Cycling with babies and toddlers in The Netherlands
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- Опубликовано: 17 май 2015
- [Ep. 393] The Dutch cycle for transport and they take their children along. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p...
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Also it rains half of the time in autumn, spring and winter. That's when a toddler in front of you is really practical shielding you from the rain.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
finally! they have a use 😂
Well, just a little bit. Make sure to feed your toddler enough, so you get enough shielding
That is true. I speak from experience.
That’s why a famous Dutch comedian said they had two children: one for him and one for his wife ;)
for dutch people cycling is the same as walking, you don't wear a helmet while walking (I presume). You wouldn't like it if your government would order you to wear a helmet and protective gear while walking. Most dutch people have been cycling all their lives, so it becomes second nature to be alert on a bicycle. At a young age (around 10) I had to do a obligatory bicycle exam at school. The kids had to cycle and the examiners checked how they would participate in traffic, anticipate, look around before crossing a street and if they follow the rules and signs. We also got taught the traffic rules and signs from books, followed by another written exam. When you pass you get a diploma. Same goes for obligatory swimming lessons, followed by an exam and a diploma (because we've got a lot of water in the netherlands)
Also the car owners are used to all the cyclists and most of them cycle themselves. So they know how cyclists behave. And if an accident occurs, the law always protects the cyclist first, unless proven otherwise. This is something every car owner knows, so it makes you even more cautious driving around cyclists.
So cyclists and cars are always aware of each other. For instance, when you see little kids cycle next to a parent, the parent will normally cycle at the most dangerous side of the path (where the traffic is), to protect the kid.
So dutch cycling may look dangerous to some people, but the dutch know really well what they're doing because of experience.
***** I personally think it's beautiful and something to aim for. I don't think it's dangerous they have the proper roads we are seeking to build in Minneapolis at the moment but I wouldn't cycle in the states, especially major cities without a helmet.
+Vasper79 Can we all check the facts - no helmets is safest period. Here are two sites you may like to start with... www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-transportation-bikes-idUSKBN0GC10T20140812
In fact helmets can actually cause injury through excessive twisting/ bending of the neck etc... bicycleaustralia.org/helmets.php
Although even before there was the infrastructure or presumed liabilities for motor vehicles people didn't wear helmets and fought the car and oil industry then and still today for what the Dutch have.
The majority of helmets do very little to protect the head in the event of a crash anyway in some cases they even cause more damage.
This is all very true unfortunately the percentage of cycling accidents here in the netherlands have become extremely high in the past couple years and and guess what the cause is: smartphones. So now they trying to pass a law which is basically the same as no texting while driving for cars but for cyclists.
I like the fact that there seem to be just as many men sharing bikes with babies and toddlers, as there are women. This says much about what is normal in Dutch society, and does so quite separately from the biking culture itself.
Yes. In the U.S. we have a problem in which we measure masculinity by the size and power of a man's pickup truck. Lol
You're right. Actually as a Ditch man I must admit it is also a question of pride ... when biking with my family I don't want my wife to bear all that extra weight. And also, even more important, I love biking with my kids and show rhem things. But do realise that Dutch kids start riding their own bikes at the age of 4, at least for smaller distances. This teaches them from an early age how to behave in trafic and it gives them great confidence.
Funny, never thought about that.
Fun fact, As a man if you ride a bike with a (empty) child seat you will get ALL the female attention haha!
@@laura198816 hahaha, then I'd like to tell you boys in high school more often have a womans bike than they have a mens one
Those kids in front...I miss those days, a kiss on the head, a cuddle while waiting for a green light, the chats.
Awww that's adorable 😍 💕.
@@JessicaMiller-pc4dj yeah I never experienced any of this and it hurts my heart to read it at 20 years old now
those are the real happy moments in my life: cycling with my daughter, first in front of me, with my nose in her lovely hair, now at the back, with her hands around my waist, so she doesn't misses the chance to hug me for a long time.
ah, lovely
🎵Veilig achterop bij vader (moeder) op de fiets. Vader weet de weg en ik weet nog van niets.🎶 (Paul van Vliet)
O yes, fond memories of that. Looking forward to having the next generation in front of my on the bike.
As a Frenchman living and rising kids in NL, i can tell you it is great to be able to have this kind of normal life. Need a bag of potatoes and screw to fix your shower? You don't think about getting your car out of the precious parking spot, you get your bike and put your kids on, and you just go. It is raining? Well, wait 2min it will pass.
