[660] Cycling from the city centre of 's-Hertogenbosch (aka Den Bosch) in the Netherlands to the city's hospital. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.w...
Cycling to a hospital would be so much easier in other countries: Get on your bike, get on the road, and wait for the ambulance to pick you up and bring you to hospital.
The funny thing is that the name _Den Bosch_ is actually older than _'s-Hertogenbosch_ although the latter does look older and is actually the official name. The *s* stands for *des* which makes the name read like _The Duke's Forest_ in an olde tyme way. The word *des* is not used a lot because it looks a bit old fashioned, but we also still have a _Dichter des Vaderlands_ which means _Poet of the Nation_ more or less. I'm telling you this because I think as an artist you may understand.
the " 's" comes from "des" which is a grammatical case in old Dutch. The "-" connects it to the Duke. So it says " The Dukes their/his Forest. If the "-" was not there it would probably say the "Forest its Dukes".
I know we can't complain in the Netherlands but I hate that bridge at 3:00. It's always jammed with pedestrians, tourists and slow cyclists. I wished they made a separate bridge.
Lol! I biked to the hospital today in Zeist from Utrecht, 7.1 miles/ 11.42 km. Nice infrastructure the whole way, including one path we took through the woods.
How interesting that the bike path takes the place of where Americans would put a sidewalk. But it makes a lot more sense to put in a path instead of a sidewalk because there are far more people bikign than walking.
No it is not allowed to do that. But it looks like a transit hearse (not for the funeral but for the transport between places). Then it is still not allowed but it will be tolerated. The alternative is to drag a coffin through a busy shopping street.
@@P1nkR The UK especially London has paramedics on bicycles. There are many videos of them on RUclips. Versatile. They can go into subway stations and shopping malls.
@@jinngeechia9715 Several countries have them. Here's a Dutch report from Utrecht (in Dutch): ruclips.net/video/wGc6XTPof1g/видео.html (leodehaastv : Blik op de Weg - De Fietsambulance) And here's the bicycle-trailer-ambulance from DAF: ruclips.net/video/jUUx7hm88e0/видео.htmlm55s
I’m quite frankly a bit surprised and disappointed by the design of the cycle path in mid-section of this episode. The oncoming auto traffic seemed rather unsafe and an uncharacteristic route selection for our intrepid host. Apart from that section of road the rest of the trails were positively...well, Dutch. Thanks for another relaxing adventure. BTW, biking to the hospital in the US usually begins with a cafe destination, unexpectedly includes a rude encounter with a stranger’s car and finishes on a gurney.
0:50 It's a one way street, cyclists permitted to go against traffic. A lot of subtle tricks are at work to make it safe. 50-60 years ago, that would have been a normal 30 mph residential two way street with narrow sidewalks and free parking on one or even both sides. The bicycle lane designation is not strictly needed and mostly there as optical illusion to nudge cars away from the middle, more to the right. Together with the brick pavement, double wide sidewalks and the use of decorative tripple wide curbs, everything together makes it "feel" like a narrow 18 mph street, while still allowing for delivery semi-trucks. (Yes, grocery stores get supplied by single axle tractors with 40 foot trailors. Seeing them backup into a loading dock is like poetry in motion.)
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Cycling to a hospital would be so much easier in other countries:
Get on your bike, get on the road, and wait for the ambulance to pick you up and bring you to hospital.
Next: A lovely bike ride to a funeral.
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(Glad to hear that it was nothing serious that caused you to go to hospital. Of course, cycling tends to keep people pretty healthy....)
I truly love the "bells" at the beginning ! Very nice infrastructures, would love to have the same in France
It would be nice to add a speedometer next to the roadmsigns in the pictures 🙂.
Saudades desse lugar. Adorei morar em Den Bosch
Why is the Duke’s Forest spelt in a funny way like ‘s-Hertogenbosch?
That's old Dutch.
