Utrecht’s Vredenburg is the busiest cycle path in all of the Netherlands
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- In Utrecht you'll see the most mesmerizing site: Vredenburg carries 33,000 cyclists on an average day! 60% of trips into the city are by bike. Private cars are banned from the road, all you will see is mega helpings of people on bikes, plus pedestrians, many bus lines and the very occasional taxi (taxis aren't very popular in Utrecht.)
On the plane ride home while going thru nearly 2,000 shots I took in Amsterdam and Utrecht, I realized so much of this good footage will not figure in the final product of my mega doc from Utrecht. So I thought best to put up a fun montage using some of the best shots. After all, I tweeted just one 30 second shot of footage overhead and that was watched nearly 400K times. So I figure there are probably many thousands that would love to just sit back and watch the bicycles flow by, sometimes their operators seemingly floating in air. If you go I warn you: one night I just sat for a half an hour sans camera taking it all in.
Who else owns a cycle diploma? Teachers hiding in bushes to see if you made a mistake 🤣
hahahahahahahahahahaha jaaaa precies dit!!! Geweldig😂😂😂
Haha of da ze moe zijn en Gwen op n stoel buite te zitte roke
Brings back memories!
Hahahaha dat klopt🤣 het werd je ook wijs gemaakt dat ze in de bomen zaten🤣🤣🤣
Jeugdsentiment 😉
As a Londoner who cycles I’m so jealous. We’re in the cycling dark ages here compared to your advanced bike civilisation.
As an American we are in the dark ages even compared to you guys!
@The Aristocrat you guys are also behind us on most corona cases, so I can switch with you guys
Why is everyone in this comment section so nice?!
The Netherlands are very flat though.
@The Aristocrat I guess it could. I live in Utrecht and cycle past this junction pretty much daily. I never knew it was the biggest in the Netherlands 🧐
When RUclips bombards me with culture wars and conspiracy theories, I turn to Dutch cycling videos. Thank you.
Dont look away
Dutch cycling videos are a bombardment in a cultural war.
You decide which side you're on!
I'm jealous! I had some of the content in the past, but I don't get it recommend anymore.
Midwinter,
you sleep now?
You should Study the algoritme here
You are in controle, they just give you hits, more of the same you watched before!
@@dutchman7623 the algoritme, he is not aware, no coding skills!
I was in Utrecht in 2018 for a concert. It was the first time for me in the Netherlands and i fell in love with the city! The architecture, the infrastructure and the people! Good Job dutch people. Love from Sweden.
we love Swedes as well.
@@mordante01 Swedish girls you mean😜
the concert beter be A State Of Trance
@@dennisvl3162 No, the concert was with BABYMETAL.
@@RiderOftheNorth1968 TivoliVredenburg?????
Just imagine the congestion if each of those bikes was a car with a single person in it!
During rush hour there are bike tailbacks
Not just that, but the street infrastructure needed to support them. You'd be living in a six lane hellhole of a city, if not even more (imagine everyone having their own car). Then all the noise and bad air that comes with it too. Hard to fathom how much the oil industry fooled the world for so long, and they knew in the 70s and 80s already how bad it would get.
They go around the City, not crossing the centre anyone, not so long ago they did!
@@googlegmail4636 I feel like this is a better solution, most people biking within the city have to be somewhere in the city
@@saltysoysauce954 we never moved, we did stay, claim the land we need! commuting only short trips! not willing to move for jobs!
There are unwritten rules before you bike in The Netherlands
1. Biker is a king
2. Stay in your own lane
3. If you want to change the lane to turn, you will have to look back and give arm signal
4. Don't bike too slow
5. Don't brake out of sudden
6. if you are in the crossroad, you have to look in the eye of people who rides / walks opposite of you. So you know who is going first.
And for pedestrians, please, always look right and left when you cross even in an empty street.
if you violate the unwritten rules, people will shout at you "Sukkel"
They’re not unwritten. There’s regulation for that. Kids get lessons in riding the bike and the rules on an young age.
Also "Sukkel" will be the least offensive thing you'll hear lol
If you don't listen to the rules, you will most likely not be called a sukkel,
you wil be called a tyfusmongool or kanker(insert word)
@@rombout8846 lmao je had hetzelfde idee lol
Hahaha goud🇳🇱💪
I like how there is less car traffic than bike traffic. Well done, city engineers in Utrecht!