If its raining, you don't even need to fix the shower. Plenty of water.
3:16 hahaha the contrast couldn't get bigger: a tourist struggling with his joint on a rented bike while not paying any attention to others and a couple cycling hand in hand with a kid on the bike
In my primary school, there was a dad who brought his four kids to school on one bike. One in the front, two in the back and one on his shoulders.
hahahah
Hahaha
Held! :)
I've had 4 kids (+ myself) on a single bike, but that was a cargo bike :-) The setup you describe sounds quite scary even to me...
I was number 100 tumbs up.
As a Dutchman, it's really interesting to realize my everyday experience is actually not that common. I can't imagine needing a car to get somewhere and don't think about biking one handed while calling with a toddler through rush hour is dangerous at all. And biking with a helmet? Who the hell does that? Great videos!
+Fluxquark May surprise you that the Netherlands is quite rare in its amazing cycling infrastructure and culture. In most other countries you have to cycle on the road and car drivers don't know how to act around you, it's a lot more dangerous, so a helmet can be useful.
+Traitorbagel That's very true. I certainly think bikers in NYC need their helmets. It's a bit of a cluster fuck trying to figure out where pedestrians cars and people go sometimes. It runs much smoother in the Netherlands (though I did see a biker hit by a car there which I've never seen happen here) but as a tourist walking around some of the busier intersections it's a bit intimidating with all the bikes whizzing by.
+Fluxquark +Traitorbagel +LollyD Can we all check the facts - no helmets is safest period. This is just one stat Trait' as u mentioned NYC... www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-transportation-bikes-idUSKBN0GC10T20140812
Lolly helmets can actually cause injury through excessive twisting/ bending of the neck etc... bicycleaustralia.org/helmets.php
Neil Blinks
No I don't agree with that, but feel free to not wear a helmet I don't really care. Personally I would rather have something on my head if I fell off and smashed my skull on the road. Twisted neck is much better than braining yourself.
+Traitorbagel I know, I would probably wear a helmet outside of the Netherlands, or avoid biking. It's weird to see how an everyday experience for me is something strange and new for people from other parts of the world.
I wish the whole world would have been like this
I live in that world! Greatings from the Netherlands!
It would be safer to travel in a group with cargo bikes - wouldn't want to risk losing balance and falling 🤕
You can feel their high quality of life.
It's so wonderful seeing people carrying babies and toddlers on their bicycle. Wish we had it here in Canada.
Why don't you have that?
@@aponcapone I'd assume because they don't have the elaborate cyclepath connections as in the Netherlands. Most countries don't have that.
@@aponcapone It depends where you live but my guess would be that it's so rare that it's easy to miss. Everyone my age I know rode like that with their parents when they were young and my two nieces rode like that a few years ago.
once in Hong Kong police stopped me because a had my wife sitting on the baggage rack of the bike. he said it was not allowed, I laughed and really thought he was joking. but it really wasn't allowed...
Je moet haar ook niet onder de snelbinders stoppen! :)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WAT EEN ANTWOORD !! WHAHAHA
J.A.H. van de Laak It isnt allowed here either. No one cares though.
Zwitserland ook niet
In Duitsland word je ook gestopt.
One of my favourite memories, sitting on the bike with my mom!
I bet you always asked to push the button for the traffic lights, that's what I always did!
@@brozius Sure did.
Such a beautiful culture ! Greetings from Chile.
As for the 'helmet-thumpers': get a life, please. ALL Dutch people know how to ride a bike, and very few (serious) accidents happen. Bikes usually have their own roads, separate from cars, so if an accident does happen, you just fall, dust yourself off, and get on your bike again. In a lot of other countries that are more (or exclusively) car oriented, yes, there a helmet may be advisable, and I would say: even for joggers, or Walmart shoppers. But then, in some of such countries I would also advise bullet-proof vests, even inside the homes.
Don't be ridiculous, people, and enjoy life; it's short enough.
Most of the horror at not wearing a helmet, comes from people in a land that allows people to carry guns and where thousands are killed and injured because of it.
@@paulvandermaas6639 which wouldn't have happened if the gun was wearing a helmet
I tried to remember when I started cycling myself. Like most Dutch we learned to cycle at a VERY young age. I can´t remember when I learned how to cycle. As far as I know I always could...
