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On November 05 2013 21:17 Dust14 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!
Here in Belgium it's easier if you know neighbourhoods with Turkish/Moroccan shops you can always go there on sundays, they're always open(unless there's a wedding ^^) Nachtwinkel, as a Erasmus student that word was like magic.
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Norway28520 Posts
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.
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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.
I don't know.. I'm in Groningen, and the bicyclists are insane. They scare me.
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Norway28520 Posts
well whenever I've been in holland (granted, never groningen, only amsterdam/utrecht/rotterdam) one of the many pleasing aspects has been how awesome all the bikers are.
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somehow the bread here is amazing. I also ate these sweet ball things that they normally eat at New Years, those were good too. Why is the bread so good? I don't understand. Maybe the bread in the US was just shit and this is normal bread, not some next level yeast infused with cocaine.
Bread in US and a lot of other countries have ridiculous amount of sugar, also in Korea ('mericas probably 'learned' them how to make bread I guess, like they did with beer.)
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Hey Hot_Bid, great read. I actually didn't realize you live in Utrecht. I'll be keeping an eye out for you, although with the winter coming I guess you'll be outside even less..
Yes, you will be expected to be able to get to places by bike in the harshest of circumstances. Just wait until it starts snowing Ofcourse you could always take a bus, but they're pretty expensive unless you have the free student fare.
If you're looking for Chinese people, there's plenty of them around the University College Utrecht (UCU) grounds. I think they're all taking business economics or something
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On November 06 2013 07:40 Liquid`Drone wrote:well whenever I've been in holland (granted, never groningen, only amsterdam/utrecht/rotterdam) one of the many pleasing aspects has been how awesome all the bikers are.
The only place that truly scared me in terms of chaos in pedestrians and bikers is Dublin. That place has no rules.
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I'm mildly annoyed at the lambasting of Wonder Bread as "american bread". Good bread is more often found in bakeries than in supermarkets and grocery stores in America. I come from a mid-sized city, only the 15th largest metro in the nation, and within 5 miles of my home there are 24 different bakeries, according to a quick search of google maps that I just did 3 minutes ago. If you're not liking bread in America, you're not trying very hard to get the good stuff.
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Oh god that's a hilarious thing to read
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On November 06 2013 07:48 Zandar wrote:Welcome to the Netherlands Hot_Bid! Here is a nice article to get an impression about the dutch and their bikes. http://www.ski-epic.com/amsterdam_bicycles/Did you see stuff like this yet?
This is awesome. I wish I could cycle safely here in Brazil Probably what I miss most: just being able to cycle everywhere.
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Netherlands13554 Posts
Cool blog! I guess Pathé Arena has a bit more movies and it shouldn´t be far from where you are by train. Train station is right next to it as well (Amsterdam Bijlmer station).
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On November 05 2013 20:54 Hot_Bid wrote: Apparently its entirely normal to just ride a bike in rain for 20 minutes to get places. I imagine it's going to get really cold.
Just use an umbrella!
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On November 05 2013 20:54 Hot_Bid wrote: I've almost died twice even though the laws are super favorable to bike riders (no helmets tho wtf?)
Wear your helmet, man! Just because everyone else does something stupid (or rather, doesn't do something smart) doesn't mean you have to stoop down to their level of stupidity! If everyone else stopped using seatbelts in the car, or if everyone else started wearing guns down their trousers without the safety on, you wouldn't start doing such a stupid thing yourself, just because everyone else does it, would you? My helmet has saved me several times and even though I wouldn't have needed it like 99,99% of the times I've biked, those few times were the crucial ones. You're far too awesome to get injured (or worse!) for basically the sheer stupidity of not protecting yourself in an adequate manner when you should have known full well how to!
Sorry for ranting in your blog. It's just that wearing a helmet is one of those things that are so easy to do and is so important to have done when an accident occurs. If you're afraid of what random Dutch people you don't know would think about your helmet, instead think of all the people all over the world that feel they have gotten to know you (i.e. your fans on TL) that would rather see you in good health with a helmet than bleeding from the head in a traffic accident.
I hope you write more blogs about your impression of the Netherlands and Europe. I thoroughly enjoyed all the other parts of it!
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Norway28520 Posts
the reason why dutch people don't wear helmets is that they're all biking at a slow, comfortable 15-20 km/h. there are no downhill slopes. falling from a bike in holland is basically like tripping while you're running. it's not like norway where if you fall, it's likely to be due to a crack in the road during some downhill trip going 40km/h resulting in you flying 5 meters.
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Been to long since I've gotten the pleasure of watching a hotbid interview god damit
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Netherlands13554 Posts
Lol at wearing a helmet when on a bycicle. I've never heard of that in Holland unless you go racing or mountainbiking :p
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United States24495 Posts
In Holland to children typically wear helmets? Where I live adults do whatever they want but children must wear them by law.
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Norway28520 Posts
seeing all those pictures of parents biking with their kids without any of them wearing helmets, I'd guess not. I'd also guess that the dutch are reasonable enough to not force their children to do something none of the adults do.
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