10 Observations About Bicycling in Amsterdam [The Urban Country]
While visiting Amsterdam on my recent trip to Europe, I made some observations about cycling around the Dutch capital. Here are my top ten observations:
10. The locals have little patience for tourists walking on the cycle path
Bicycles in Amsterdam – photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country
The locals of Amsterdam would like their sacred cycle paths to be treated like roads, not like sidewalks. Rightfully so, they fought hard to get those cycle paths, so they aren’t about to let pedestrians take them over.
Thus, if you are a wandering tourist and you don’t look before stepping on the cycle path, you will most likely get a dirty look, a bell, or a comment from a passing cyclist.
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