+Saartje Hond Ik was ook een jaar of 4 of 5 ik weet het ook niet meer.
In1998able Ik denk jonger. De meeste kinderen hier fietsen al los met drie jaar.
+Saartje Hond ik was 4 en weet nog goed dat ik altijd remde met mijn voeten op de grond.. dus deed mijn moeder mij slippers aan(dan leer je het wel af) want het kostte te veel schoenen.
+Saartje Hond Mijn vader noemde mijn fietst Kamikaze maar snapte nooit de grap
+Saartje Hond Ik weet de dag zelf nog heel goed, maar ik heb ook geen idee wanneer. Het is wel een van mijn eerste echt duidelijke herinneringen. Volgens mij was het al wel voor ik naar de kleuterklas ging, of misschien toen ik net in de eerste kleuterklas zat.
The couple holding hands says it all.God bless you and your family Aloha
Just when I'm feeling a bit miserable with the state of the world along comes one of your videos & immediately lightens things!
Happy & carefree children, love it. Big smile on my face now! Thanks.
I looooovvvveee the Dutch people and their culture
I live in the USA in Southern California on the Mojave Desert. I envy the Netherlands for their biking infrastructure. The United States is a land where the individual auto is king. The majority of our population think of bicycles as something to get for their young kids and not for themselves. There are practically no roads where I ride my electric bike, that I can ride on without being in mortal danger of being hit by a vehicle. Bike lanes and even shoulders on the roads are few and far between!
I'm Dutch. I was really surprised when I was in America. Nobody was transporting themselves by a bike. We needed to take the car for 1 minute traveling, because there was no sidewalk. In New York you would be suicidal not to cycle with a helmet. Here it's my primary way of transportation, not a hobby.
cutest thing on the internet, the music is perfect. I return to this when I need to be cheered up
Excellent. There are those who say they don't like these videos because of the music. But the chords are well chosen and interesting. It's not "mu music" but I appreciate work of the person who created it.
I feel the same and I live in The Netherlands. Look at the faces of the people on bikes. No stress, not scared, negotiating space whilst cycling, kids on bikes, I mean ... it just warms my heart. We need a one hour video of just people going about their business in the best possible way: on a bike.
I feel like 99% of the people watching these videos are Dutch themselves...
+Justin Mader
Youknow...you might be right.
Something happened, in the past couple of months, that made the Dutch become more patriotic (but not nationalistic thank god) and more proud of their country.
The 'Europeans show how they count to 10'-video's are quite popular, just like the 'trying Dutch sweets' snacks and other stuff.
I'd personally say it has to do with America having this 'boost' of commecialistic attention (a.k.a. political image of America suddenly being the middle of negative attention) and countries comparing themselves with America and noticing that while America is going downhill, their countries might be better than they realised.
(I mean, some parts of the Netherlands are going to shit as well, like the ouderenzorg and geestelijke gezondheidszorg and care for teenagers etc.etc.etc.) but apart from that, we love to chat about our stereotype and show ourselves off a bit.
I mean.."if America is allowed to be nationalistic, then surely we can be a bit patriotic'
The entire world has become more nationalistic. Sad, really. If all you have to be proud of in your life is the place you were born, you cannot have achieved much in your life.
I would say 99,9%.
+Bram van Duijn
Which is why I'm happy that (apart from the scooter-driving baldheaded, trashbag-coat-wearing, hardcore-listening, coke-sniffing, dog-owning, agressive Aso's) most of the Netherlands is only slightly *pátriotic* and not nationalistic. :-)
Definetly not true, Czech Republic here. :D
Watch all those little kids in front holding the handlebars. This way they learn verry young how the steering works and how the bike is leaned to avoid a crash or making turns, even before they own a bike later in live.
It's really funny to see all these people. I am a dutch girl aged 14. I cycle every day to school and sport and it's just what we Dutch people do. We don't want to drive in a hot car when it's summer, than we get the bike. And almost every kid in the netherlands learns how to ride a bicycle when he/she is around 5/6 years old. And almost every dutch kid goes to school with a bike.
DeusienPlays 6 is wel erg oud!! 5 ookal trouwens
Five years? Have a look at this one; And....this is nothing special, it's usual: ruclips.net/video/JhZStfw9mx8/видео.html
I literally have to drive everywhere in the US, we just don't have adequate bicycle infrastructure.
