Cycling in Oulu was great last winter. It made me curious to cycling there in summer. I expected there to be at least twice as many people cycling because I had learned that about half the people in Oulu keep … Continue reading Is Oulu (Finland) a city for year-round cycling?
In this week’s ‘ride video’ I will show how some of the students studying at Utrecht University can cycle home from the campus to one of the bigger student housing areas of the city. Strangely enough student housing was not … Continue reading How some students can ride home in Utrecht
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
For another shorter holiday post I filmed a ride in Utrecht again. By mid-June the local radio and television channel RTV Utrecht reported that the traffic volumes were almost back at the levels of before the Corona “intelligent” lockdown, especially … Continue reading Ride in Utrecht
While I am enjoying my summer holidays I prepared a ride for you to enjoy. This way you could virtually take a summer ride in the Dutch countryside. This was just a short ride (14.5 km) before dinner on a … Continue reading Recreational evening ride
What a Summer the one of 2019 is… The arctic is burning in an unprecedented way, there was a second heatwave in Europe, breaking records on two consecutive days and still there are people who deny humans are to blame … Continue reading Cycling in the hottest evening rush hour on record
The first snow of 2015 surprised us last Saturday. The day before, the weather services had predicted black ice and they even issued a weather alarm. But it wasn’t black ice we all woke up to, it was a coat … Continue reading Winter Cycling vs Summer Cycling
Posts in which I give you the opportunity to watch ordinary people cycling are usually very popular. They form an attractive balance to the posts about infrastructure and they show you – quite literally – what all that cycle infrastructure … Continue reading Beautiful people passing by on their bicycles
It’s really Summer in the Netherlands right now. With lots of sun and temperatures of 32 degrees Celsius (90F) it is great to create your own cooling breeze while you are riding your bicycle. This dreamy Summer video shows how … Continue reading Summer cycling in the Netherlands
Summer has started and that means we can watch beautiful people cycling in their summer outfits. The contrast with last week’s post couldn’t be sharper when you see these typically Dutch people cycling in the park! And even though they’re … Continue reading Summer cycling
Winter draws long this year, but there was a hint of change this week, with a bit of much needed sun and warmth! To refresh our memory, let’s see what summer was like. Imagine standing over the entrance of a … Continue reading Riding into a tunnel
The North Sea coast in the Netherlands is a beautiful area for recreation, especially for cycling. The entire coastline consists of sandy beaches. Between those beaches and the better known Dutch green landscape we find a line of sand dunes, sometimes several kilometers wide. Together the dunes and sandy beaches form a landscape that is unlike any other in the Netherlands. Most of the area is only accessible on foot or by bicycle. The dunes form a barrier to the sea and protect the land behind it that is often a lot lower than sea level. The first barrier dunes … Continue reading Cycling along the sandy beaches of the North Sea
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