Fishing for bicycles in Amsterdam canals

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  • Опубликовано: 29 июл 2015
  • (10 Mar 2011)
    AP Television
    Amsterdam, Netherlands - March 1st, 2011
    1. Close of bicycle handlebars, tracking shot travelling along cycle lane
    2. Tilt up bicycles chained to railings to reveal canal
    3. Close of bicycle handlebars and rusting lamp
    4. Mid of bridge with cyclist passing in front of sun
    5. Wide of thousands of bicycles parked outside Central Station, cyclist parks bike
    6. Mid of canal dredger hauling bicycles out of the water
    7. Various of dredger hauling bicycles out of the water, then onto barge
    8. SOUNDBITE: (Dutch) Arie de Beer, coordinator at Waternet, the Amsterdam Water Authority:
    "Amsterdam is a bicycle city, and a large part of those bicycles end up in the water of the canals. We fish between 12,000 and 15,000 bicycles out of the water yearly. And behind me are some of those bicycles. They will be taken to the scrap yard"
    9. Wide of canal dredger hauling bicycles out of the water
    10. SOUNDBITE: (Dutch) Arie de Beer, coordinator at Waternet, the Amsterdam Water Authority:
    "Yes, bicycle fishing is a peculiar story. Every year we fish up between 12,000 and 15,000 bicycles. Yeah, where do they come from? Well - the owners won't throw them into the water so quickly, so we assume that either theft or vandalism is the reason for the bicycles to end up in the water."
    11. Wide of dredger barge approaching barge filled with bicycles, attaching chain, dropping in wooden post
    12. Wide of canal with barge approaching
    LEAD IN:
    Amsterdam's canals are famous the world over. There's not much in the way of fishing in the city waters, except for bicycles.
    Each year as many as fifteen thousand discarded cycles have to be dredged from the canals.
    STORYLINE:
    Bicycles are the favourite way of getting around Amsterdam for locals and tourists alike.
    The so-called Venice of the North is fiercely pro-cyclist has one of the biggest number of urban bike riders in Europe.
    Everywhere you go bikes can be seen propping up lamp posts, tied to railings and lining the banks of the canals.
    Cutting down the use of cars helps dispose of one environmental problem, but the bikes themselves create another.
    With so many cyclists around, it's no wonder that riders sometimes forget where they left their bike.
    Outside the city's Central Station the cycle parking area is enormous.
    Many bikes get lost, stolen or simply forgotten about.
    But most of the dead bikes end up here - in the canal.
    Fishing them out is a year-round task for the the city, according to Arie de Beer, coordinator at Waternet, the Amsterdam Water Authority.
    "Amsterdam is a bicycle city, and a large part of those bicycles end up in the water of the canals. We fish between 12,000 and 15,000 bicycles out of the water yearly. And behind me are some of those bicycles. They will be taken to the scrap yard"
    All sorts of things emerge from the murky waters, but mostly it's bikes.
    It's a fishy story says Arie de Beer.
    "Yes, bicycle fishing is a peculiar story. Every year we fish up between 12,000 and 15,000 bicycles. Yeah, where do they come from? Well - the owners won't throw them into the water so quickly, so we assume that either theft or vandalism is the reason for the bicycles to end up in the water."
    Amsterdam's watery harvest ends up being turned into scrap metal. This is bicycle recycling, on an industrial scale.
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Комментарии • 19

  • @kenjohnson5498
    @kenjohnson5498 7 месяцев назад +2

    SHame on the people polluting there canals and waterways, one day they may see the importance of clean water.

  • @user-lx9fs5ss6i
    @user-lx9fs5ss6i Год назад +1

    川に自転車を捨てちゃう?って事かな?

  • @MalikahJ
    @MalikahJ Год назад

    Why are they in the canal

  • @violalev1658
    @violalev1658 2 года назад +1

    Господи, я так мечтаю о хорошем велосипеде....а они их просто выбрасывают((🥺😭

  • @mortheus7727
    @mortheus7727 4 года назад

    You sick😆😱

  • @yahstrong3349
    @yahstrong3349 3 года назад

    ลงไปอยู่ในคลองได้อย่างไร

  • @FabiolousBarker
    @FabiolousBarker 2 года назад +3

    Translation would be amazing, otherwise dont put the title in English

    • @SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands
      @SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands Год назад +1

      or learn dutch, it isn't that hard... we learned english and german and french at school.. don't be lazy..

    • @FabiolousBarker
      @FabiolousBarker Год назад

      @@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands yes, Dutch and German in your fantasy world are a must to learn 😂

  • @themechanic4222
    @themechanic4222 3 года назад +2

    In other countries bicycles cost more then cars

  • @damianojeda7017
    @damianojeda7017 7 лет назад

    is this because of all the stolen bikes?

    • @koffiewolf
      @koffiewolf 7 лет назад +3

      Probably really drunk people like to trow them in the canals for fun to. Really good reason to buy a decent lock for your bike :P

    • @sjaakdewinter6258
      @sjaakdewinter6258 6 лет назад +1

      No, you can buy a new bike for 100 dollar.
      But to repair a bike is expensive. You must also repair it much because of low quality.
      It s cheaper to buy a new one and to dump the old one.

    • @user-ui5jb9je7q
      @user-ui5jb9je7q 5 лет назад +1

      No to clean up the water and for the boats that go thru the canals so it doesnt come in the engine

    • @sjaakdewinter6258
      @sjaakdewinter6258 4 года назад

      @@shugthehornyhaggis
      We have also a lot of import of cheap Chinese bikes.

    • @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
      @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 3 года назад +3

      British tourists when they get drunk think it is funny to dump random people's bikes in the canals. Not just bikes, actually. Anything that is loose they dump in there.

  • @meliodas2065
    @meliodas2065 2 года назад +2

    izmir (renklendirilmiş)