Ach hou toch je bek. Niet iedereen wilt fietsen gvd snap dat dan, zijn zat jongens van 14-15 jaar die veel liever scooter of brommer rijden. Maar met jou "mooie" verhaal word 't fietsen nog meer gepromoot bah
@@dukeco3390 That is better, imagine being under 16 years old. You can't drive anything motorised ONLY a bicycle. In the rain and the strong winds you still need to cycle every day to school. Even when it is cold you still need to cycle
I wish the UK would be more like this, it makes sense on so many levels for families especially
It always makes me smile when ever i watch your videos,last year when i had the flu all i did was play the loop of the videos on your channel, and even cycling in the snow did not bother me,(I was sitting with a mug of hot chocolate,wrapped in my duvet) so nice to see the children with there parents on there bicycles. Happy people.
Your comment made me laugh out loud, because I actually have the flu and I was watching bicycle videos for an hour or so because I miss to go outside. Seems I'm not THAT weird...
Trust me, you will feel a lot better after watching the videos,lots of people just going about there every day business and cycling to and from work,school,or just out on the town. A nice mug of hot chocolate and a duvet helps too.(No,you are not weird either.)
+Tom Keir I also have the flu and am wrapped up in bed watching these videos. How bizarre!
Now here's something REALLY weird ; I'm watching these video's as well, and I DON'T have the flu.... hmmmm... bizar !!! LOL..
jhombergh But did it make you smile?
I've had severa; times that I had a toddler on the back, forgot anout it and swung my leg to step up they were not amused. :-)
hahaha. oh well, stuff happens :D
Yup, been there. She's 29 now and doing a master's so no harm done!
Stupid. Not funny at all.
@@ralfrufus6573 at the time I was devastated but 28 years later I allow myself to share a chuckle to reassure others that accidents happen even to the best of us.
Ha. I recently bought my first Dutch-style step-through city bike (old Raleigh Dover pedelec), and i still forget that I no longer have to swing my leg over the rear wheel to mount/ dismount and catch my foot on the rear rack / panniers. At least if you kick those they don't protest! If my son was still little enough to carry on a bike I'd probably get the handlebar-mounted seats seen in this video, but he's 9 so would unbalance the whole thing just a little :D
As a practical cycling enthusiast this video gives me an idea of what heaven may be like.
I loved seeing family affairs on bicycles when I was in Amsterdam last week. I was jealous that the infrastructure is set up to do that.
The other day I saw a woman with a toddler on the back, baby in the front, groceries in both side bags, riding one-handed bec she was holding her dog's leash in the other hand with the dog running along beside her. Just zipping through the town!
Ahh you spotted the classic dutch mom. A badass multitasker. 💪
@jurriaan Adema Bent u bekend met een beetje respect? Laat die vrouw gewoon ff met rust, man. Puber.
@jurriaan Adema Gezellig, man.
Stats show getting into a bath, climbing a ladder or even driving a car are more dangerous that utility cycling. This is the case wherever we go, so it's not about people's skills it's about whether people are prepared to fight and demonstrate against big business, the car and oil industry as the Dutch did. The Dutch ensured motorised vehicles are presumed to be liable and people have freedom to ride in a city without fear of being menaced by a motorised vehicle. Live and let live. 😀
cars kill over 36000 people a year, and harm millions!
Almost every city only allows cars from people who live there. If you live close enough goibg by bike is the easiest thing to do
Just love this video and would love it were so in this country where if there is a child involved it has to go in a car. What a super way to introduce children to the wonderful mode of transport of cycling
I bet these are the world's happiest kids.
I used to hop on the back of my mums bike facing forward and then within a 10 minute ride to the next town I had moved myself backwards. It was always a surprise for my mum how her daughter was placed on her bike at the end of the journey.
Jaaa did that too!!! 😂😂😂
Wish it were like that where I live.
It's weird in the Netherlands when you have no bike at all. We go everywhere with our bike, en we learn it at very young age. My 3 year old daughter got her first real bike for her birthday this year, it's pretty normal. The same with swimming, every child in de Netherlands can swim at the age of 6.
Cycle in the Netherlands is pretty easy too, it's a flat country.
Now 80 years. About 75 years a bicycle. Several accidents of course. No harms. When the governement subscribe helmets the next step are air trousers and coats.