The funny thing is that the name _Den Bosch_ is actually older than _'s-Hertogenbosch_ although the latter does look older and is actually the official name. The *s* stands for *des* which makes the name read like _The Duke's Forest_ in an olde tyme way. The word *des* is not used a lot because it looks a bit old fashioned, but we also still have a _Dichter des Vaderlands_ which means _Poet of the Nation_ more or less. I'm telling you this because I think as an artist you may understand.
the " 's" comes from "des" which is a grammatical case in old Dutch. The "-" connects it to the Duke. So it says " The Dukes their/his Forest. If the "-" was not there it would probably say the "Forest its Dukes".
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Je weet dat je in Brabant bent als je iemand dit hoort zeggen 0:02
Hope you are all right. 😊
I know we can't complain in the Netherlands but I hate that bridge at 3:00. It's always jammed with pedestrians, tourists and slow cyclists. I wished they made a separate bridge.
At 1:05 note the dude parked half in the cycle lane and half on the sidewalk. Is that a BMW thing?
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I love the lack of noise in this video, so peaceful. As I wrote this you passed a noisy moped!
As I read your comment the moped passed 😂😂
We are in France so far away from you. Thank U Max
I'm so jealous 🤩
Lol! I biked to the hospital today in Zeist from Utrecht, 7.1 miles/ 11.42 km. Nice infrastructure the whole way, including one path we took through the woods.
Why do people keep walking on the bicycle path and then ignore the cyclists?
How interesting that the bike path takes the place of where Americans would put a sidewalk. But it makes a lot more sense to put in a path instead of a sidewalk because there are far more people bikign than walking.
0:12 is that black van circumventing a restriction, or would they be allowed to do that if they were a delivery vehicle?
Delivery vehicle
No it is not allowed to do that. But it looks like a transit hearse (not for the funeral but for the transport between places). Then it is still not allowed but it will be tolerated. The alternative is to drag a coffin through a busy shopping street.
Luna McLean Funny.
Man. that's a bit extreme! Cycling to the hospital. Hope he wasn't having a heart attack! LOL!
We have cops on bicycles, so why no ambulances?!
Well he could also just be visiting a friend or family member....
It's in the blog post that it was for a routine checkup and that it was all fine.
@@P1nkR The UK especially London has paramedics on bicycles. There are many videos of them on RUclips. Versatile. They can go into subway stations and shopping malls.
@@jinngeechia9715 Several countries have them. Here's a Dutch report from Utrecht (in Dutch):
ruclips.net/video/wGc6XTPof1g/видео.html
(leodehaastv : Blik op de Weg - De Fietsambulance)
And here's the bicycle-trailer-ambulance from DAF: ruclips.net/video/jUUx7hm88e0/видео.htmlm55s
I’m quite frankly a bit surprised and disappointed by the design of the cycle path in mid-section of this episode. The oncoming auto traffic seemed rather unsafe and an uncharacteristic route selection for our intrepid host. Apart from that section of road the rest of the trails were positively...well, Dutch. Thanks for another relaxing adventure.
BTW, biking to the hospital in the US usually begins with a cafe destination, unexpectedly includes a rude encounter with a stranger’s car and finishes on a gurney.
0:50
It's a one way street, cyclists permitted to go against traffic. A lot of subtle tricks are at work to make it safe.
50-60 years ago, that would have been a normal 30 mph residential two way street with narrow sidewalks and free parking on one or even both sides.
The bicycle lane designation is not strictly needed and mostly there as optical illusion to nudge cars away from the middle, more to the right. Together with the brick pavement, double wide sidewalks and the use of decorative tripple wide curbs, everything together makes it "feel" like a narrow 18 mph street, while still allowing for delivery semi-trucks.
(Yes, grocery stores get supplied by single axle tractors with 40 foot trailors. Seeing them backup into a loading dock is like poetry in motion.)
vast stretches or spaces with no trees look a bit depressing
but this 'flaw' is insignificant in view of many advantages