Private cars are banned in the city center so most are work vehicles or electric busses
It’s banned in Centrum only public transport
I wish I lived in a first world country like the Netherlands, instead of the UK.
you could also be living in zimbabwe. uk is pretty good man
UK cities are better than New Zealand, where I grew up. Better quality housing, lower cost of living, actual city life with local shops and leisure within walking distance vs detached suburban development that forces you to drive everywhere, decent public transport The grass is always greener, and I'm envious of the Dutch too, they make all countries look bad, but there are glimmers of hope to be found in many UK cities.
wish I was also living in a civilized place instead of Urk
@@ryanscott6578 Well life isn't perfect here either. Living in certain blocks in Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam and other big cities is a nightmare. High crime rates, assault rates, drug dealing etcetera. Plus we have a huge shortage on housing here. If you're a student wanting to move out of your parental house you're quite lucky to even get a room or apartment for yourself.
@@Ned-nw6ge if you compare the worst neighbourhoods in the Netherlands to so many other country’s it really is a luxury living in a “hood” in the Netherlands. However housing is a real problem, especially the prices because there are enough houses here already, they just cost a ridiculous amount of money.
Fun fact:
There are more bikes than there are people in the Netherlands.
Que7
You woke up this old post, not so many people that use them, students, these are students
It's not the US, we never commute longer the 20 minutes, we claim our land! Not willing to move for jobs!
@@googlegmail4636 what? I'm dutch.
@The Aristocrat thx
I am Dutch and I own 3
Fun fact: there are twice as many bikes as there are people in the Netherlands
What surprises me the most is that it's actually very narrow. Paris' most used bike paths are usually the largest (and the best located), but this is just a regular cycle path in term of width, it's insane. It's just so well designed.
I’m from Utrecht. I drive my bike every day. 3 times a day. And the bike roads are Amazing. It is not only the City Utrecht where you can drive your bike like this video shows, , but the hole country have Excellent bike roads.
Where ever you go in this country, you can use your bike. From the north to the south, and from the east to the west.
When u go into farmland u might have to bike on the car lane sometimes, still very do-able though
When u're from the Netherlands, but saying ''Holland'' when it's the Netherlands.
Holland is only North and South Holland, stop confusing every fucking tourist with it.
By the way, they need to put a wall around Amsterdam, it's a shithole anyway.
@@d-24 nobody cares about the difference between holland and the netherlands pls stop xoxo
@@iSkully99 Yes, it is just like going to Scotland and referring to the United Kingdom as "England." Nobody cares.
Same, I worked for thuisbezorgd for a year (the folks with the big backpacks dressed in orange) and cycling in the city center was honestly the most beautiful and relaxing thing you can imagine. especially in the summer when it isn't pouring rain lol
it must be the true description of civilization. well done dutch people!
Start young with biking and go with the flow. That's how I learned it in the Netherlands and and with allot of crashes of course 🤣
@@GabberPinda The first time cycling on snow or ice is hilarious.
@@hiddevandervliet7391 ja vroeger met een vriend op het veld waar bevroren plassen waren. Erover heen fietsen en dan de voor rem in knijpen en bidden dat je niet door het ijs breekt😂👊🏽
@@GabberPinda haha
A beautiful culture
Sheer poetry dont you think?
Holland has little culture left.
@@ikealamp53 "Holland has little culture left" says 'Ikea Lamp'...
@@mourlyvold7655 You shouldn't judge a lamp by its name.
@@ikealamp53 😊
Fair enough.
Did you know that in the Netherlands Kids have to do an exam in cycling when they're in school? It's all about getting the rules & awareness in early. People in the Netherlands forget they're vulnerable when cycling compared to other vehicles.
Ja ik had bijna iemand aangereden toen....😂
I wish it was this busy again. Never thought I’d miss the busy-ness of that crossroad. When I bike here now there’s no one... 😢
still the case?
