It's so nice with how little cars there are and how slow they're going. Everything works perfectly with cycling infrastructure. Wish we had this in America.
Some of those bikes belong to owners who commute by bus or tram etc. to that bike so they can bike elsewhere. It's not a small number. Each bike doesn't always mean one less car.
@@delftfietser sure, a lot of those cyclists probably also own a car. But bikes are just a much more space efficient means of transportation. A 3,5 meter wide street can carry a maximum of about 1500-2000 cars per hour, but can easily carry 12000 cyclists per hour. Not to mention that you can park a lot more bikes in the same space as one car. If people leave their car at home, that's also a win.
@alex2143 Serving the gods of urban density seems like a workable plan. You can have people walk down a street 160 inches wide (the width of two American full size pickups minus their exterior mirrors) and move just as many people while saving room for transport infrastructure. Look, I get your arguement of unit of transportation through unit of space over a unit of time. I saw the vid like you did. There is more to a city than "efficient" transport. People will do what they can to escape overcrowding. That's what horses, trams, streetcars, trains, cars, and bicycles were for. Those are escape machines, so people can have space of their own and be away from others for a while. Congested sidewalks, bike paths, buses, and roads are not pleasant, but we alternately hate or justify them differently
@@delftfietser "there is more to a city than efficient transportation" Sure is. Now tell me, between Dutch cities and US cities, which do you think are preferable? The cities with the bike lanes or the cities with the urban highways?
Yeah, cycling in Amsterdam's center is indeed stressful, multiple times I almost had accidents. But it gets you very good performance at work because of the adrenaline 😂
@@ExpatsLifestyleInHolland Ah yeah, I saw a few almost-accidents in the video. But it gives adrenaline for sure! Some people just seem a bit aggresive, as if they own the bike lanes. It's a bit similar to Stockholm, where I was living before.
I haven't owned a car in 30 years, I find the safest drivers are usually also cyclists. I think the outright hostility towards cyclists in the US would put me off, I don't think I could live without a car if I lived in US.
Besides the bike paths one of the biggest differences between here and the city I live closest to is the greenery. You cant go very fare without seeing some sort of greenery along this route
That is what you get when cities haven't got the space to spread out. It is precisely the lack of space that limits how housing/shopping/transit are built. You see, when you have room to spare and don't need to care about road killing, you can drive as recklessly as you want.
You need eyes in the back and sides of your head to see everything around you. Jeez. Looks amazing though. Would love it if cycling was that popular in the UK.
Usually you don't need any special gadgets. People tend to give a signal if they're going right or left, and I sometimes give a signal when I going to stop (not sure if people understand this one though) And in the worst case, there's the bell. Cycling speed within the city is a bit limited due to the crowds, and rarely you find people who bypass with speed. And Adrenaline always help you focus in your next meeting 😉
In comparison to my city of Moncton, Canada, with a metro population around the 150k range compared to Amsterdams metro population over 1m, my city has worse rush hour traffic. Actually, my city probably has more road traffic than that throughout the entire day with very few people cycling, walking (only in the small, tiny, downtown core maybe) or using public transport (nearly non existent) and that doesn't take into account how we've dedicated the most valuable land in our downtown center to build aboveground parking lots... Netherlands really does do it better.
Ik heb tot 2018 in de Burmandwarsstraat gewoond.Leuk om het als start van je fietstocht te zien. Helaas woon ik nu in Almere in een zorgwoning. Bedankt.
Love the mini-crash @2:06 😅 I'd definitely choose a different route tho, this one seems longer than necessary, doesn't help that I actively try to avoid that big main road if at all possible, way too many traffic lights 😛
I would probably go via Amstel (slight detour but weesperstraat also works) then via ARTIS towards NEMO and then towards the final destination. Still a few traffic lights, but less and you would avoid the nieuwmarkt mess 😋
My current commute is 3.7 km. I consider the wind as relaxing white noise :) For cycling videos, I want people to feel like they are cycling themselves, that's why I don't add music to them. I do add music to most shorts though, did you check them?
Never mentioned: children have to do a bicycle riding exam to get diploma and (car)driving lessons by adults have to be by a acknowledged driving school and the exams are far more strict than in the USA; plus Dutch people are more organized and better planners!
I rode in a place with you on a bicycle, I saw a man he was walking along the road I thought about him I saw him and I will never see him again I don’t know who he is he doesn’t know me I saw him once in my life and if I go there and Do roam the streets looking for this man do I have a chance to see him?
When it got to the end of the video I was somewhat embarrassed to realise that Amsterdam was by the sea. I never knew that! I thought it was further inland.
