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On November 07 2013 13:29 Bereft wrote:
please blog more, this was awesome!
i didn't know you moved outta nyc. i recently started biking here too -- it's actually pretty feasible (esp with all the new bike lanes, thx citi bikes) albeit almost certainly more dangerous than biking in the netherlands.
also, why are you biking on the sidewalk?! or is that actually a bike path?
That's a bike path, our bike paths are coloured red  .
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Bread in the US sucks. I haven't been to a country in Europe yet (except maybe for the UK, if you count that towards Europe, that is...) that didn't have bread a miles better than the US.
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On November 06 2013 07:25 Liquid`Drone wrote:Show nested quote +On November 05 2013 21:06 Torte de Lini wrote:
Bikers are the gender-confused vehicle of inner-urban society. They are constantly unsure if they are pedestrian or vehicle oriented and feel they are entitled to be on either the sidewalk and road without any regard for the trafficking laws. They have some sort of superiority complex with their two-wheeling no-pollution mobility and speed. They don't stop for no one. It's not as bad as when I was in Dublin, I think the crosswalks are there to add some flair to the city; every mother-funker crosses whenever/wherever/whoever they want.
Are you mad that nothing is open on Sunday? I ran out of food on Saturday and so my Sunday meals consisted of butter and a variety of flat-surfaced foods, there's only so many ways I can melt butter...
Do you have to pay for your television? Even if we don't have any TVs or radio in the house, we still have to pay for it. It's like 20 euros a month: so aggravating.
Please take more pictures
I should do a blog like this!
netherlands has an incredible bike-culture. not just in the sense that everyone bikes, but that everyone bikes responsibly. they're not going too fast, they always use their little bell, they're happy and smiling and everything is wonderful. in Trondheim, Norway, which has become an increasingly bike-friendly city, quite a lot of people bike. but they sometimes go 30 km/h on the sidewalk without signalling before passing you. bikes are awesome but bikers need to be also.
Is it considered bad etiquette to bike at faster speeds? If you are in good shape, cruising around 35 km/h on the flats is pretty comfortable riding, and is obviously way, way faster for getting somewhere than barely turning the pedals and going 15 or 20 km/h.
Not knowing the paths well, is it an etiquette issue with people being assholes and blowing by other cyclists with no warning at double the speed? Or are they just smaller paths heavily congested with riders where riding at a dramatically different speed is downright dangerous.
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Norway28678 Posts
in any city, the paths are smaller/heavily congested. I'd say going 35 km/h is extremely irresponsible in amsterdam, prolly also utretch and any other dutch city because it's a really densely populated country and everyone bikes everywhere. I'd guess it's a combination of etiquette and just sheer.. impossibility of really going faster cause you're gonna crash then.
the thing is, nobody in holland is actually in a rush. it's just very comfortable there.
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Makes sense drone. If there are tons of people then going 30 or 35 km/h is quite a different thing than doing it by yourself on a country rode.
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The post made me laugh, but man go out more often, you won't get eaten or what
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On November 08 2013 00:48 Skilledblob wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2013 20:17 SixStrings wrote:
I always get envious when people talk about food in the US, especially NYC.
Seriously, you guys seem to have affordable, delicious looking fast food in generous portions all over the place, at least that's what it looks like to me.
Do you realise difficult it is to get decent donuts in Germany? Or almost anywhere else in Europe for that matter?
And Burgers... fucking hell, it's impossible to get nearly satisfied eating burgers without paying through your ass.
I weigh 66 kilos and getting me content at McDonald's would take 20 €, 15 € at Pizza Hut and 14 € at Subway.
To think there are dedicated donut shops in the US makes me want to live there _so_ badly. so you need 3 feet of subway sandwich to be satisfied? please stop talking through your ass unless you are actually weighing 166kg I highly doubt it
14/7=2. Or two foot longs.
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On November 08 2013 04:22 Liquid`Drone wrote:
in any city, the paths are smaller/heavily congested. I'd say going 35 km/h is extremely irresponsible in amsterdam, prolly also utretch and any other dutch city because it's a really densely populated country and everyone bikes everywhere. I'd guess it's a combination of etiquette and just sheer.. impossibility of really going faster cause you're gonna crash then.
the thing is, nobody in holland is actually in a rush. it's just very comfortable there.
Yeah, Amsterdam is one of the nicest cities in Europe.
I went there for a weekend trip and stayed for five weeks. Even the homeless are nice.
One asked me for a fag, in Dutch first, then in German, then in English. He was the nicest guy ever. And trilingual.
We shared a couple of smokes and played chess for an hour.