@@miles5600 Slowly getting there 😊
@@FreaquedeMusique hopelijk is het nu weer wat gezelliger
@@thomaswijgerse723 Inmiddels wel
For me it was the opposite, I loved the quietness
I am the fan of Dutch Cycling❤️👍🇮🇳
Pls sell bikes in India
Asia does the same thing but with motorbikes and less rules
I would really appreciate long steady street shots for an entire video from a single position. Something like those log-fire or aquarium videos that give you the impression that you are just sitting somewhere watching the world go by.
I don't usually do those. But you should check out Bicycle Dutch for that kind of thing. His excellent work features much longer perspectives and are even more popular than mine!
ruclips.net/channel/UC67YlPrRvsO117gFDM7UePg
You might start with Mark's very recent video of the same crossing: ruclips.net/video/gOl5vF8l7Fc/видео.html Most of it is from one point of view. You might turn down sound, because of the building noises coming from the site on the left side of the screen. (It does have at least 3 lycra helmets and 3 moped helmets in it!)
I love it! I was in the Netherlands few years ago, and it’s impressive the infrastructure for bicycles. Specially in the big cities, it’s admirable!
Just back from a trip which involved cycling in Utrecht. It is absolutely amazing. Let's get in with it and catch up them.
Why is it I feel happy looking at them?
My school is 5 minutes away from the Utrecht city center, so also to Vredenburg. I used to cycle (online lessons now) through Vredenburg everyday, it is crazy how safe it is.
There are hardly any cars because it is so hard to get there with car, it is just buses and cyclists.
Welke school boni?
Great Job to install such a cycle infrastructure!
Netherlands = next level ❤
Crazy to see how busy the cycle path and empty the road is yet the road still takes up 2-4 times the space
The roads there are solely for public transport, they have to fit (a good number of) busses, which is probably why. ;) source: I live here!
It's very difficult to make any comparison between Holland and the UK. The Dutch made the decision in the 1950s to make cycling a priority in urban areas. In the UK at the same time, the policy decision was made to create a national car road infrastructure and hence the situation we have now where vehicle drivers have the roads to themselves for 70-80 years. No wonder they don't want to give it up.
That is not entirely true: ruclips.net/video/SYHz93HXJFQ/видео.html
Actually it was in the 1970s.
During the 50s and 60s the country was getting more car centric. But in the 70s we changes direction.
Imagine all these individuals driving a car instead of riding a bike.
I see this and cry that i don’t have this in my country
I have always dreamed of this and it is amazing to see it happening!
I live in Utrecht and this crossing is honestly horrible
How do you think it would be without bike infrastructere? All these people would be drivning cars and trust me, you don't want that.
@@tmsupreme7763 I know, its just insanely crowded
@@tmsupreme7763 I think he means to Dutch standards it's horrible. Also has to do with the amount of people there. Cycling there would be a terrible experience for us with how busy it is.
@@kamerstoel1023 Oh like that, yeah that clears things up
Meanwhile at my American university I was almost run over on my bicycle by motorists not paying attention on two separate occasions in the past month
I cycle there almost every day. So it'ss really cool seeing this video
It's so fucked we can't even speed past people, it's so bottle necked to the speed of everyone cycling around you 😭
Its no use really theres actually a ton of traffic lights you gotta wait for
Just aggressively shout and ring your bell 😃
You shouldn't speed cycling in the city. You don't race with your car in the city either. Outside the city there is fine infra to speedcycle for sports and training and longer distances.
Hier kunnen we nou trots op zijn 🥰👍
Imagine how many cyclists an 8 lane road could hold compared to how many cars
India be like..
So have they reached a point where the bicyclist should just reclaim the road? It actually seems rather absurd that these thousands of cyclists are relegated to relatively small paths when the few motor vehicles still command two thirds of the street!
It's only for Bus and Taxis.
Yes, the main roadway is reserved for 25,000 passengers via bus. And the very occasional taxi.
This is another clip of the same street. He put in some footage of the old days.
ruclips.net/video/gOl5vF8l7Fc/видео.html
@@StreetfilmsCommunity Now imagine over 50.000 cars day there. :)
Well they tried bus paths but buses are kinda big you know.
Very nice... So beautiful.... 👍👍
cycling happens in all villages and cities in my country (the Netherlands), and its my believe that that is not the case in Denmark.
but i am not a 100% shure.