Das wäre ein wunderbarer Traum in Deutschland, das Auto zählt hier ein halbes Leben, es gibt nichts wichtigeres. Ich als Radfahrerin wünschte mir nur annähernd eine Politik und eine Verkehrslage für Räder bzw. Radfahrer wie bei euch in Holland ...👍💞🚲
Hahaha, interesting question. Well, the Netherlands is very flat country (almost no single mountain) So usually cycling is sweat free, especially that the weather is cold and a bit windy most of the year.
No. Only the fanatical ones who decide to do a bike ride of +/- 25 km in an hour or so (probably on a racing bike). Most trips on a regular (Dutch) bike are comfortabel for around 10 to 15 minutes and do not cause a lot of sweating. If you leave on time 😉
One street over and you can cycle along a canal with only bikes, this route always make me feel depressed, knowing this was what they had planned for the whole of Adam in the 60’s
have to say few people on the streets riding just for the pleasure of riding a bike. 99% of them use cheap 50$ bikes as a tool to go from point a to point b.
Someday people in all cities on Earth will realize that the only proper transport is a bicycle. No cars! Maybe ambulances and small trucks have a right to exist...
Has anyone noticed the huge number of manhole covers in the bicycle lanes. I think that about fifty percent are dummies used to slow bicycles down a bit.
@@ExpatsLifestyleInHolland i wasn't sure what is that windshield like thing on that bike and the purpose of cushioning pillow right behind it, aren't they going too slow for a windshield i didn't get it 😀
@@hus9738 usually people take their kids to schools on their bikes. In case the kid is sitting on the front, it's not healthy to make him/her get all the wind in the front, hence the windshields to solve this issue. Speed is not an issue since the majority of Netherlands area is flat, such windshield won't have a big negative impact
no anyone use casket , looks like dangereous also for pedestrians the bikes dont respect the traffic lights also the bikes dont have a speed shift changer so its hard on the rump
😊 it's so quiet + peaceful without cars 😊
That's why I love Venice! No cars!
… and no exhaust fumes …
15 1/2 minutes and not a single death-defying feat. Who knew it was possible?!
It's so nice with how little cars there are and how slow they're going. Everything works perfectly with cycling infrastructure. Wish we had this in America.
Went to Holland for the first time last year. What a fantastic place. Wish i could afford to live there.
If you live on a Dutch wage, you can live a Dutch life!
@@dingus_doofus however not every one can move freely between countries...
The world is full of barriers and borders
Now imagine all of them in a car. And every parked bike also replaced by a parked car.
Yes, incredible how well this city just is designed!
Some of those bikes belong to owners who commute by bus or tram etc. to that bike so they can bike elsewhere. It's not a small number. Each bike doesn't always mean one less car.
@@delftfietser sure, a lot of those cyclists probably also own a car. But bikes are just a much more space efficient means of transportation. A 3,5 meter wide street can carry a maximum of about 1500-2000 cars per hour, but can easily carry 12000 cyclists per hour. Not to mention that you can park a lot more bikes in the same space as one car.
If people leave their car at home, that's also a win.
@alex2143 Serving the gods of urban density seems like a workable plan. You can have people walk down a street 160 inches wide (the width of two American full size pickups minus their exterior mirrors) and move just as many people while saving room for transport infrastructure. Look, I get your arguement of unit of transportation through unit of space over a unit of time. I saw the vid like you did. There is more to a city than "efficient" transport. People will do what they can to escape overcrowding. That's what horses, trams, streetcars, trains, cars, and bicycles were for. Those are escape machines, so people can have space of their own and be away from others for a while. Congested sidewalks, bike paths, buses, and roads are not pleasant, but we alternately hate or justify them differently
@@delftfietser "there is more to a city than efficient transportation"
Sure is. Now tell me, between Dutch cities and US cities, which do you think are preferable? The cities with the bike lanes or the cities with the urban highways?
As someone from the north of The Netherlands, this feels like quite a stressful commute, haha.
Yeah, cycling in Amsterdam's center is indeed stressful, multiple times I almost had accidents.
But it gets you very good performance at work because of the adrenaline 😂
@@ExpatsLifestyleInHolland Ah yeah, I saw a few almost-accidents in the video. But it gives adrenaline for sure! Some people just seem a bit aggresive, as if they own the bike lanes. It's a bit similar to Stockholm, where I was living before.
@@markuserikssen that's the main theme in cities I believe...
I see some riders still ignore the traffic lights when they are showing red. It’s been over 30 years since I rode a bicycle through Amsterdam.
