UTRECHT Is it true that there are massive daily crowds of pedestrians taking over this cycling city?
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- It's almost hard to believe when you see endless videos of people riding bikes in Utrecht that at lunchtime, people walking completely take over many areas of the historic city center areas.
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people walking in the road when the sidewalk spills over are always a good indicator of a safe environment.
Agreed! 🙌
As a born and raised Utrechter, I can affirm that many office workers and retail workers choose to stretch their legs during lunch break. Did so myself for many years, it’s a healthy habit just like biking to work. 😊
Fabulous! Such a wonderful tradition. Definitely a lot of conversations happening as well, which is also fantastic. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Cheers!
It's more healthy to not choose an office job and actually work.
Good to see people walking rather than driving cars. That is what happens when it is a safe environment for walking and biking.
Exactly! 😀
What an active town!
We tend to forget that an active town is more then people cycling, pedestrians are as important!
Thanks for your commitment, the nice video’s and commentary, John!
Exactly! You are quite welcome! And thank you for watching 🙏
You are so right. This would never happen in most of America. You did a great job of capture the life aspect of good planning.
Thanks! 🙏
Some might be going to buy lunch, but most are just stretching their legs. Some will eat lunch first at their place of work and then join colleagues on their walk, while others will eat their lunch while walking. And it's always in groups. You rarely see someone taking a lunchtime stroll by themselves. We just like moving in herds because then we can chat while exercising :D
Love it!
I used to work in this area. Couple of years on "this" side of the railway tracks, last 7 years just across the tracks. The Moreelsebrug (pedestrians and cyclists) across the tracks is an important part of their route.
Most people just do a walk through the city center; some may eat their (homemade) lunch walking.
Cool! Thanks so much. Brings a smile to my face seeing everyone out each en masse 😀
When I worked at an office, we would eat lunch behind our desks and then take a break to go for a walk a little later
There are also a lot of people who come from the trainstation and walk into the citycentre. I have done that many times.
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Haha I love that planning for zombies is being included in the channel, after all, they're not only active in life but also death - living the Active Towns way 😂
It’s really the only way…
There is no escaping it 🤣
Looks more like taking a nice stroll? Not many people buy lunch every day like in the US. Bring lunch from home and take a walk during break time. We're kind of a frugal folk.
Ah, gotcha! Even more impressive from an Active Towns’ perspective 🙌
I also think that's the case. They've had their quick lunch in their office (home brought sandwiches or something from the company restaurant/canteen), and then go for a stroll. We Dutch don't really go to restaurants for lunch (and it seems only the younger generation is willing to spend money every day on take-out coffee & food).
@@ActiveTowns I don't know what these commenters are on about. As someone with many years of hospitality experience in Rotterdam at least, i can definitely confirm that a lot of these people are getting lunch. People don't really go to a restaurant per sé, but takeout sandwiches and such are very popular during lunchbreaks. Might be people from outside the Randstad, where this stereotypically frugal Dutch behavior is more prevalent. I don't think it's generational as my mom who is close to retirement does this as well. It is more prevalent nowadays as opposed to 15 years ago, simply due to there being more interesting places to get lunch at.
@@ActiveTowns Not quite as impressive when you realise this "homemade lunch" is typically just cheese or peanut butter sandwiches. Like @BrazenNL said; frugal folk.
I used to walk there almost every workday, mostly for air/movement/social reasons, and I only bought a sandwich along the way 1/10 times I think. We also had a restaurant inside our office building, and besides, most of us brought lunch from home.
But if our schedules and the weather could accommodate it, we would often form a little group to go for a stroll.
Good networking too, since the people from our biggest clients did the same thing!
Also: certain sandwich shops could inspire cravings 😂
Oh do tell, which are those sandwich shops? I’ll be back in town in about a week or so. 😅
@@ActiveTowns if I remember correctly (it’s been a while) broodje Mario, broodje van Martin, ice cream at Il Mulino and sometimes oliebollen when it was the season for it. Back when I still ate meat…
Too funny! I stopped twice last week for ice cream at Il Mulino. Both times completely unplanned. ❤
It's a Dutch thing that you see in many places with many offices: employees will combine lunch with a walk. It is not always a walk TO the lunch. I can also be that people have lunch at the cantine at work, and then go for a half an hour or 20 minutes stroll after that...
I love this so much on so many levels. Thank you for watching and commenting. Such a beautiful Active Towns activity/tradition 🙌
I don't think they are going for lunch. 1) Larger companies have restaurants/canteens where employees have lunch (usually home-made sandwiches supplemented with soup or a snack. 2) we Dutch are way to frugal to every day buy lunch in a restaurant or take-out (most real restaurants are not open for lunch anyway and we don't consider fastfood (McD, KFC etc) appropriate for lunch) . 3) when working in a large office, we do like to complete our lunch brake with a 20-30min stroll. So most of these people are probably just out for a walk.
Thanks for the insights!
Lunch at your desk is illegal, for the employer. Because it means he is not providing adequate break facilities.
Fascinating 😀
Where I used to work, we had adequate break facilities, but we are our lunch at our desk and went for a walk after that.
Eating at your desk is not any more productive as some people think, most people just delete emails or watch videos.
Going for a walk can also be very productive and healthy especially in creative and knowledge work.
That makes sense to me. Thanks for watching. Cheers! John
I wonder whether they are in search of food. More likely they just want to strech their legs from their office job. This is the Netherlands, where people bring their lunch to office 😂
Perhaps, although if that is the case, I would have expected to see more of them diverting down to the nature path alongside the canal.😁
A lot of people here in NL go in their lunch break to lunch rooms or to supermarkets in the area.
@@Schachtschabel They are bypassing several supermarkets in Hoog Catharijne (the shopping center that is directly on the right side of the road when looking in the direction where the people are coming from).
And these are bank employees :)
Either way, it is a nice break from office!
@@rtq146 Only if they come from across the train tracks, no banks within close proximity on the near side of the train tracks (there used to be a couple of branches in Hoog Catharijne, but they are walking on the wrong side of the road for that).
Also, we work to live, not live to work. And we still have salaries that afford going out to lunch, not like in, say the US, you need 3 jobs to get by.
Good point!
intersection is short for interesting section, in the Netherlands, lol
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Dat zijn Luie kantoorlui.
Bouwvakkers doen dit 8 uur per dag en ik als kassenbouwer 10 tot 12 uur per dag op n gootje van 10cm breed en 5 meter hoog 😂
Yes, that's true. There are many physically active professions out there still. And more power to you all. You are awesome!
@@ActiveTowns we are next level zombies 😆😆😜
Zijn inderdaad kantoorlui want wrs werken de meesten bij ProRail en NS aan deze kant van het spoor
It's one hell of a job, but somebody's got to do it. We kunnen niet allemaal bouwvakker, kapper, of salarisadministrateur zijn. Ieder zijn ding.
Tja, je mot ze toch ergens kwijt. En als ze niet 8 uur per dag op t yuppendagverblijf zaten, hadden de rest van ons er allemaal vier micromanagende nekheigerts bij.
Dus laat ze lekker excellen, en doen of Jiskefet nog n ding is.
Zolang je dr maar niet meer dan vijf tegelijk in je winkel laat, heb je dr bijna geen last van.
Flat = depression 😂
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An flat is an poor solution for an problem.
Thats why we try to avoid flats as much as posible.