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Older roads can be redesigned with a narrow area for driving and with parking bays for cars. This results in more pedestrian space and prevents cyclists from being tempted to duck in between parked cars, leading to additional safety. The speed limit, as with all Dutch residential areas, is 30 km/h
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Older roads can be redesigned with a narrow area for driving and with parking bays for cars. This results in more pedestrian space and prevents cyclists from being tempted to duck in between parked cars, leading to additional safety. The sp ... [more]
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It might look as though the truck has made a special dietary choice, but actually it's the Dutch word for "sweeping". The road layout shows a way of transforming narrow streets like those near Mill Road in Cambridge. The road is narrow b ... [more]
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Free of charge guarded underground cycle parking in Enschede. One of at least two such sites in the city.
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Property in an outlying village of Enschede, next to a fairly busy road. Note the good quality bike path, well segregated from both the road and the pavement and on both sides of the road.
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The centre of Hoogeveen. This was once a dual carriageway. Now it's a much more pleasant, more liveable space. Watch the video to see more.
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Has anyone ever told you that cycle routes are indirect ? These two signposts are about 10 metres apart. The blue ones show distances for cars, the red for bicycles on the bike paths. Mostly the show the same distances to different pl ... [more]
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White bicycles which are free to visitors of the Hoge Veluwe national park near Arnhem, Netherlands.
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Modern art inside the Kroller-Muller museum - which is interesting because its in the middle of a National Park that many people cycle across to visit. Kröller-Müller
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Cycling across the Hoge Veluwe national park to the Kroller-Muller musem. This amazing national park is criss crossed with long cycle paths full of riders on the free white bicycles.
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Marvellous recreational path through a forest. This was wonderfully smooth and quite up to speeds of over 30 km/h. It's also possible to proceed slowly, of course, and picnic benches are provided at regular intervals to allow for a gezel ... [more]
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A now rare Fietsers Oversteken sign. These old-fashioned signs sometimes appear on relatively little used roads to tell cyclists to use the cycle path on the other side of the road. It's not a huge penalty as the bike paths are perfectly go ... [more]
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Secondary school students riding home from school. They will have come from a school in Assen but probably live in Beilen, about 20 km south. A 40 km round trip to school is not particularly unusual in the Netherlands. This isn't a cy ... [more]
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Kamp Westerbork. After being caught in Amsterdam, Anne Frank was moved here for her last few days in the Netherlands before being put on an East-bound train. You can read more about Kamp Westerbork here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes ... [more]
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Fantastic cycle path through heath. This is what makes cycling such a pleasure in the Netherlands. A very smooth tarmac recreational path with absolutely nothing nearby. I rode along here the whole time in excess of 30 km/h without having ... [more]
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27th December 2007. It being a bit warmer (5 C) today I decided to go for a ride of around 40 km in the afternoon. This meant riding on a lot of really beautiful paths in the middle of nowhere. I dismounted for the rather large and immob ... [more]
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Nice cycle museum - Fietsmuseum Velorama in Nijmegen. There are photos of the insides of this museum here: http://hembrow.eu/personal/velorama.html
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Temporary parking for the fietsvierdaagse in a field at a farm. This is the location of one of the controls, and also a nice place for a coffee.
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There's no cycle path here, but there is a service road next to the main road, which gives cyclists wonderful traffic free conditions.
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