I want to live in the Netherlands when I retire, only because the cycling culture. Too bad I can not go just now.
+Country Seconds But it is a wealthy country
+Country Secondswe have got lots of beautiful places, even better when you go early in the morning, explore more of The Netherlands and you will be surprised:)
That's actually true, Netherlands is a good place when you are old, believe me you don't want to come here when you are young.
Why not?
its true
I am Dutch and use my bicycle for everything. I could live without my car but can't miss my bike a single day. I consider myself an experienced cyclist but when I was riding with my kids I was always very careful, much more than the people in this clip.
If it about Bycycle. Then even small children's in Netherland are self dependent and can run any Bycycle on their own.
Awesome ❤️👍🇮🇳
That actually is one of the greatest positives about the whole thing: the independce of our children. Provides for free, adventurous childhoods...
I can tell you that here in the Netherlands we are experienced cyclists, as we have done it all our lives. A helmet has no place as we don't tend to fall or crash at all. Mostly due to the fact that drivers of vehicles are daily cyclists themselves and a segregated traffic system where drivers are always at fault.
And ÏF someone has a busted face, you just know it was a drunk trip home :)
I used to work with mentally handicapped people and we often took the bike to go shopping or just relaxing. NONE of them every whore a helmet and NONE of them ever fell. Its just like walking for Dutch people.
We hoeven geen helm op, want we zijn zowat op de fiets geboren.
I agree, Majid. All drivers being cyclist is a big part of the 'secret'. Though, in case of a collision they are not always at fault, that is a misconception. They do have the burden of proof, that's true. But there's a difference...
Groeten uit Brabant.
The woman cycling with an infant in the front on a snowy, night -- that's hardcore cycling right there.
The best thing i ever see, a lot of them cycling with children.
we usually start practicing at age 3-4 ourselves too, starting with 2 bolted on side wheels as helpers and our parents keeping us straight on the launch after that works out, after that we get to practice it solo around the block a lot
and yes, a lot of kids learn it in half a day, some take a bit longer when they're too young and don't quite have teh coordination yet. a bit more coordinated kids can ride away in an hour or 2.
usually there's this rule that parents set for their kids to cycle around a couple of blocks, like the same distance they are allowed to play outside on their own.
i still vaguely remember my bike trips over the sidewalks from when i was like 6 years old and stuff, still live in the same neighbourhood 32 years later :D
Wow! A little piece of heaven.
i love your channel with all of what is left of my heart
I have a feeling the test done at age 10 here in the Netherlands for cyclists are harder then those for a drivers licence for cars in the USA. A very strong feeling indeed.
Watching how safe, normal, and relaxed cycling has become in the Netherlands, particularly with children on board, makes me wanna cry when I see the situation we have in my country, Norway. Cycle infrastructure is completely absent, and cycling can be a very dangerous activity. Not only do cyclists have to share the road with drivers who have no idea about how to behave around cylists, there's also the fact that Norway is one of only two european countries (the other one being Iceland) where you can cycle on the pavement. Which is just a recipe for disaster.
Things are changing these days luckily, but we still have a very long way to cycle before we get anywhere near where we should be.
To illustrate how bad things are here; last year, a cyclist was fined because he was cycling in the road. The court ruled it would be better to use the pavement...
Being a Dutchman living in Norway I couldn't agree more. The rules here are completely moronic and a lot of folk suddenly traveling by bike clueless how to behave.
@@browserrr1 Our rules were designed under the premises of the car, and nothing else, which is why our rules are by far the worst in Europe. to make matters even worse, the police does not even bother to punish drivers who violate the rules, nor do they care to guide cyclists on how to act and behave. Personally I use my ebike everyday, and I for one have studied the rules carefully, and also use the knowledge I have gained when taking driving classes, in an effort to cycle as safely as possible. But very few people do this, and our infrastructure makes matters worse; it openly encourage dangerous behavior.
@@Gartneren1234 Fair enough the rules were made in an era almost no bikes were used, with the mountains and harsh winters Norway wasn't the most suited country for using bikes. But now that cycling is more promoted and more doable with the emergence of e-bikes it is time to update legislation. And I totally agree with you that cycling on the pavement is a recipe for disaster and should be forbidden.
