Fishing for Bikes in the Amsterdam Canals

File this under “only in Amsterdam”: fishing for BIKES. As one of the world’s most bicycle-friendly cities, there are, in fact, more bikes than humans in the Dutch capital. And with some 60 miles of canals winding through the city, odds are that a missing bike met its fate at the bottom of one. That’s where skipper Jan de Jonge and his crew come in with their giant claw machine …

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[LucidFL]

>Get drunk in Amsterdam
>Throw bicycle into canal
>Fisherman fish your bicycle out
>Bicycle get's recycled into a beer can for another person to get drunk and then throw their bike into the water

[catc]

The Amsterdam tour boat guides weren't kidding when they told us the joke is that the canals are "1/3 water, 1/3 mud, and 1/3 bicycles". XP

[finleycastello]

My god that guy must be good at the claw machine.

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[fableagain]

"Only in Amsterdam!" Yeah, and every other big enough Dutch city.

[sanderhonig]

WOW! This is a reupload with the right subtitles! Great job Great Big Stories!

[frisianmouve]

Well not only in Amsterdam, also in other dutch cities with a lot of grachten

[MartinTabanag]

hahaha fishing for bikes is freaking awesome! it's like playing an arcade claw machine everyday.

[omnipoticus]

Jan de Jongen means "John the Kid/Boy" in Dutch. Quite fitting considering his job is just the adult version of the arcade claw machine.

[DutchDMaster]

This is also why it can be really dangerous to either fall or jump into the canals in Amsterdam, either because you are really drunk and can not keep your balance anymore, or if you are really drunk and decide to do something stupid. The risk of getting caught in a bicycle wheel or to get stuck to a different part while you are under water is pretty big.

[firetruckboy]

He said people throw them after a night out ? Is this normal in Amsterdam ? Buy a bike for the night and once you're over it, throw it in the water? Is this a daily thing? I have so many questions!

[sathiaseelan]

ast malaysia, our canals have a lot sago logs with fish and prawns.very eco-friendly

[SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Actually bikes grow underwater they spawn in winter, in spring the young new bikes are fished out of the water, no bikes do not come from a factory.

[minecraft]

This one time i got bored and welded a grappling hook together to fish for bikes. I actually got some working bikes from the canal.

[SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

same happens in Utrecht and in Zwolle etc and in Groningen.

[Harrypotterlover-omqv]

Wait... did she say in the beginning "Ah Amsterdam, the canals, the weed" listen at 0:02

[lukemarchetti]

Maybe they should do a segment on throwing Obikes into the Yarra River in Melbourne?

[BGC]

I wish you to donate those bike to the Philippines. We would be so happy

[zetsubouuu]

wait, did they already upload this video?

[JoseMendoza-xvqv]

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