I haven't owned a car in 30 years, I find the safest drivers are usually also cyclists. I think the outright hostility towards cyclists in the US would put me off, I don't think I could live without a car if I lived in US.
Besides the bike paths one of the biggest differences between here and the city I live closest to is the greenery. You cant go very fare without seeing some sort of greenery along this route
That is what you get when cities haven't got the space to spread out. It is precisely the lack of space that limits how housing/shopping/transit are built. You see, when you have room to spare and don't need to care about road killing, you can drive as recklessly as you want.
Live for the ride , love for the bike
You need eyes in the back and sides of your head to see everything around you. Jeez. Looks amazing though. Would love it if cycling was that popular in the UK.
Ears usually help where the eyes cannot see.
Yeah i usually use my ears to qualify if i should look or not
Usually you don't need any special gadgets.
People tend to give a signal if they're going right or left, and I sometimes give a signal when I going to stop (not sure if people understand this one though)
And in the worst case, there's the bell.
Cycling speed within the city is a bit limited due to the crowds, and rarely you find people who bypass with speed.
And Adrenaline always help you focus in your next meeting 😉
Add a small screen with views of the side and rear of the vehicle.
People who are coming from behind (and thus are going faster) are responsible for avoiding you..
thanks ， i know why so many people ride bike in Amsterdan. 感谢分享！
the kids must love it
In comparison to my city of Moncton, Canada, with a metro population around the 150k range compared to Amsterdams metro population over 1m, my city has worse rush hour traffic. Actually, my city probably has more road traffic than that throughout the entire day with very few people cycling, walking (only in the small, tiny, downtown core maybe) or using public transport (nearly non existent) and that doesn't take into account how we've dedicated the most valuable land in our downtown center to build aboveground parking lots...
Netherlands really does do it better.
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Ik heb tot 2018 in de Burmandwarsstraat gewoond.Leuk om het als start van je fietstocht te zien.
Helaas woon ik nu in Almere in een zorgwoning.
Bedankt.
I like this kind of videos. Thanks.
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mooie video, van Amsterdam in de ochtend, bedankt... gr uit Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland
Feels a lot more busy than i remember it back in 1998
Indeed, and it keeps getting busier
busier*. Stop butchering the English language.
@@parisgermain523 What an asinine thing to say to someone.
@@parisgermain523you are an odious pedant
Love the mini-crash @2:06 😅 I'd definitely choose a different route tho, this one seems longer than necessary, doesn't help that I actively try to avoid that big main road if at all possible, way too many traffic lights 😛
What route do you suggest that could be shorter?
I would probably go via Amstel (slight detour but weesperstraat also works) then via ARTIS towards NEMO and then towards the final destination. Still a few traffic lights, but less and you would avoid the nieuwmarkt mess 😋
@@pastafarian8712 will give it a try, although it's hard to use Google maps while shooting
mooie video, dankuwel
Thanks for sharing
Work at the bowling hall?
How many miles? I also think you should add a sound track. The wind noise makes it hard listening.
My current commute is 3.7 km.
I consider the wind as relaxing white noise :)
For cycling videos, I want people to feel like they are cycling themselves, that's why I don't add music to them.
I do add music to most shorts though, did you check them?
@@ExpatsLifestyleInHolland I agree with your approach. This gives a much better idea of how the bike ride feels. I love the wind when I ride!
Oh c'mon, many want natural experience
Never mentioned: children have to do a bicycle riding exam to get diploma and (car)driving lessons by adults have to be by a acknowledged driving school and the exams are far more strict than in the USA; plus Dutch people are more organized and better planners!
I gotta move here
I rode in a place with you on a bicycle, I saw a man he was walking along the road I thought about him I saw him and I will never see him again I don’t know who he is he doesn’t know me I saw him once in my life and if I go there and Do roam the streets looking for this man do I have a chance to see him?
Sure!
Maybe yes, maybe no :)
It's always good to keep going forward though...
Place me There. Today. Please.
Me, too, please!
When it got to the end of the video I was somewhat embarrassed to realise that Amsterdam was by the sea. I never knew that! I thought it was further inland.
It's a big river actually, not a sea
"Expat" What a fancy word to say you're an inmigrant.
Actually an "expat" is someone that only lives for a few years in a foreign country! That's the difference.
