Bicycle Tour the Netherlands - Amsterdam to Rotterdam - Family Bike tour - Part 2
In the summer of 2017, our family returned to Europe to do another awesome bike tour. We started in Amsterdam and bicycled 800 km in a circle to Brussels and back to Amsterdam. This part of the bike tour takes us from Amsterdam to Rotterdam. The ride was 75km. This day has us biking the famed LF routes (Landelijke Fietsroutes). The LF routes are cross country bike traveling routes intended for multi-day bicycle tours.
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Cycling 1000km around the Netherlands!
I set off to ride roughly 600miles/1000km around the #Netherlands in a week with just my bike and a few essentials - all to raise money for two UK mental health charities: Mind and Bipolar UK.
Thank you to everyone that supported my Dutch bike tour and donated! An incredible £1362.50 was raised (including Gift Aid) which was way beyond what I ever imagined.
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ENTIRE ROUTE (600+ Miles):
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*My actual route ended up being a bit different and longer to these because of detours and getting lost!!
Cycling in The Netherlands | Why Everyone should try it
I return to The #Netherlands where I discuss my love for #cycling there and why I think it is so enjoyable and well thought out.
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Shopping by bike (Netherlands)
Shopping by bike is very common in the Netherlands. With a population that is used to cycling. Sit-up bikes that can carry goods and shops with good bike parking opportunities (or shopping areas with even better bike parking possibilities) it is no wonder that people go shopping by bike!
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Rotterdam, trams, canals, museums, Netherlands
Starting out at the Rotterdam train station, which is where you would probably be arriving when you come to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. There's an excellent Tourist Information counter here where you can get a lot of good advice about the main sites you want to see in your visit.
The tram station out front is quite active with eight different tramlines running through it. You'll quickly reach anywhere in town from the central station.
There are very modern buildings in Rotterdam, and they are well planned with apartments in the downtown area and some parks and you've got the idyllic waterfront with the boat traffic and the apartments around it.
There is a culture history museum. There's an excellent art museum. And that's where we are heading soon in the program, show you a couple of fine museums.
First we walk along Westersingel canal, with parks along the banks of the canal, you've got some ducks quacking by and also it's an outdoor sculpture garden with fountains and benches and a wide promenade that makes for very easy and pleasant walking.
Then we visit a great museum, Boymans van Beuningen, which is one of the major art museums in the Netherlands, an amazing collection that spans from the Renaissance and earlier right up through modern design.
Then, the museum we are heading for next is all about people and culture history called the World Museum and English, or in Dutch, the name is Wereldmuseum.
The city population is 640,000 making it second largest after Amsterdam, but if you include the greater metropolitan area extending to the Hague, population totals 2.5 million. Rotterdam has got 38 skyscrapers and 352 high-rises with many more skyscrapers coming up soon.
There are nine different tramlines operating in Rotterdam, making this a very convenient way to get around, and they are thoroughly modernized. Although, in their beginnings, they were founded in 1878 as horse-drawn trams. In 1904 the first electric trams began service and gradually the horse wagons were phased out. By 1906 there was already five electric tramlines operating and then four more lines began in the next four years. The last horse cars stopped running by 1925. The maximum extent of Rotterdam's tramway network was 25 lines, which was reached in 1930.
Throughout the main cities of Europe, there has been a similar history of trams developing from horse to electric, and then declining, and in recent years, a resurgence in popularity of the system. Currently 40 different Dutch cities have operating tram systems, but only two have metros, Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
Rotterdam - Bike Ride
What better way to spend a day in Rotterdam, than spending on a bike. Join the boy and I as we venture through the rain on our 4 hour bike ride
Why is Holland better than Australia? What can Australia learn from the Netherlands?
This video is re-uploaded by user/dumdidolabumbuladido with permission from the original content owner: user/markenlei, all credit goes to markenlei. The purpose of this re-upload is to raise the awareness of the Australian Youtube community on topic of economically efficient, environmentally sustainable, and physically healthy lifestyle of utilizing bicycles as our daily commuting transportation.
Music: Bernard Zweers - Symphony No. 3 - 2. Op het land (1)
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2015 review
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A Dutch City (Houston) Puts BIKES Fiirst, RESPECT!
Harmony in Houten actually a Dutch city puts bikes first.
Love to see this environment friendly ambiance. Such practice can also help in lower oil/fuel consumption. Great.
Good can all cyclists please move there and leave the rest of the world for cars!