At some point I crashed with some squatters (?), who were virtually homeless as well, and when I got up the next morning, they had neither robbed nor raped me.
In Germany, most hobos I've seen are very sensitive to what they perceive as condescension and tend to get a bit rude.
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I'm dutch. So... I guess I should post in this blog.
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I have a question: why there are 2 names for a one country? Netherlands and Holland?
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On November 08 2013 06:59 Zera wrote:
I have a question: why there are 2 names for a one country? Netherlands and Holland?
Holland is just the name of two provinces. The Netherlands is the name of the entire country
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/holland.gif
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When the country Nederland came into existence Holland was one of the provinces that joined the new country.
As usual in that time the countries surrounding the new country translated the name of the new country into their own language, so Nederland became known as the Netherlands in English, Niederlande in German and le Pais Bas in French and so on.
But as the Duchy of Holland was well known over the world that name did become the nickname for all the country Nederland.
It was its most influential area, and the name was established enough not to be 'translated' or not more than needed for local pronunciation.
Nowadays Holland is a region in the west of the country, and the name for two provinces, which together make up the region: North Holland and South Holland.
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There were plenty of good parts in the second matrix movie.
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On November 08 2013 07:08 ComaDose wrote:
There were plenty of good parts in the second matrix movie.
The story not being one of them. But I do think that the second Matrix movie was better from a purely action-flick perspective.
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So, were Vincent Vega right? Do they put mayonnaise on their fries?
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Netherlands45349 Posts
In the Netherlands you think Bikers run rampant like savages if you are from another country
the truth is we calculate every move subconciously and never actually run into people, you learn the rules of the road when you bike so often.
On November 07 2013 00:10 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
I wonder how many people show up if we do a meet up at some bar in Utrecht
The Barcraft that was held in de Winkel van Sinkel was reasonably succesfull I believe.
The Dutch kitchen is quite unimpressive and I never really liked it, there are good food places but in general they are very expensive. It is much better to cook for yourself.
also I told you to buy a rice cooker and last time I was there you still didn't have one
BUY A RICE COOKER>>Aquire rice>Aquire eggs>>Aquire random veggies>Fried rice with eggs
easy.
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On November 08 2013 07:05 Zandar wrote:
When the country Nederland came into existence Holland was one of the provinces that joined the new country.
As usual in that time the countries surrounding the new country translated the name of the new country into their own language, so Nederland became known as the Netherlands in English, Niederlande in German and le Pais Bas in French and so on.
But as the Duchy of Holland was well known over the world that name did become the nickname for all the country Nederland.
It was its most influential area, and the name was established enough not to be 'translated' or not more than needed for local pronunciation.
Nowadays Holland is a region in the west of the country, and the name for two provinces, which together make up the region: North Holland and South Holland.
Thanks for info here, in Lithuania, most of the time we use Holland not Netherlands though
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On November 08 2013 10:02 Zera wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2013 07:05 Zandar wrote:
When the country Nederland came into existence Holland was one of the provinces that joined the new country.
As usual in that time the countries surrounding the new country translated the name of the new country into their own language, so Nederland became known as the Netherlands in English, Niederlande in German and le Pais Bas in French and so on.
But as the Duchy of Holland was well known over the world that name did become the nickname for all the country Nederland.
It was its most influential area, and the name was established enough not to be 'translated' or not more than needed for local pronunciation.
Nowadays Holland is a region in the west of the country, and the name for two provinces, which together make up the region: North Holland and South Holland. Thanks for info here, in Lithuania, most of the time we use Holland not Netherlands though
We also cheer for our country as in "Hup Holland Hup"
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Netherlands13554 Posts
35 km/h biking is also almost impossible with the standard of bikes we have here. We aren't all cycling on racing/mountain bikes. 15-20 km/h is a very standard speed for most cyclists.
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On November 08 2013 10:02 Zera wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2013 07:05 Zandar wrote:
When the country Nederland came into existence Holland was one of the provinces that joined the new country.
As usual in that time the countries surrounding the new country translated the name of the new country into their own language, so Nederland became known as the Netherlands in English, Niederlande in German and le Pais Bas in French and so on.
But as the Duchy of Holland was well known over the world that name did become the nickname for all the country Nederland.
It was its most influential area, and the name was established enough not to be 'translated' or not more than needed for local pronunciation.
Nowadays Holland is a region in the west of the country, and the name for two provinces, which together make up the region: North Holland and South Holland. Thanks for info here, in Lithuania, most of the time we use Holland not Netherlands though
Yes many do
It's kinda the same thing as calling the UK England I guess.
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