The silence & peace of mind is something most ppl from cities across North American won’t understand

I love being out on my bike. I live in London and have a sit-up bike and don't wear a helmet. I use the canal-paths, parks and back streets as my routes to get from place to place. These things make all the difference, because cycling becomes something very enjoyable rather than a 'marathon event' (with the Lycra, helmets, low handle bars, speed etc). London has finally begun to make some cycle-ways, but it is still in its infancy. A radical shift in thinking, putting the cyclist first, is going to be required in the face of the powerful car culture here in Britain.

"so what you see here is children go to school on their own" Here in Canada, if children are going to school on their own like that, the ministry of children and families (The Canadian government sanctioned child kidnapping organisation) would be immediately contacted by the child's school because it is considered as neglect / irresponsible / dangerous. when i was a kid I would to travel all over the city, i would walk or bike for miles and miles away from home, i knew many kids that did the same, now a person can have their child taken from them if they give their kid that kind freedom, its ridiculous

I live in st louis and my work is 1 mile from my home. So I bike to work. They recently created a separate bike lane and it's a one way lane. So I use that to go to work but there is no bike lane for coming back home. 🤣 I don't know what they were thinking

@6:10 Dog: "This is nice, the water just flows right into my mouth when Im thirsty.." lol

It's beyond me why local authorities in UK keep wondering: ermm what can we do to make more people cycle. Just bloody copy and paste from the Dutch!

Nijmegen is my hometown and this little documentary warms my heart :) please come and visit this city to escape the tourism in Amsterdam and chill with the locals!

I love how the Dutch are fighting toxic car culture

I wish more cities around the world will be like this, this is how we should be.

Hopefully, my country (Germany) will follow the Dutch example and make the bicycle an integral part of everyday life. Ironically, I grew up in a town (in the former GDR) that was very bicycle-centric, albeit that was mainly because few people in East Germany had access to cars (they were expensive, and supply did not even begin to meet demand). Every morning and afternoon, the streets would be filled with thousands of people riding their bicycles to work / back home.

It's a city where being 'First' isn't that important anymore. We share the time, the roads, priority. Giving another priority is being polite. Priority loses a lot of it's meaning when being 'first' doesn't count anymore. When you need to be 'on time', don't use speed, just depart a little sooner.

I feel so fortunate to live in a bike friendly city in the US. Things are improving but still the 'share the road' situation that exists many places is not safe. We need dedicated bike/walk trails and barriers/physical separation from cars to be truly safe.

What a beautiful city

I wish our Australian Governments would wake-up and realize that one of the big answers to cutting pollution is , "Riding Bikes"!

Wow what a well thought out plan for bicycling!

Teringat pada tahun 70an-80an saat masih sekolah SD-SMA ke sekolah naik sepeda, jalan jalan naik sepeda, bermain naik sepeda, sekarang jalanan di Indonesia baik di desa di kota dikuasai oleh sepeda motor.

My boyfriend is from Nijmegen ♡♡♡ i cant wait to visit him n this beautiful city ♡

Well done! This one will be another Streetfilms classic.

Ah, I love Nijmegen! I lived there when I was doing my doctoral research and did everything by bicycle. It was nice to see a few Brompton Bicycles in the documentary. I would ride my Brompton to the station, fold my bike, go to other cities by train, and then ride at the other end of the train journey. Just perfect!

I bought an Electra Townie 7D bicycle in March 2022 as an alternative means of transportation. I don't always use the electric assist function, but I am glad it is there when I want it. My alternate is now my main. I only drive my truck if my wife and I have to go somewhere together or if the weather is not favorable. I also lost 36 pounds in four months.

Well done Clarence - you really captured the vibe (and the amazement of the visitors from less enlightened parts of the world :-). People are already posting this in discussions about modal shift (which is is how I got here).

Where I live in NC, cyclists on roads get squeezed off, yelled at, spat on and occasionally shot at. Attempts to create bike lanes are resisted by county commissioners despite studies that show benefits to the community. We are known as one of the top mountain bike destinations in the country and so cycling tourism is the future of our economy. How do we overcome the resistance to change?

Wow! This is a place to live!

There are no pollution & afaird to cycling for children on the road . I like it so much👍

In fact Nijmegen is not considered to be a small city in the Netherlands, neither is Arnhem. Even Amsterdam is only three times the size. And that's what makes the Netherlands so unique. City centers at short distance from each other, 20 km, which is an hour cycling. And many Dutch live in these mid-sized cities. And there are many of them, well connected by train. Maybe a nice subject for a study/video, high population density, but no 'big' cities of over 700,000. 17.5 million people spread out over a small country.

Brilliant film! Terrific bicycling /walking town! Vibrant, flourishing towns and cities cater to pedestrians and cyclists. Of course, these places must also teem with memorable, enchanting architecture and amenities. The Dutch have adeptly created mesmerising town centres. I would, however, like to see light rail in many of the secondary cities as the French have done. (Ik ben Nederlander!)

Just lovely.

Im moving to nijmegen and thinking about buying a awd sports car from the 90s....then i see this clip...