@@browserrr1 the irony is that the rules we now have, was enacted in a time when the bicycle were in fact still a viable means of transportation. They were enacted at the end of the golden age of the bicycle in Norway. At one point, there were a good reason to say that everyone were cycling, because everyone did in fact cycle at least occasionally. This trend persisted until the 1970s, when cars became available to the working class, and in 1978, car traffic had become so high, and the cyclists such a hindrance to the cars, that the now infamous legislations allowing cyclists to cycle on the pavement were passed. By the end of the next decade, the bicycle had reached its all-time low, and the once thriving bike industry Norway had, had suffered bankruptcy after bankruptcy, the most famous bankruptcy being that of DBS, which at one point was the go-to-brand of bicycles for every Norwegian.
Norway serves as a living testimony to how the bicycle can die out if you just put the wrong rules into play, and decommission the infrastructure once built for the cyclists in favor of cars.
I cannot tell for sure, as I have no reliable sources to back this up with, but there are historians who claim that Norway had so many bikes at one point, it rivalled the statistics seen in the Netherlands today. There exists photographs out there from factories where you can literally see rows of hundreds, if not thousands of bicycles, belonging to the workers.
Winter was not an hindrance, and it is still not a hindrance to the cyclists of today. The thing that lead us to where we are today, has been a chain of terrible decisions, a lack of proper infrastructure, and the fact that Norway has had no true organizations campaigning for the rights of pedestrians and cyclists, like they have in the Netherlands and in Denmark. The only major organization founded for this purpose, Trygg Trafikk, was swiftly taken over by car lobbyists, which is why literally everything coming out of that organization puts all the responsibility onto the most vulnerable road users.
This is so funny i always racing with random people on bikes when the light turns green XD
Lol
Here in the United States, the parents would be arrested for "child endangerment".
Because in america doing this is dangerous.
youre joking... but its not a joke, i know of at least 3 courtcases
United States are crazy in many ways
@@colorbar.s Even going to school in America is dangerous.
Very nice and inspirational video. Congrats. ;)
They are all in such good shape. And tall !
what a beautiful place to live!
Except too much importing people from the third-world is quickly changing this
Quê maravilha os pais, poderem carregar teu filhos nás 🚲 🚲 e serem respeitados, parabéns à essas pessoas... quê respeitam o próximo!!👍👍
Can see where the next Vos, van vleuten,van der breggen, van dyke, blaak, pieters, etc are being developed
The Dutch people are growing since their mother womb on a bike, no problem for them at all. Love this style of moving, I did it too still doing it, so enjoy freely cycling😉🚲
Great people even nature will salute and give blessings
This is the only country in the world where you can seeFATHERS cycling with small children!
hey there are some cities like copenhagen too!
Don't forget the granddads and grandma's. My sweet mama took my oldest daughter at the age of 2/3 every day at lunchtime with her in a front seat on the bike. That was the only way to let her eat her lunch sandwich well. I loved biking with my kids. Smelling their hair and kissing their cheeks while biking and the feeling of being close to eachother.
Love your pics :)
Not the video I was expecting. Surprised but not disappointed!
Best shot for me - 3.15 , the couple riding along holding hands and the mother has their toddler on the front. Awesome! People's heads here (Ireland) would explode if they saw you doing that. They simply can't wrap their minds around the fact that when you're on a bike the greatest danger by far always comes from motorised traffic.
This makes me want to move there. I walk around my small town with my children, they bike and use their scooters (I don’t own a bike yet) and I always feel weird bc everyone drives everywhere even just a few blocks.
No wonder USA is so fat 😂
You're welcome ;)
It may sound at bit bizarre (at least to non-Dutchies), but I've always been told that I was born bike and all. Comfortably seated and ready to go! Even funnier is that I seemed to know all of the rules & how to behave in heavy traffic, feeling and anticipating the movements of everyone around me like in a intricate dance. Dunno, must be something in our genes. I expect to be buried alongside my bike, like we did in the days of old with our horses & boats. Cheers from Amsterdam!
Love your videos so much.
Non Hollander in the comment section passing through.
*_Ik hou van Nederland!_*
I wish other countries were more like this. Growing up in America i could never fathom just riding a bike instead of driving. I wouldn't have been allowed to either, given that there's no infrastructure.
