This Aspect of European Cities Amazes Me..

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[JanBruunAndersen]

There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

[maaiker]

As a dutch woman its funny cause when its snowing its usually the cars that are in trouble. The bikes are fine. Worst case, you fall and get back up. Worst case for a car would be way different.

And when you have cycled all your life you know fresh snow isn't hard to ride on. Its the ice patches you need to watch out for if it rained and got cold at night. But even an ice patch, just don't stress and glide it out. You'll be fine.

I love the snow cause it makes everything look idyllic and romantic. Especially if they put up the lights and everything. And there as less cars on the road so that makes cycling even better.

[Dive]

Dude, when the snow is fresh, cycling isn't scary at all, it's when it's icing over that things get tricky. Rain or shine we do our thing here

[monksuu]

I'm a Finn. I ride bicycle year around. I change studded tyres (just like car owners change studded or non-studded winter tyres) when the weather demands for it because my summer tyres are almost slicks. Oulu, a Finnish city close to the Arctic Circle is considered to be the world capital of winter cycling. Not Just Bikes made a funny video about it. ;)

[lukasneuner]

If you wanna know more about cycling in the snow in Europe, The amazing channel "Not Just Bikes" (super informative videos from a cannadian that moved to the Netherlands) has a great video about it, called: "Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can)"

[tsurutom]

How to ride a bike in the snow: put bum on saddle and feet on pedals. Rotate the crank by pushing the pedals down in an alternating fashion. Take turns slowly if there is (or might be) ice.
If there is indeed snow, you are now biking in it.

[klarasee]

German here, we learn to ride our bicycles in snow from early on, because many of our children ride their bicycles to school every day.
I think if you are not used to ride your bicycle all year round from early on, it won’t cross your mind so easily as an adult.
In Southern Europe you won’t see many people (if any!) riding bicycles in the winter though, so it’s definitely not "all of Europe”, and of course you are right: The Netherlands are on a different level 😄 But it’s 100% normal to see bicycles in the snow in Germany too - at least in Northern Germany where the land is flat. It’s probably a different thing to ride up and down hills when it’s slippery.

[abram]

The mercedes is most definitely on summer tires, for the weather I think you can go anywhere but USA and find people living life no matter the weather, but absolutely everywhere in europe

[nuclearmedicineman]

That's not a blizzard, that's what we'd call a lovely summer day in Finland.

[picobello]

In the Netherlands it snows maybe one or two days a year and when it does it's an absolute chaos, both traffic and public transit. None of the people in the video is used to snow and hardly any car would have winter tires, all season at best. Which is probably why everyone is driving very carefully and still slipping. Cycling is actually easier, safer and faster, and ensures you don't have to walk the entire way home because the bus company decides to stop all services.

[feieralarm]

I've been cycling since I was a small child and never thought of cycling in snow as anything special. You have to be more careful when taking corners and can't brake as aggressive, but other than that, it's just how you get from A to B.

[AHVENAN]

This reminds me of one video that I would recomend you check out, I'll try to find it and link it to you, it's about how the city of Oulu in FInland handles winter maintenance of bike paths and roads, and how LOTS of people ride their bikes there in the winter. They also compare it to Canada, another country where you would think they'd be snow-clearing experts, but it doesnt appear so based on what's included in the video

[vansting]

In Europe we have summer tires and winter tires, that Mercedes has just ignored to change tires as the law says in most countries where the winter gives snow and ice.
Here in Scandinavia is it a matter on life or death.

[martinsv]

For snow scenarios I would check out northern Europe. None of the cars are any problems to drive with winter tires. The ones stuck were on summer.
Everyone here almost any age took their bike almost as usual during winter time. At least when I was a kid. Never even thought about it being strange :)

[la-go-xy]

5:32 It's not a blizzard like in the US. Usually it's just a few degrees below freezing point and just a little windy, not necessarily really stormy (though it might be sometimes)

[rasmuswi]

Sweden here. I used to always cycle to school regardless of the weather. In rain as well as snow, and I've cycled to work every day some winters. Cycling on snow and ice is mainly about being careful. Keep your speed down, don't lean into turns or you'll hit the deck, and the same will happen if you use your front brake. You may also want to consider studded tires, they have pretty poor grip on tarmac, but the grip on ice is almost as good as the grip on tarmac
.
Oh, and accept that you'll occasionally hit the deck.

[LalaDepala_]

I'm Dutch and love walking/cycling in the rain or snow. Feels very freeing.

[ESCLuciaSlovakia]

A few years ago, when there was a lot of snow in the capital city, a website informing about public transportation informed about buses, trams and/or trolleybuses being canceled in one part of the city and they said "to go to the center, you can use winter sports" 😄 When it snows, nothing stops here, but the public transportation sometimes has delays.

When the world was still normal, we used to have snow since the end of November until the first half of March here in Slovakia. Less in the south, huge amounts in the north. Now we are lucky if there is one or two weeks of snow, especially in my city. Snowy weather is actually the only one that makes me happy about going outside, I love snow and I miss it very much, especially in summer, which I hate.

[maaiker]

When I was little I cycled through a blizzard. When I made it to school in time I looked like a yeti. Funny thing was, the students were at school but the teachers weren't cause their cars got stuck in traffic on the motorway. 😂 The bikes, not a problem.

[josteingravvik]

The big thing for driving safely in the snow is to have good winter tires. Up here in Norway it's mandatory to have 2 sets of wheels & tires for your car. One set for summer and one set for winter.( winter tires may be studded or unstudded) Summer tires in winter conditions are really bad, and winter tires in summer isn't alot better. Some countries in Europe approve of all season tires, but they aren't very good in any of the seasons !😉 Also, how do you ride a bicycle in winter? With care !! 😆