Das wäre ein wunderbarer Traum in Deutschland, das Auto zählt hier ein halbes Leben, es gibt nichts wichtigeres. Ich als Radfahrerin wünschte mir nur annähernd eine Politik und eine Verkehrslage für Räder bzw. Radfahrer wie bei euch in Holland ...👍💞🚲
Bis da mal genug geändert ist, ist man leider schon im grab. Steht leider nur umziehen in frage
Amsterdam ist ein schlechtes Beispiel. Es gibt was Fahrradwege betrifft viel bessere niederländische Städte.
whad about muh pickup trugg???!!!
Pinis wanisa ana.
Wadul sia mah.
Saludos desde Perú
Do Dutch people who go to the office by bicycle, when they arrive at the office, will they take a shower again?
Pretty sure they don't. It's cold there
@@FSniffer even in summer?
@@sweetalert480 maybe some of them will. It depends on how much effort they put on their ride.
Hahaha, interesting question.
Well, the Netherlands is very flat country (almost no single mountain)
So usually cycling is sweat free, especially that the weather is cold and a bit windy most of the year.
No. Only the fanatical ones who decide to do a bike ride of +/- 25 km in an hour or so (probably on a racing bike).
Most trips on a regular (Dutch) bike are comfortabel for around 10 to 15 minutes and do not cause a lot of sweating. If you leave on time 😉
you need wider bikelanes 😂
Just one more lane bro, it will fix traffic, just one more lane!
@@enryfrafranci 🤣 classic
Nope, just more disciplined riders.
Actually some streets are bike first, so cars have less priority and the whole street is for bikes
I don't think so. Everybody seems happy 😅
Mentak na eling tempat mu extrim.
Mengerti aman konitun ana.
One street over and you can cycle along a canal with only bikes, this route always make me feel depressed, knowing this was what they had planned for the whole of Adam in the 60’s
Yo encanta bisekletas la razon en este lugar NETHERLAND..gusta estar....
Darah mu yaumal kiymah.
Fietsen is zo lekker.
Alleen al die geparkeerde fietsen overal is geen gezicht.
@@johnvanhal2450 Sel je voor dat elke fiets een auto was en hoeveel ruimte ervoor nodig zou zijn.
@@midasghijsels Dat snap ik wel, alleen de meeste auto's zien er een stuk beter uit dan de gemiddelde fiets. En worden vaker iets netter weggezet.
@@johnvanhal2450Smaken verschillen.
@@midasghijsels Gelukkig wel, ja
Nyambung dun'ya kacau soal nya di atas dan bisa bayangan.
have to say few people on the streets riding just for the pleasure of riding a bike. 99% of them use cheap 50$ bikes as a tool to go from point a to point b.
You can still feel the pleasure of riding a bike on 50€ cheap bike, moreover, you will be less worried that your bike gets stolen
Sudah berdekatan sama umur dun'ya.
Someday people in all cities on Earth will realize that the only proper transport is a bicycle. No cars!
Maybe ambulances and small trucks have a right to exist...
Mengerti tidak mukjizat mahluk bisa ketinggal jauh dari yaum yaum nya.
You need help
Tidak kuat ngambu bisa pada pulang umur muda. Dun'ya nya belum.
Hurang ya.
Has anyone noticed the huge number of manhole covers in the bicycle lanes. I think that about fifty percent are dummies used to slow bicycles down a bit.
1:29 wtf is that ?
I didn't get it, what's the problem?
@@ExpatsLifestyleInHolland i wasn't sure what is that windshield like thing on that bike and the purpose of cushioning pillow right behind it, aren't they going too slow for a windshield i didn't get it 😀
@@hus9738 usually people take their kids to schools on their bikes.
In case the kid is sitting on the front, it's not healthy to make him/her get all the wind in the front, hence the windshields to solve this issue.
Speed is not an issue since the majority of Netherlands area is flat, such windshield won't have a big negative impact
@@ExpatsLifestyleInHolland ok thanks
Kalau tidak di barengi bani poek.
no anyone use casket , looks like dangereous also for pedestrians the bikes dont respect the traffic lights also the bikes dont have a speed shift changer so its hard on the rump
This is all normal in the Netherlands, pedestrians are safe and we don't have many hills so speed shift changers aren't necessary.
Umur dun'ya bareng sama umur mahluk nya.
Anak adam semua nya juga.
Nafsu mahluk harus pegangan dulu..
Surga anak bisa di badan mu.
Nasib akherot.
Ruh
Kitab ada badan nya.
Zat di depan mu.
Seharus nya bayangan.
Karna darah mu sendiri.
Di atas nya pun sama yaum mu.
Mussa isa.
Ulah pelan pelan dan akal harus di pake.
qun faya qun.
Awak anak tidak sesuai sama amal nya.
Depressed
Why?
Take some pills darling. 😂