My kids went a few km to and from school in a 2-seat trailer like 2:46. I'd be beside myself with fear that I'd drop my bike if I had a child seat on it. With a trailer even if you stop (say at supermarket), turn away, and the bike falls over, all the trailer does is dip a little. My mum had a folding child seat on the back of her bike that she carried me in in the 1970s. I never wear a helmet for short distance rides (shops, school), and neither did my kids until we started going for longer, faster rides.
I got 2 car-commercials and one Shell-commercial before this video.
God bless the MEN that cycle with their Children
Once you spend some time in NL, the lack of cycling infrastructure elsewhere really bothers you. In London, the advice is to "plan ahead". How simple it was in NL, just hop on your bike, and you're good to go pretty much anywhere - safely!
yes, lack there of
millions of pounds WASTED on magic paint
Very nice to see the whole nation remains fit as fiddle with cycling culture.
What’s the helmet thing? We’re Dutch.
This gave me a great idea. I wonder, if I put a child seat on the back of my bicycle with a fake baby in it and rode casually, would the drivers here in the U.S. be more careful around me? I really do feel like I have to race the cars here and I hate that.
Try and find out...
Wouldn't count on it...
Then you could also make use of the HOV lane...
I've been going to Holland since 1984 and I absolutely love this country. I have seen several bikes with 3 car seats on them and wonder how they load up the kids and keep the bike upright. I'm sure they have their ways. I've been a cyclist my entire life and am amazed of seeing parking garages full of bikes instead of cars. Really wish I could live there legally, big fan of the coffee shops and De Wallen.
There are special stands that keep the bike upright during the loading of the kids ;-)
What a weirdly nice relaxing video
I'm a poor American I ride my bicycle everyday that's so cool to watch
You don't need to be poor here in the Netherlands to ride a bike.., even rich people are allowed to enjoy the experience. It's a very inclusive society.
As an American cyclist 2 things really stand out to me: 1) How you guys turn by turning your handlebars (as opposed to leaning like we do on our road bikes). The kids swiveling makes this obvious. 2) That much weight up on my handlebars would make my bike unwieldy. I once rode with a 6-pack of beer up there and just that weight made the bike awful to ride from the momentum.
And yes, this LOOKS unsafe to my American eyes but it must not be.
It's all a matter of adjusting the saddle height and the handlebar height to the correct position....but also the frame size is important. When all of that correctly set to your body measurements, the handlebar doesn't come close to your legs !
Leaning like you do on your handlebars shifts your center of gravity to much to the front wheel, and you also have to bent your neck/head in an unnatural position, and on top of that, you limit your view......
When I want to look behind me, I just turn my head like 2 inch, you have to bent your neck in an even stranger position to look back. So the forward leaning style is just not right. It may "feel" faster but your not.
Your bike should have more caster.
Then its very stable in straith lines.
We do our groceries on one bike for 3 people, and you had problems with a six pack lmao
Dutch bikes are different the bild for transportation not for sport. Frame is of steel and on a Dutch bicycle you sit straight up as if you were sitting in a chair. Buy a Dutch bicycle and you will never want another bicycle again, the bicycles will last a lifetime. They are solid, sturdy and built without frills, solid, safe and durable.
@@nickybookz222 I actually rode across North Holland and South Holland in 2019 on a Dutch bike. I agree that they were comfortable but i was very happy to get back to my own bikes. It was like spending a week driving grandma's minivan then getting back to your Ferrari. The Netherlands being very flat and the distances being very short makes those bike tolerable. If you had to bike up all the hills I do every day you would quickly ask for a more athletic bike
Man, That looks like the place to be.
Subscribing! I envy your country! so many people with good Mental health!
@ 3.15 / 3.19 min. The nicest and cutest thing : holding hands !!! Only the Dutch..
with the hard wind, hail stones, rain it is very handy to have a kid in front of you. Also when you fall the kid softens the blow. Kids are handy that way (stolen joke)
Let's just say this video had you smiling :)
I don't have a step through omafiets but can I mount both front and back child seat ?
I'm not quite sure going up and down the bike will be easy though
I always used to get on my bike and then lift up my kid. It does take a bit of practice, though.
