Originally Posted by
noglider
I do want to visit the Netherlands and cycle there. I'm sure I'll enjoy it. But that picture makes it look like hell.
Maybe, but who decided that heaven is a peaceful, quiet,orderly and boring place?
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Originally Posted by
RubeRad
That looks like what I remember of the bike parking outside the Amsterdam train station -- although in Amsterdam I suppose there could be many parking lots like that.
This is probably the biggest, biggest city, but it isn't very sophisticated. No roof, no electronic boards to indicate available parking spaces, nothing to remember in which section you parked your bike. It's also a bit of a showcase, to wow the tourists and other visitors and present Amsterdam as the cycling city. But other cities have organized it better for cyclists. Amsterdam is struggling to keep up with the number of cyclists and has to improvise a lot. For example they have barges in the canals just for bike parking, they are mobile so they can be placed near events, but a lot of them have to be permanent to cope with the numbers.