Pictures of the Netherlands

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Zomer in Amsterdam:

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29 juni 1940. Seyss-Inquart komt naar Groningen en word ontvangen door toenmalige burgemeester Kort van der Linden. Unieke historische beelden van het begin van de oorlog in Groningen. Het fragment komt van de video Groningen in Oorlog.

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A look at the centre of Amsterdam over 400 years ago! Credit to the Image Owners Featured.

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Though already a very good city for bicycling, in recent years Utrecht has decided to go a step further and reduce the number of cars in the city's center. How? Eliminating roadways, reaching nearly 33K bike parking spots downtown, making transition to get to the train easier and safer for people bicycling in their new bike parking facility and hosts of other ways. See it all here. I guarantee you if you live in a city that doesn't have good bike planning or infrastructure this film will equally inspire and depress you!

In the Netherlands 27% of all journeys are made by bicycle. That and more figures in this video. More information and sources in the blog post: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p...

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The Netherlands is one of the few countries that has underground bicycle parking garages, and is definitely the country with the most of them! But most of these expensive infrastructure projects are new, and the Netherlands is still in a stage of exploration when it comes to building the perfect bicycle parking garage. This video explores underground bicycle parking in the Netherlands, and some of the uniquely Dutch problems facing urban planners in the Netherlands. #bicycleinfrastructure #bikeparking

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It's no secret that just about anywhere you go in the Netherlands is an incredible place to bicycle. And in Groningen, a northern city with a population of 190,000 and a bike mode share of 50 percent, the cycling is as comfortable as in any city on Earth. The sheer number of people riding at any one time will astound you, as will the absence of automobiles in the city center, where cars seem extinct. It is remarkable just how quiet the city is. People go about their business running errands by bike, going to work by bike, and even holding hands by bike. The story of how they got there is a mix of great transportation policy, location and chance. You'll learn quite a bit of history in the film, but essentially Groningen decided in the 1970s to enact policies to make it easier to walk and bike, and discourage the use of cars in the city center. By pedestrianizing some streets, building cycle tracks everywhere, and creating a unique transportation circulation pattern that prohibits vehicles from cutting through the city, Groningen actually made the bicycle -- in most cases -- the fastest and most preferred choice of transportation. It does feel like bicycle nirvana. When I first got off the train in Groningen, I couldn't stop smiling at what I saw around me. In an email exchange with my friend Jonathan Maus from Bike Portland, he described it as being "like a fairy tale." This jibed with my first thought to him -- that I had "entered the game Candyland, but for bikes!" In fact, for our teaser I originally titled this Streetfilm "Groningen: The Bicycle World of Your Dreams," before I talked myself out of it. Although there is a magical quality about being there, in reality there is nothing dreamy or childlike about it. With political will and planning, what they have done should and can be done everywhere. In our Streetfilm you'll see the 10,000 (!) bicycle parking spaces at the train station, some of the incredible infrastructure that enables cyclists to make their journeys safer and quicker, and you'll hear from many residents we encountered who go by bike just about everywhere they travel. But as one of my interview subjects, Professor Ashworth, wanted me to point out: the three days I was there were bright and sunny, and the hardy people keep up the bicycling through the cold winters. As with many bicycling cities, there area also big problems with cycle theft, and residents are always yearning for more bicycle parking. I think most of us would trade some of those problems for a city with 50 percent mode share (and up to 60 percent in the city.)

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【Starting Point】 https://goo.gl/maps/Ua62LbXQ1P5J218B9

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Van Nederland naar Duitsland:

In deze video laat ik eerst station Groningen zien, hierna de treinen en uiteraard ook de veerboot en de kleine treintjes op het Duitse Waddeneiland Borkum ontbreken niet in deze video.

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After visiting the Netherlands recently I noticed an interesting phenomenon. It seems the Dutch don't wear bike helmets. I learned that under 1% of cyclists use helmets. I also learned that overall injuries to cyclists are way less than any place in the world, so what gives? From what I gathered, cyclists and drivers are more experienced and courteous and the roads are engineered to keep all road users. This includes bike infrastructure throughout the country.