My wife me and 2 small children watched this 30 times :))))))
Ha, that made me smile. Thanks for that 😊
una comunidad para admirar
Every car or truck driver in the Netherlands is also a bicyclist. You start riding bikes at the age of 3. Then you earn your bike riding certification at school at the age of 6 or 7; you have to know the rules and follow a route where instructors are hiding and watch if you obey the traffic regulations. Only after you pass you will get a certificate. Then you are on your own. The infrastructure is made in such a way that bicyclist are safe. As said every car driver is also a bike rider and acutely aware of how fragile he her himself is on a bike. At the course of getting your drivers license you are trained to be aware of other road users. When driving a motorized vehicle and If you hit a bike rider,legally you are the stronger party by weight and strength so you are liable.
For all the ‘they don’t wear helmets’ so they are wrong. Look up the numbers and see for your self. Compare these numbers to your home country and be amazed on how safe bike riding in the netherlands is,
Rishi And to mirror that: 30 odd years ago I learned to drive a truck (lorry), and the very first thing was: "always be aware of cyclists - in general: 2-wheel drivers - because they disappear in your blind spot, and they don’t stand a chance against your vehicle".
Where can i get the kinda seat the little boy sitting in front. whos father waves
It is probably this one:
hollandbikeshop.com/fietszadels-zadelpennen/kinderzadel-op-framebuis/zadel-op-buis-damesfiets-compleet-model-1
The kids in the kinder garden age 3 -5 are taken i to the traffic in the city -town -or village with several teachers after been thought about the cars and traffic - for to learn how to stop at the red light and how to watch around and all...
Also later how to ride in the traffic ... and so on...
Many kids know how to feel to sit on the bike before they learn to walk... so it showes here... Also the love and co-operation with each other and also respect for all ... even small kids
Guess thats why you Dutch people are so high on happiness index. Wish my city was like this.
3rd best country on this planet to live in, for obvious reasons
we still complain to much sometimes we dont realize how blessed we are our cradle stood here
so why do you live here? expat? love? or because belanada is better than indonesia?
@@Adventour04 im conssidered to be poor according to dutch standards! but i still live a much better live then ppl in most countries and bad weather that is something we cant change!
@@Adventour04 i lived in jamaica! and its sad to see the rate of unemployment there cause its a paradise politicians in such countries really only are in parliament to fill their own wallets. people living in zinc "houses" you wouldnt even found those in our gardens. a friend of mine his wife is from indonesia but she said she wouldnt go back permanently
anyone remember the first time they got to cycle to school... on their OWN? lol, i felt like i was on top of the world
Yeah.....I just really never got there, "spijbelde" too much, hahaha.
@@yvonnecampbell7036 spijbelen op de lagere school..?
12. In both towns where I did my primary school the school was literally around the corner, a two minutes walk away. I had to turn to the bike when I went to highschool.
How cool, I couldn't even cycle to local shops in UK or city centre without majority journey being unsuitable for bikes, let alone with kids.
As a Dutch person living in London I would never chose to ride a bike, it didn't feel safe at all.
Hello. I love your video. Riding with one kid and two kids look so easy and relaxing in your country. Please can you recommend child seat for 2 years old and 5 years old both front and rear position? I'm very small person and my bike to quite small as well. Thank you so much.
Bobike for the sits and here the woman used the mama bike
Use this Dutch bikeshop website as inspiration : www.fietsenwinkel.nl/accessoires/-/kinderzitjes
Translation : "voorzitje" means front seat and "achter zitje" = rear seat. I recomend a rear seat with feet protection!
You don't want your child's feet between the spokes of the rear wheel ! ( I speak from experience)
I love your country
If you put a baby on a bike with you like this in the US, the police would stop you and probably call child protective services.
Because the US road are shit.
@@reneotten2449 And not the US in general?
@@aqu32 there are many things what would US make better. But it isn't a bad country. I live in Canada but Canadian roads are shit too.
@@aqu32 If you let your kids play alone outside in the US, they also would call child protective services. They are nuts there.
Can any one tell me where to get the more modern handlebar mounted screen you see in the videos .thanks .
+David Macdonald I think this is the one you are looking for ? www.fietsenwinkel.nl/windscherm-yepp-mini?sqr=windscherm& Now you know the brand and maybe you can find it in a (web)store closer to you ?
Bobike mini or Bobike One
@@JKBrown-zc8oq thanks 😊
Nice city with sample people, really cycle riding is better than motor cycle riding
Utrecht, such a nice city :)
na Amsterdam en Leiden natuurlijk
that was sooooooooooo satifying to watch.
EVERYONE in this video is MY FAVOURED !
I lived in holland. I remember seeing a mother cycling with 4 children on board.