The Dutch celebrated their national holiday Koningsdag (or King’s Day) on the 27th of April. The weather was good, the parties were great, and everybody went on a bicycle! A video of King’s Day 2018 in ʼs-Hertogenbosch. Continue reading King’s Day 2018
This is the week of national holidays in the Netherlands. Last Thursday it was King’s Day and later this week, on Friday the 5th May, we celebrate Liberation Day, with Remembrance Day the night before, the 4th of May. On … Continue reading A week of national holidays
Watch some people cycling on the big cycle overpass between ʼs-Hertogenbosch and Rosmalen, which opened exactly two years ago in April 2015. These images were filmed on an ordinary Sunday afternoon in early April. That’s all in this no-post week! … Continue reading Riding on a bicycle overpass
As announced, no ordinary big elaborate post this week. But… I happened to be in Rotterdam yet again last Saturday, this time for a family visit. On the prior visits I walked, but now I cycled! So, as an encore … Continue reading Rotterdam (encore)
Peter G. Furth, professor Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, asked me to help him create a video to explain the Dutch system that aims to make the streets in the Netherlands safer. We call it “Duurzaam … Continue reading Sustainable or Systematic Safety
Loud cheers and applause could be heard near the ʼs-Hertogenbosch cathedral last Saturday, every time someone arrived pushing a second bicycle. Clearly, that second bicycle was going to be donated to charity! The garden of the cathedral served as a … Continue reading Bicycles for refugees
Just a little video to wish all those who like to hear it a very happy Valentine’s Day! Happy Valentine’s Day And this was the Twitter Valentine’s Wish of the Dutch Embassy in Australia: Great! Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day
You can now see one of my videos with a narration in German. Many of my videos already have subtitles in a range of languages, but in Germany people are not accustomed to reading subtitles. They are used to hearing … Continue reading German version of one of my videos
Koen is one of my Dutch followers and he documented the construction of a rural cycle path between the villages of Leusden and Achterveld in the province of Utrecht. He mentioned his two videos in a comment to one of … Continue reading Construction of a town to town cycle path
This main cycle route from the north of the city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch (aka Den Bosch) to the centre in the south is completely cleared of snow and ice during winter. This makes cycling safe and convenient even in winter conditions. … Continue reading Bicycle route in the snow, ’s-Hertogenbosch
Bicycle ride from ‘s-Hertogenbosch aka Den Bosch to Vughtse Heide (Heath of Vught). A 15 minute ride shown 5 times as fast. We see all kinds of bike infrastructure but it is all continuous. In Vught the Nazis had a … Continue reading Ride from ’s-Hertogenbosch to Vughtse Heide
A short ride in ‘s-Hertogenbosch a.k.a. Den Bosch (Netherlands) on well connected but different types of cycle infrastructure. In this short stretch you can see a cycle lane, a protected (separated) cycle path, a grade separated cycle path/lane, a shared … Continue reading Cycle infrastructure in ’s-Hertogenbosch
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