be hit. Even in The Netherlands if someone wants to be a monster I am sure they'd aim for bigger traffic casualties like a giant public space.
a crazy drunk driver will hit either a house, or a parked car. They cannot accelerate because the street is too narrow and short
That's a wierd question...? 100 km/h in a 15 km/h designed street? goo.gl/maps/N6DjGuSjKT3sEzn98
This street is so short and narrow, that a fire truck will hit parked cars, if they are not perfectly aligned. If you don't like dents in your car, you'd rather use a normal sized European car, and not the wide American ones. Those don't fit.
Drunk driving is not accepted over here. The few drunk racing idiots crash most likely on the 50 to 80 km/h roads.
it only works when people are of the same mindset. In many parts of the UK, anti social behaviour, swearing, heavy drinking would spoil it. Shame
The people you describe can’t afford these homes though. These houses probably go for around 750.000 euros at least.
I could see this working in many parts of Edinburgh. There are many calm residential neighbourhoods in the UK where you don't see the kind of behaviour you're describing.
I'm america government would take your children that is not a joke it's real.
Sadly it is true, i just watch a video of the channel Not Just Bikes. A Canadian explains the difference between raising kids in the USA, Canada and the Netherlans.
ua-cam.com/video/ul_xzyCDT98/v-deo.html&ab_channel=NotJustBikes
Here in the US it's called "the hood".
Chuck Stark lol
Not really, since there are no guns here.
That's different. That's a neighborhood. A 'woonerf' is a street IN a neighborhood. Some neighborhoods can have several 'woonerven' (living streets)
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Too squashed up.. No privacy
Private gardens in the back, who would have thought?
put helmets on your children, irresponsible parents!!
Uh?
@@kieskop4684 Children on bikes and scooters do not wear helmets in the video? Despite it being in the recommendations of road safety studies carried out in the Netherlands itself. Extremely irresponsible either way!
@@DeutschePrinzessin Shure,you can wrap them in foam too.
@@DeutschePrinzessin You can slip in the shower/bathtub, you are very irresponsible that you let your children in there without a helmet.
@@DeutschePrinzessin Can you explain why the Netherlands has one of the lowest traffic fatalities in the world while we are not wearing helmets? Can it be that our infrastructure is really safe.
Greens are the problem.
Why The Long Face? What are Greens
@@lunarity7405 The biggest political party in the city of Utrecht.
Not for the kids living in this street.
Greens are the problem.
What do you have against vegetables?
If you don't eat greens you will be unhealthy
Why?
Your rather long face is a problem, though not particularly to me...
Greens are the problem.
You HAVE a problem...