It's not quite the same magnitude. People still bike in towns and villages in Denmark, but much less than in Copenhagen, Odense or Aarhus.
@@tetrabeetle8630 That might be due to the much higher population density in the Netherlands. Bicycles are perfect with respect to short distance displacement.
such a beautiful sight to see cyclists moving
I live 1km next to this place and i dont know that this is the busiest cycle place
Definition of Heaven on Earth, period.
1:22 that guy's the most aero dutchman i've ever seen
Alot of ppl bike like that. So do i
Well, that's because all those Dutch cycling films are recorded in city's. You don't race with your car in a city, you don't speed cycle in a city. Outside the city there is excellent infra for sport and speed cycling (with helmet) and long distances.
1:38 That road does not need 4 lanes WTF. Utrecht get your shit together! Why did they make such a busy bike path standard size? They should've made it the first 4- or 6-lane bike path in the Netherlands, that would be so cool.
Its only busses and its fine that area was in flux and has been redesigned again esp. the parts leading and going from that area. The busses need space since its also close/the main city busses path in the city. Its fine esp. compared to 20 years ago when normal cars where still allowed and there was only a small path. Keep in mind this as a bicycle person in utrecht i try to avoid since its the 'worst' in that its so busy. They don't make paths wider if even more is needed they change the whole road to 'bicycle paths cars are guests' they can't do that here but later on that road that has been done. bikepaths where taken out and the whole road is now bicycle path with 'cars are guests' sounds like a bad thing but given the like 10x more bicycles than cars its better. This small area can't be done like that since too many busses.
if you listen closely you'll hear someone scream: "Kanker zooi" while being hit by someone else
been there yesterday. i never wanna leave :(
Is this real? Amazing! Were are the cars?
Centre of Utrecht is dominated by bikes. Sure there are cars but during rush hour (pre corona) there are definitely more bikes since the centre is constructed mainly for bikes and since there are so much bikes it is so more efficient to travel with a bike then by car
And from what I could see, not one of them on a cell phone - or unaware of their surrounding signs and lines and other cyclists.
Well, knowing we'll get a €95,- fine if they spot us really helps.
I am on my phone all the time
That's fine if you're not riding a bike as well -or if you don't mind it will cost you money, your life, or both -it is a free world after all.
@@domdorpeling lol, almost whole of the Netherlands bikes while using their phone. Stop thinking because you don't nobody does.
@@d-24 As said, it is a free world after all.
It looks so good
Ik fiets deze weg elke dag
Ontmoet je daar ook al je homovriendjes?
@@danielshah3494 ik ontmoet je moeder daar
g e r o o s t e r d
Best een eind, iedere dag van Utrecht naar Den Haag op de fiets
I could watch this all day (without the music, of course.)
Before covid I used to cycle there daily. I miss it.
I made the mistake of hiring a bike in Amsterdam while high. Wouldn’t recommend
‘I made a mistake of hiring a bike in Amsterdam’ is already sufficient…
@@Wielie0305 🤣🤣 true !
Hey I live in Utrecht!!
:0 you ever realize how lucky you are
I thought you died. Are you my Neighbor?
And not one helmet in sight lol
Actually someone found ONE! LOL!
@@StreetfilmsCommunity I tried really hard to find one but i guess i missed it!! XD
@@madeiraislander I'm told it is on a small head.
Lol, you were possibly too distracted by him putting his arm around her.
@@peterslegers6121 when did that happen?
This is exactly what foreighers think that this is what the Netherlands look like. Its true about cycle lanes but its not so busy everywhere.
In my town youbare the cool kid if you are driving a car but if you only have a bike that's almost like a shame. It's so bad...
33000 per day is not that much?
Its weird that is cycle here every week
my home city :)
Me stadsjie
The article is not part of the name and thus doesn't need to be capitalized. Sorry, pet peeve of mine.
I think it should be dropped completely. In the same way, everybody just writes "United States of America" instead of "the United States of America". The latter is the official name.
Imagine the legs of these people.
It used to be such a wonderful town.
It is a bike town because you have to pay parking tickets for your car for fucking EVERYTHING!! like 4-5€ per hour sometimes even 8€ in Amsterdam.... even if you want to get your fucking groceries
What speed are most of them going?
