Cycling in the Finnish snow
In the past two weeks I was in Finland, thinking: ‘When the snow doesn’t come to me, I will go to the snow instead!’ That wasn’t the main reason though. … Continue reading
Cheerful art in a cycle tunnel
Most cycle tunnels in the Netherlands have a work of art on their walls. One of the reasons is that art makes the tunnels less scary. A cycle tunnel in … Continue reading
Rush hour at dawn
It’s been a while since I showed you a morning rush hour. It is always good to take a step back every now and then. I often show you different … Continue reading
Renting a bicycle from a locker
Thanks to the national OV-Fiets system, which is the public-transport shared bicycle system, I can get to places where I want to film for this blog. When I had to … Continue reading
When you design streets for people, not for machines
The Utrecht Maliebaan is a beautiful tree-lined avenue – over 60 metres wide – that was built almost 400 years ago as a sports track for a game that was … Continue reading
You are not made of sugar…
You won’t melt in the rain… That is not the answer you want to hear as a teenager when you complain to your mother about having to cycle to school … Continue reading
2020 is the year of stage 2 of the Tour de Force
Billet en français: En 2020 commence la deuxième étape du « Tour de Force » In this first post of the year I’d like to focus on the second stage … Continue reading
Happy Holidays
As promised last week, I have a little video to wish you all the best for the holidays. It is traditional, in this darkest time of the year, that the … Continue reading
A compilation of my 2019 posts and videos
It is time again for the traditional year-in-review video in the last real blog post of the year*. This is the fifth end-of-the-year compilation video, so it is becoming a … Continue reading
Riding from Delft to The Hague in the dark
It is never fun to discover that your train service is suspended due to upgrading works and you will have to use a bus instead. I hate being on a … Continue reading
The curved cycle bridge of Beek
A very nice curved cycle bridge was built near Maastricht – Aachen airport. This is a bridge in the fast cycle route from Maastricht to Sittard-Geleen in the extreme south … Continue reading
Riding in Autumn
Autumn is the time of year associated with decay, with rain and wind, but when the sun is out, shining from just over the horizon, on the leaves in many … Continue reading
