American Reacts to Not Just Bikes | Even Small Towns are Great Here (5 Years in the Netherlands)

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[sanderdeboer]

9:32 the NS will not send extra trains for a speed cube contest! What he meant was that they have a high amount of trains serving the local station every hour.

[Vonononie]

The towers of the bike bridge in Nijmegen didn’t originally have holes. They were towers on either side of the railway bridge next to the new(er) bike bridge. They aren’t that old (I think late 1800s) although done in a faux medieval style. I think one was a water tower for steam trains. One of the towers used to be open to the public and is worth a stop off

[ThePhosee]

About the caption "Why isn't USA like this". The US was like this 90 years ago. But then people let the cities to be demolished in favor for cars.

[dagemervideos]

11:00 We use standardized street signs for nearly all things, learning those would help much more, the only things that have text are things like "road closed temporarily" but even then there is still an icon you would recognise and you would know what to do when faced with it

[NL-SanderH]

I grew up thinking the US is the best country in the world, but the more i have seen of the world, and on channels like yours where Americans or other nationalities give their perspective, i am so glad i'm Dutch, and lost my desire to move anywhere. Not that we are perfect, far from it, like any county, the Netherlands has its issues. But still, i am happy overall with how i can live my life here.

[Jurjen_Warrel_Ottenhoff]

As a Dutch person I'm so happy that people back in the day protested to the car-centric plans our government had back then. They are a big part of the reason the Netherlands is as it is now and not some "car-centric wasteland".
And to quote Not Just Bikes again. "The US wasn't built for cars, it was bulldozed for them."

[dagemervideos]

9:19, there are no extra trains for events like that, there is just a lot of public transport here!

[guidostreefkerk]

funny thing. Most Dutch people do not think that there are enough buses and trains and certainly not that they ever run on time. but that is because we are so used to the situation here. When we are in another country we often see the more beautiful sides of that country. Not that I'm complaining about the Netherlands. but I think it's wonderful to see how people from other countries see us. I have been to many places around the world myself. enjoyed everything those countries had to offer. but was always happy to be home in the cold country of the Netherlands. continue with your youtube channel. good job.

[lorrefl]

I live in Belgium and our public transport and bikes stuff is pretty close to what it is in the Netherlands. So it's nice to see it from the perspective of an American. When Charlie says he would have to drive at least 30 minutes to even get to a bus, it's funny, cause here's me complaining about the fact that round the corner from where I live (2 minutes walk) the bus only comes every 20 minutes and not every 10 minutes like in other parts around my town.

Riding your bike is just a part of our lives to go to work, school, shopping, to go out in the evening... It saddens me that because of my health I can't ride a bike anymore because there's this beautiful wide bike lane (width of a big truck) with woods on one side that starts around the corner from where I live all the way into town. But luckily I do also have the option of a bus just around the corner too.

[RTomassi]

Happy new year! And thanks, nice reaction vid again.

[jpfoto]

an other big difference between dutch and north american infrastucture is that all cables for power and communication are underground.
there are no cables hanging in the air exept for the hig voltage power lines that come directly from power centales.
but every house, factory and other buildings get the power and other cables from under ground.
cross the border to belgium and you will see many cables hanging in the air.

[Kami]

8:31 This type of wide bike lane is one where cars are allowed as guests. Meaning that bikes take precedence. If you can go past in the speed limit you're allowed if you don't run over a bike to do so. But you're never allowed to run over bikes. It's just extra emphasis on bikes when the roads are red.

[PHa]

I'm amazed about how much you already know about the Netherlands without ever have been there.

[CruelViper]

7:28...that arm is a old (rain)water drain.
It's a old tower next a river, so they used that send of liquid down the river (before the bicicle bridge existed).

[CyberBeep_kenshi]

here in Zoetermeer, we have an old center (no cars) and the modern center, which is elevated. meaning, you can drive underneath, park at the logistics door of i.e. shop selling kitchen appliances, and load it into the car. the walking part with the shops: only pedestrians.

also, the additional parking garages are free of use (2 hours). The logic is that it attracts customers. Also, 2 trainsstops, bus center next to it, bicycle parking etc.

[marcotruschel]

The concrete pole sticking out from the tower with the bicycle path running through it is for water drainage, basically a not so fancy waterspewer, it drops the water far from the stones so it doesn't flow along the brickwork and erode the mortar. You can also see the other side of the tower on the other side of the traintrack

[opoxious]

The so called "castle" was a closed building.
Up to 2013 wgen the bicycle bridge was build, they opened the building to give acces for the bicycle traffic.

[nz-nl]

10:00 You should try driving here. Actually, this is an invite :) Just switch on the navigation and it's... comfortable. Also, compared to cities in the US, we don't have all that much traffic jams. You can actually drive into and out of our largest cities during rush hour. It won't be quick, but it's faster than walking.

[crazymonkeyVII]

9:12 I'm from the next town on that train track next to Ermelo! Ermelo is one of the many places between Utrecht and Zwolle (both major railway transit hubs) and these trains come by every half hour in either direction (between 06:00 and 01:00 hours). Not that often compared to Rotterdam, Den Haag, Amsterdam and Utrecht, but still not too bad. Note, these are only the commuter trains. There are also intercity trains that cover larger distances faster that use these same tracks and also come by every half hour in either direction, but they don't stop at the smaller stations like Ermelo (except the last one of the day in the direction of Zwolle, which makes a stop at my town for some reason).

Edit: And of course there are freight trains using the same tracks as well!

[erikdenhouter]

For potholes and other problems with our roads, my experience is that when you encounter such situation, and you take a picture, send it to the council, it will be repaired within a few days, or earlier when really dangerous. That contributes to the feel of our roads.