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Amsterdam’s new ‘Inner Ring’ will be a cycle street

18 January 202321 January 2023 Bicycle Dutch

For this week’s post I cycled a large part of the so-called Binnenring (Inner Ring) in Amsterdam. This is a new cycle route right around the historic city centre of the city, that is currently under development. Where possible the … Continue reading Amsterdam’s new ‘Inner Ring’ will be a cycle street

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Ride from Huis ter Heide to station Driebergen-Zeist (Province of Utrecht)

6 October 202120 October 2021 Bicycle Dutch

This week’s ride takes us from one blog post location to another. Starting just south of Soesterberg Air Base, featured in last week’s post, on the provincial road N238 in the province of Utrecht. Officially that is in a town … Continue reading Ride from Huis ter Heide to station Driebergen-Zeist (Province of Utrecht)

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Riding to a pet crematorium

22 September 202129 September 2021 Bicycle Dutch

In my series of ‘real rides’ this is one I had rather not taken. Last week I had to collect the ashes of our dear little cat which had been with us for over 17 years. She died unexpectedly, less … Continue reading Riding to a pet crematorium

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The finished fast cycle route Tilburg – Waalwijk

15 September 202128 May 2022 Bicycle Dutch

A colourful procession of people on city bicycles, tandems, e-bikes, cargo bikes, public transport bicycles and racing bikes opened a fast cycle route last July. Together they symbolised that the F261 fast cycle route from Tilburg to Waalwijk is there for … Continue reading The finished fast cycle route Tilburg – Waalwijk

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Better cycling between Vught and ʼs-Hertogenbosch

8 September 20214 January 2022 Bicycle Dutch

On the day the schools started again after the summer holidays, two aldermen of ʼs-Hertogenbosch and Vught opened a better cycling connection between their municipalities. They cut a ribbon to open a cycling viaduct over a -soon to be- turbo-roundabout … Continue reading Better cycling between Vught and ʼs-Hertogenbosch

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A ride from Mark to Zaltbommel

1 September 202129 September 2021 Bicycle Dutch

When I rode home to ʼs-Hertogenbosch from work in Utrecht unexpectedly – quite some time ago – I found that a provincial road in the province of Gelderland had been upgraded with a separate bi-directional cycleway. I did not film … Continue reading A ride from Mark to Zaltbommel

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How a former railroad was turned into a cycle route

18 August 202126 August 2021 Bicycle Dutch

A very pleasant cycle route was created in the early 1990s on a former railway line in the province of Noord-Brabant. That railway line had connected Lage Zwaluwe (which was in turn a gateway to the port of Rotterdam) to … Continue reading How a former railroad was turned into a cycle route

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The world’s longest rainbow cycle path is in Utrecht

16 June 202118 June 2021 Bicycle Dutch

Utrecht opened the world’s longest rainbow cycle path, just in time for international Pride month. The well over 570 metres long rainbow path runs right through the heart of the university campus as a positive symbol for diversity and inclusion. … Continue reading The world’s longest rainbow cycle path is in Utrecht

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How to convert a railway into a cycleway

21 October 202015 March 2021 Bicycle Dutch

The final part of a cycleway on a former railway line in Utrecht was opened this Summer by the alderman for traffic. Together with 30 residents, the executive councillor had cycled the full length of the park first. Then, she … Continue reading How to convert a railway into a cycleway

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Cycleway maintenance and repairs

29 July 202026 August 2020 Bicycle Dutch

billet en français Six years ago I explained in a post that doing maintenance comes quite natural to the Dutch. As a people we like things neat and tidy. Dutch even has different terms for a complete overhaul of things … Continue reading Cycleway maintenance and repairs

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How hard is it to cross the cycle path?

12 June 201926 June 2019 Bicycle Dutch

Some people express concerns about pedestrians, when they see my videos of the very busy cycleways in the Netherlands. They feel it must be very hard to cross there and ask why there are no zebra crossings on the cycle … Continue reading How hard is it to cross the cycle path?

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Utrecht improved a cycle route to the university

27 March 20192 October 2019 Bicycle Dutch

Utrecht has improved the cycle route from Overvecht in the north of the city to the University campus Utrecht Science Park. This means that people could choose to arrive at the train station Utrecht Overvecht and continue their journey on … Continue reading Utrecht improved a cycle route to the university

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