15 km/h, which is about 10 m/h
@@mpost909 Ooh, that would be a bit painful for me then. I enjoy 30km/h.
@@lightdark00 You definitely can ride at 30 km/h. The bicycle lanes are broad enough to easily overtake people, I do it al the time
who rides 30km/h on a bike
@@jaspermj.2214 men
Presume Automobile manufacturers, doctors, bus service providers would be scoffing at an idea of bicycles taking over other means of transportation
The interesting thing is that we don't have less cars than most other countries. Most people have both.
Bicycles for short trips, cars for long trips.
Sir can I use your video clip for education perpose?
As long as it is not altered or edited, indeed you can!
@@StreetfilmsCommunity Thank you sir
Ohhhhh í love Utrecht
If you can't ride a bike in Europe, you're a B-class citizen
I walk there every time i go to school XD
Oke alex
India.. Nigeria.. pls watch this... and earth will be saved
G E K O L O N I S E E R D ! ! ! ! ! !
DOBRI LJUDI ,ČUVAJU OKOLIŠ I PAZE JEDNI NA DRUGE
And when it's raining?
Then we’ll still go cycling, and then we have to sit at work drenched for the first two hours. Some people wear these special ‘rain pants’ to stay dry, but every teenager hates them and rather gets soaked lol
Then you get this:
ruclips.net/video/WkgKYjrNLwg/видео.html
One day Brazil will be like this
Along with it comes the Dutch weather mate, can't have one without the other :) Greetz from Eindhoven (where Romario and Ronaldo once had their first encounters with snow)
00:04 corona virus: "hi"
Useless reaction
0:56 observation: no bus front bike rack. (Here in the Denver area, buses have 2-bike racks, with very few 3-bike racks; longer-distance intercity routes also have baggage storage underneath.) Web search turned up this blog comment: "This kind of scale means that things done for bikes can’t be done in small doses. Too many people ride bikes to add a 2-bike rack to a bus…that just wouldn’t make sense. You’d need a bicycle trailer for buses in Amsterdam!"
I'm not sure we'd need a bike rack though. In case of long distance trips here, we tend to just ride our bikes to the train station and take the bike on the train with us.
Never seen bike racks on a bus in Europe, there's usually a largeer open compartment in the middle for bikes or strollers.
I think we could redesign buses similar to how some train wagons work (here usually only a small part at either end of the train), with folding seats at the edges, facing towards the now very open middle. That way you have a lot more room in the middle for things like bikes, but you would lose about half the seating space depending on the exact design (but usage of buses is way down thanks to corona anyway).
@@Dark__Thoughts I've seen them once in Austria. Really liked the idea of cycling down a hill and taking the bus back to the top. :)
Not only the cycling infra is fine mazed: you can cycle to any destination you can think of - but in citys public transit is also fine mazed which means you can reach nearly every destination in the city and outskirts by tramcart, bus or train. Therefore you rarely have to take your bike with you to further your travel. City to city travel occassionaly requires you to take your bicycle with you. But most park their bike at the train station, hop on and have an other bike or other mode of transportation on the other side of the train route.
2 bikes on a bus is a waste of resources. Better to let them cycle to where they want to go. It is a pain to load and unload at each stop...
0:11 Vredenburg is in Utrecht, so not Holland. Not mad just saying :)
When people say Holland they mean the whole country. Deal with it.
@@dblok_ bruh idk if you can read but like I am dealing with it. I was just saying. Besides I understand what they mean it's just wrong.
Let's call the country Drenthe, next week Limburg and the following week Brabant etc
This video is a total misrepresentation of reality. I cycle here everyday and I can tell you this bike lane is f*cking dangerous, I've seen numerous accidents happen here. Outside of Corona time the lane is so crowded you can barely cross the street, with people just avoiding getting hit by a bus. This crossroad is hands down one of most poorly designed ones in the city.
@@jurianvandebeek9541Dat is geen leugen, dat heb ik met eigen ogen gezien. Het is echt een gevaarlijke weg, om nog niet te spreken van de voorstraat, en st Janskerkhof waar nog minder ruimte is.
i live here:D
just in the news.. utrecht is trying to reduce the cyclist in the city center.
its getting to much now?!