Who's going to win in a collision between a car and a bicycle? Giving bicycles the right-of-way is a recipe for disaster. If you want to keep the vulnerable alive, force them to keep their heads on a swivel and to PAY ATTENTION. Voltaire was right: common sense, in reality, isn't very common at all.
Unfortunately some cities are probably not conducive to bicycling until they convert to driverless cars. Human drivers are simply too distracted & in too much of a hurry to drive safely with cyclists sharing the road.
I know lots of people who have tried to cycle to work or school or shopping who have been hit by cars and seriously injured. Other cyclists have been killed.
It is great to see a city that seems to have figured this cycling infrastructure out and maybe other, similar-sized cities can learn from them.
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Bicycle Rush Hour Utrecht (Netherlands) III
Morning rush hour in the 4th largest city in the Netherlands. Streets look like this when 33% of ALL trips are made by bicycle!
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This is an ordinary Wednesday morning in April 2010 at around 8.30 am. Original time was 8 minutes that were compressed into 2 minutes, so everything is 4 times faster than in reality. The sound is original.
This is one of the busiest junctions in Utrecht a city with a population of 300,000. No less than 22,000 bicycles and 2,500 buses pass here every day. And yet Google Street View missed it. Because private motorized traffic is restricted here.
These cyclists cross a one way bus lane (also used by taxis and municipal vehicles), two light rail tracks and then a one way street that can be used by private vehicles.
Behind the camera is a railway (you can hear the squeaking sounds of the trains passing) and the main railway station is very close too. A number of rental bikes from the station pass and many of the cyclists will have come by train for the first part of their commute.
For those who frown upon the total absence of bike helmets in this video, consider these findings from a US study:
Cycling in the Netherlands is much safer than in the USA. The Netherlands has the lowest non-fatal injury rate as well as the lowest fatality rate, while the USA has the highest non-fatal injury rate as well as the highest fatality rate. Indeed, the non-fatal injury rate for the USA is about 30 times higher than for the Netherlands.
Injury rate per million km cycled: USA 37.5; NL 1.4
Fatality rate per 100 million km cycled: USA 5.8; NL 1.1
From: Pucher, John and Buehler, Ralph (2008) 'Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons from The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany'.
Riding bikes to the Netherlands!
Just a little life update for you guys! Enjoy!
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2012 Urban Bike Night Rotterdam
Urban Bike Night in NAi, Rotterdam. How the bicycle can save the city. Presentations of bikes, Steven Fleming & Stefan Bendiks, preview of Genre de Vie and bicycle tour by night.
Most remarkable quote of Steven Fleming: Public transport is ridiculous, you shouldn't commute from here to Amsterdam to work. Which country should offer that to people, that sounds ridiculous. You create the problem of hyper congestion from a city where everyone instead of riding 10 or 15 kilometers to their work, they're riding and crush into train stations.
The evening started with a presentation of Steven Fleming (Australian professor). He made a mind shift to imagine that 85% of all trips in the world would be done by bike. He posited that at this moment 85% of all trips is done by car.... He showed some examples from car culture and showed the same ideas applied to bike use. Indoor parking, ramps to bring your bike on the roof etc. He ended his presentation with a call to start cycling longer distances in the Netherlands, than we do at this moment. In his opinion cycling to a train station to catch a train to make a 15 km trip is bad for the environment of the translation. We should better cycle the whole trip.
As intermezzo Hugo van der Steenhoven (Dutch Cyclist Union) was interviewed about his idea to increase the use of bicycles. He criticized Dutch government with the lack of a national bike policy. A little discussion rose about the needs of Dutch cities, like Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Parking at train stations, width of dedicated cycle tracks, mopeds and non-stop cycling were discussed.
Stefan Bendigs (Architekt Artginering) presented the new era of Cycle Cities and a holistic approach towards implementing cycling in the city. He showed how entrepreneurs respond to high volume of cyclists in the street and what can happen if you really invest in cycling infrastructure.
Genre de Vie showed a trailer of their crowd-funded film of making cycling cities.
During the Urban Bike Tour some spots in Rotterdam were shown and discussed. Should cycling be allowed in the pedestrian zone when shops are closed? Is reconstruction of the Nieuwe Binnenweg a good example for cycle safety, with parked cars (door-zone) and tramway tracks? At the train station VeloTaxi was shown as a nice example of personal mobility.
