Comments on: Bicycles of Amsterdam http://villageofjoy.com/bicycles-of-amsterdam/ Amazing, Interesting, Wonderful, Weird, Odd and Funny things about our World Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:32:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Uncle JoJoe http://villageofjoy.com/bicycles-of-amsterdam/#comment-15460 Uncle JoJoe Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:25:47 +0000 http://villageofjoy.com/?p=1468#comment-15460 Brings back memories, I worked over there for a couple months and remember waking up one or two Sunday mornings trying to remember where I left my bike. Brings back memories,
I worked over there for a couple months and remember waking up one or two Sunday mornings trying to remember where I left my bike.

]]> By: Freyr Njardvik http://villageofjoy.com/bicycles-of-amsterdam/#comment-15162 Freyr Njardvik Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:46:40 +0000 http://villageofjoy.com/?p=1468#comment-15162 De gott verdammte fiets !! := De gott verdammte fiets !! :=

]]> By: Rudolf http://villageofjoy.com/bicycles-of-amsterdam/#comment-14323 Rudolf Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:11:51 +0000 http://villageofjoy.com/?p=1468#comment-14323 Aye, we really like our bikes, in a distanced kind of fashion, it's just a tool after all. Amsterdam is quite a small city compared to cities like London, New York or Tokyo. It makes sense for us to take the bike because you can get from the northern most part to the souther districts in ~45 minutes if you know a decent route. Other cities in the Netherlands know a lot less bicycles because there is a better infrastructure for automobiles (there is really no way you can get through Amsterdam faster by car than cycling or by scooter or something), this is because Amsterdam wasn't bombed to the ground by the Germans in WWII, and Rotterdam, for example, was. That's usually the basic distiction, with a few exceptions, was it a big city before WWII? You'll find a lot of bikes there, otherwise it'll have been rebuilt to accomodate more cars and such. 't was the hip thing to do back then, little did they know :) Aye, we really like our bikes, in a distanced kind of fashion, it’s just a tool after all. Amsterdam is quite a small city compared to cities like London, New York or Tokyo. It makes sense for us to take the bike because you can get from the northern most part to the souther districts in ~45 minutes if you know a decent route. Other cities in the Netherlands know a lot less bicycles because there is a better infrastructure for automobiles (there is really no way you can get through Amsterdam faster by car than cycling or by scooter or something), this is because Amsterdam wasn’t bombed to the ground by the Germans in WWII, and Rotterdam, for example, was. That’s usually the basic distiction, with a few exceptions, was it a big city before WWII? You’ll find a lot of bikes there, otherwise it’ll have been rebuilt to accomodate more cars and such. ‘t was the hip thing to do back then, little did they know :)

]]> By: Leooow http://villageofjoy.com/bicycles-of-amsterdam/#comment-14307 Leooow Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:14:02 +0000 http://villageofjoy.com/?p=1468#comment-14307 For me (as a Dutchman) this isn't special. We grow up with bikes, the pictures are from Amsterdam but that makes no difference. In every city big or small there are bikes. Just like on the pictures. It's really the way of transportation. People bike 20-30 km everyday to go to there work, do the groceries and to go out at night. You don't need a drivers license to ride a bike when you're drunk :D I wouldn't trade my bike for public transportation. That's for sure. For me (as a Dutchman) this isn’t special. We grow up with bikes, the pictures are from Amsterdam but that makes no difference. In every city big or small there are bikes. Just like on the pictures. It’s really the way of transportation. People bike 20-30 km everyday to go to there work, do the groceries and to go out at night. You don’t need a drivers license to ride a bike when you’re drunk :D

I wouldn’t trade my bike for public transportation. That’s for sure.

]]> By: tim http://villageofjoy.com/bicycles-of-amsterdam/#comment-4155 tim Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:05:25 +0000 http://villageofjoy.com/?p=1468#comment-4155 Honey, do you remember where we park the bike? Honey, do you remember where we park the bike?

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