Just trying to redirect cycling traffic that doesn't need to be in the city centre by interconnecting other parts of the city more
So many bikers.
Utrecht is very central.best city .
Come on Copenhagen, Utrecht the 4th largest city of the Netherlands, do beter than that...come on we dare you..33.000 cyclists.
Utreeeeecht🇳🇱🇲🇦🧀🇳🇱🇲🇦🧀🇳🇱🇲🇦🧀🇳🇱🇲🇦🧀🇳🇱🇲🇦🧀🇳🇱🇲🇦🧀🇳🇱🇲🇦🧀🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🇳🇱
My neighbor painted that Zebra-Crossing , he died just 1 day after . Rip.
echt?
@@jvo1464 Yes ,the paint fumes gave him instant aids.😂
@@jvo1464 lmaoo bye nazi, nobody needs you
@@veen9667 Een bus die over je heen rijdt terwijl je aids hebt! Da's wel erg ja!
@@driewiel Hij verdiende het.
after 9 o clock 10 bikes
How come this is Holland's buisiest cycle path when Vredenburg is not even located in Holland?
@@-whisper- many Dutch folks (me included) are pissed off by statements like these. It is not an equivalent, and every false use needs to be corrected.
Nice footage, but the "music" is utterly awful. Why not just leave it with the actual sound?
Because people love the music we use.
@@StreetfilmsCommunity Dream on.
I cyle past that place lot
Not a single helmet in sight!! How can all you people that demand the government require such things (as here in Cali)ignore this?
Helmet only above a speed of 45 km
@@noirr9390
Correction:
Helmets are mandatory for E-bikes that do not have the electric assist cut off above 25 km/h, or have an electric power assist exceeding 250 Watt.
Helmets are not mandatory for E-bikes having an electronic cut off power assist above 25 km/h and the power assist does not exceed 250 Watt maximum output.
Helmets are not mandatory for human powered only bicycles. Regardless how fast they can or do drive.
For the latter, see, among others:
ruclips.net/video/ssD_ZVErgTg/видео.html .Top speed: 60 km/h. Average: 50 km/h.
@@wimahlers cops aren't checking bikes for that. Maybe in future but not at this moment.
Helmets are necessary in a car-centric region like California. For a bike-centric place like Utrecht, it’s not very effective.
Requiring a helmet really demotivates people to go bicycling while if more people do bicycle, the health benefits are much greater for the population
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
as it should be
Streetfilms has the worst music, WTF luisteren we naar ? Moet die herrie aan tijdens het fietsen ?
Well if people want different music (and trust me there are plenty of people who LOVE the music) then it would be nice if people would donate money since I am but one person on a shoestring budget with zero crew and have made 1,000+ films that way for 18 years.
I love my bicycle and no covid I ride 13.000+km a year,
but this I stay far from.
My worst nightmare to end up in this queue.
brrr
NOT Holland. N & S Holland are provinces, as is the province of Utrecht, where the city of Utrecht is. The country is the Netherlands or Nederland in Dutch. Brian Oosterbeek Netherlands
The Voice of Holland, Holland's got Talent, visitholland.com, hup hup Holland. Dutch people often refer to the whole country as Holland.
@@tarquinmidwinter2056 most people dont, the say nederland since thats the name of the country, and quite a lot of people get offended if you say holland even tho its not in holland
@@tarquinmidwinter2056 Another reason to detest these tv shows.
I think they want to appeal to nostalgic feelings, because 'Holland' is more associated with the past. The age of the average tv viewer is relatively high.
Stop being such a smartass. Although it is factually accurate that Holland used to refer to the two provinces south and north Holland, you know as well as I do that most Dutch people use the name interchangeably. Nobody would think you are referring to just those two provinces when you talk about Holland, so what you are doing is just senseless nit-picking.
@@realmrpoopybutthole7587 nobody says holland, only hollanders do that
The music is killing me...
That's okay. Most people actually really love it. Thanks for watching though!
@@StreetfilmsCommunity Sorry, really good videos otherwise.
How dare you call Utrecht Holland? That's a serious question.
Christ, chill
The city of Utrecht is special and certainly NOT the standard for the rest of the country. It's more like a freak show.
Huts
Pre covid be like:
Uuuuuu