The Many Faces of Bike Ways: Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria
Compilation of bicycle infrastructure from: Copenhagen, Denmark; Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Netherlands; Geneva, Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland; Vienna, Austria
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Rotterdam - The Netherlands
Some shots I took when I was in Rotterdam. I was only here for one hour. I definitely would have had better shots if I had more time, but enjoy!
Junction design the Dutch - cycle friendly - way
The Dutch build cycle paths right on their junctions. So they must have wider streets, right? Wrong! This video shows how it is done, no extra space needed.
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Amsterdam's Way Better on a Bike
A swift ride through Amsterdam proves that the way to see this city is on two wheels. The rider/shooter is Ellary Eddy, Editor of Realize Magazine. realizemagazine.com
From The Hague to Delft by bike
Cycling to Delft from The Hague (Den Haag)
24 Hours in Rotterdam: Bicycling Up, Enjoying the City Lounge & Less Space for the Car
Wanting to save some funding, I somewhat reluctantly booked myself for an extra day stay on a trip to The Netherlands this summer for 2017's VeloCity conference in Nijmegen-Arnhem. It left me with more time prior to the event and so I queried the Streetfilms Twitterverse what I should do with my 24 hours. A cadre of voices from Rotterdam said I should come see their wonderful of the city - and boy was I glad I did!
How The Dutch View: Amsterdam Vs Rotterdam
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Rotterdam is world famous mainly because of the port, but in the last decade Rotterdam has grown into a bustling but welcoming metropole. Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands with 600.000 inhabitants and 1.200.000 in greater Rotterdam.
Rotterdam is famous for its festivals , offers a great nightlife, and has lot of shops which are open 7 days a week! In addition, Rotterdam is well known for its modern architecture which you can find throughout the city. The Erasmus Bridge and the Cube houses are great examples of this modern industrial design. All sights in Rotterdam can be reached by means of the quick and cheap public transport system.
Rotterdam is also home to a big aquarium in the Rotterdam Zoo, the Euromast panorama tower, the antique Steamship ss Rotterdam and Spido harbour tours. The harbour city also offers world class museums like Boijmans - Van Beuningen and the World Arts Museum. Most attractions have special facilities for kids as well.
Rotterdam is world famous for its modern architecture which you can find anywhere within the city. Rotterdam is thus home to many design museums and leading architectural firms which are involved in the design of famous buildings and bridges in major cities around the globe. Rotterdam is constantly working on ambitious new architectural projects in and around the city to remain the number one city of modern architecture. This vibrant city is constantly changing and you can feel and see these changes all around.
Once you leave the Central Station you will understand why Rotterdam is called the Dutch capital of modern architecture. The brand new Rotterdam Central Station is an architectural highlight and the Millennium Tower opposite to Rotterdam Central Station has the looks of the Empire State building in New York. The Delftse Poort building hast been the tallest office building in the Netherlands for a decade, but it has been surpassed by the impressive Maas Tower. In 2020, the impressive Zalmhaven Tower, will take the lead in the race of the tallest building of the Netherlands. This 215-meter tall residential skyscraper is located in the Maritime Quarters of Rotterdam. In the heart of Rotterdam city centre you can't miss the extraordinary Cube Houses and the Market Hall. The Brug (Bridge) office building is another architectural highlight of Rotterdam, because it is built at a height of 25 meters above an existing historic plant. The Shipping and Transport College is located in a stunning periscope shaped building! And don't forget to visit the UNESCO site Van Nelle Factory.
Amsterdam is the Netherlands’ capital, known for its artistic heritage, elaborate canal system and narrow houses with gabled facades, legacies of the city’s 17th-century Golden Age. Its Museum District houses the Van Gogh Museum, works by Rembrandt and Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum, and modern art at the Stedelijk. Cycling is key to the city’s character, and there are numerous bike paths.
Museums are the main tourist attraction in Amsterdam. Everyone knows the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum, but there is much more. Amsterdam has over seventy museums which attract millions of visitors each year.
Coffeeshops in Holland are allowed to sell small amounts of cannabis and are strictly regulated and taxed. Furthermore, coffeeshops must not sell to anyone under 18 and they must not sell more than 5g to any customer. Hard drugs are strictly prohibited.
Intersection redesign in The Netherlands (2)
The junction Amsterdamsestraatweg/Marnixlaan/Josephlaan in Utrecht in The Netherlands was recently re-designed. The new design is much safer for people cycling. A better look at the new features and how people use this intersection.
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