How the Dutch created a casual biking culture

Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by bogomipz on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @04:59PM (#17862824)

>"One thing though is that our geography works well with biking."

And the topography doesn't hurt - its flat as a pancake.

Also isn't it possible to basically ride between every city in the Netherlands? I once biked from Rotterdam to Den Hague using only bike paths and protected bike lanes. I got the impression that I could continue riding to Amsterdam in the same fashion if wanted to.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by vaccarium on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @05:54PM (#17863265)

> I got the impression that I could continue riding to Amsterdam in the same fashion if wanted to.

You definitely could. A couple of years ago I've actually done a trip like that, Rotterdam to The Hague to Amsterdam (then onwards to Amersfoort) — it was about 150 km long, and all of that was on designated bike paths and lanes.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by bogomipz on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @06:58PM (#17863664)

That sounds like a nice trip. Yeah the bike paths between Rotterdam and Delft were particularly memorable, you were basically biking through open farm land following a canal. It was like riding through a postcard. Cheers.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by YawningAngel on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @05:36PM (#17863117)

I wouldn't be surprised if this were true of continental Europe as a whole. It was actively surprising to me that this wasn't possible in America until I remembered how damn big that place is.

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