Bicycles for refugees
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 … Continue reading
Dutch style puncture repair
Dutch bicycles require almost no maintenance. So the Dutch generally perform almost no maintenance on their bicycles themselves. But there is one thing that almost every Dutch child learns to … Continue reading
German version of one of my videos
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 … Continue reading
A year of cycling; 2014 in Review
WordPress was kind enough to send me an automated report of my blog for 2014. This is how it started: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This … Continue reading
Happy Holidays
Just some cheerful random pictures that I found on the internet, to (once again) wish you all the best for the holidays. Enjoy!
To mount or not to mount
You ask a lot of questions about how I create my videos. What camera do you use? How do you mount it? What software do you use for editing? Maybe … Continue reading
A year of cycling, my blog in 2013
It is the last Thursday of the year, so that means my last post for 2013. This is not a regular post but one in which I look back to … Continue reading
My blog in 2012
As the year 2012 comes to an end people look back to see what happened this year. To somehow frame what you cannot frame we see lists appear everywhere. So … Continue reading
Three little things
“Long Live Amsterdam” The Amsterdam based newspaper ‘Het Parool’ has a small corner for short letters. Limited to 69 words, people are encouraged to share something with the readers. This … Continue reading
Barbie as a role model
Some days ago I waited for a traffic light in the center of Utrecht and suddenly looked into the eyes of a Barbie doll sitting on top of the light. … Continue reading
When drivers stop and open windows
In other countries it usually doesn’t mean a lot of good when a driver stops for a cyclist, lowers his window and starts ‘a conversation’. But this is the Netherlands. … Continue reading