I watch this as I work on a proposal for our department to remove on street parking on a side street where there is already two public parking garages, and many more private garages...yet I know it will be rejected due to "economic hardship" it would cause the businesses. When will we (Americans) just bite the bullet and get over our obsession with cars, driving them downtown, and needing a free parking space 20' from our destination?

6:10 one lucky dog

This is what we should all be moving towards!! It's so much more logical and practical at the same time. It's better for out health, our world, and even our mental sanity. Finally, it's just fun!!

Here in my city, the pedestrian area keeps expanding because the shop owners demand it. One street had bus lines until last year, which has finally been rerouted. You may still cycle there, but I wouldn't recommend it on a saturday: There are now masses of pedestrians, where only six month ago, everybody has to make way for a bus every 10 minute (no, even they didn't dare it on saturdays - and on weekdays it was always late). And now? The next street calls "we don't want the cars here any more".

Terrific...…. I am planning to visit soon...….

Can’t wait to study abroad there!

As someone that's been to Njimengen, it is a far cry from Utrecht or downtown Amsterdam. So much of the city is dominated by cars that despite there being a decent amount of safe cycling lanes, it's almost impossible to escape the horrible noise from cars and constant having to cross wider roads than other cities have.

I like the music in this documentary.

6:10 that cute dog in the ditch.

Nearest shop to me is about a mile. Uphill on the way back .Nearest supermarket is 2 miles each way. Nearest bus stop is 1/2 mile

We do need this in the uk

this is what we all need more of here in the USA more bikes less car's maybe some day it will happen more bike trails and bike paths to peddle on wake up USA state making more bike Paths to ride on

Way to go!

No one stinking SUV in sight,love it

~Marvellous...!

The woman is not right: you are not presumed guilty as a car driver in an accident, but you are responsible for the damage without any need for the cyclist or pedestrian to prove anything. Cyclists and pedestrians are considered weak road users without any drivers license or insurance and therefore are protected by law. The driver of a motorized vehicle can still hold a pedestrian or cyclist responsible, but does have to prove that. So it is not a matter of guilt, it is a matter of who is going to pay for the damage.

That looks so fantastic! Electric bikes could now enable hilly cities to do the same.

They should do this downtown chicago i swear

Great City ❤

Awesome Awesome Awesome Awesome

I will be in nijmegen starting July. The first thing I want to buy is a cycle with a seat for my 3yrs old.

There’s even a cycling roundabout in Arnhem! U can’t get it more dutch

Now I really want to move to Nijmegen …

We need this in Miami, Florida. Our drivers are dumb and we're ranked the worst city to bike!

it saves lives.

did somebody mention that all those busses in this docu run on natural gas ? silent and no diesel fumes ;) one more thing ,,,,, just look at the shapes of those people and then look at the shapes of lets say the car loving amerikans

I think that country should be given huge bonuses from the E.U!

How to trigger people from Maastricht: say that Nijmegen is the oldest city.

8:02 que surpresa legal ver a Renata Falzoni!! :D

Looks like heaven on Earth...Nice and calm...

Bicycles make life and cities better for people and the planet. No emissions transportation.

I live in Arnhem and the cycling infrastrure is just like Every dutch City there but there’s lost more greenspace

6:01 yay to soundscape sanity, reducing noise pollution! Somewhat surprised that they seem to have a heck of a lot of hard (sound-reflecting) surfaces (pavement, brick/cobblestone) and not a whole lot of softer - and greener, natural - areas. IMHO more greenery/nature would be more appealing.

Because we don’t do that in a residential area. I love it.

What do they do when it's raining hard or during winter? The midwest USA is brutal in the winter and very few can tolerate cycling in that.

Very interesting, but still less than 10K views...

5:33 The guy is like "DAYUM!"

In Zagreb you have people driving car 100m from house to buy cigarettes

This is how Beijing, China was in 1980’s. Everyone had bicycles. Now all vehicles.

I can't believe they got hank green in the video

Good content - technical note on the video: you are discussing silence, peace of mind, pleasant background noises and lack of traffic hum for an extended portion of the video. That portion of the video (like the rest) is fully covered by distracting background music - misses the point a bit? Meaning, why not make it possible to hear the original sound track of the place to make the point?

8:05 - You are not presumed guilty as motorized vehicle driver. Nobody is presumed guilty, that would be tyranny. There is a hierarchy of responsibility dependant on the size of the vehicles involved.

Nijmegen de oudste stad? Weet je dat zeker? Maastricht, Heerlen, Voorburg?

1:41 where is that location in Nijmegen?

i am the only one that bicycle commutes in my town in Alabama no bike lanes no crosswalks very few sidewalks and people stare and look at me like is he crazy they need to wake up and stop wasting money on cars since gas is about $4.00 a gallon now plus its faster lots more fun than sitting in gridlock

Streetfilms would you consider coming to Poland ?

1:26 Arnhem, bij het 'gaybrapad'/oude bioscoop/hotel rembrandt.

netherlands is paradise.. agreed

Trabant at 2.32 :-)

I find i very funny that always when people show these kinds of movies about cycling the weather is very nice. As if there is no such thing as autumn or winter. These are the seasons where due to the rain, wind and low temps cycling can quickly become a nightmare. 😁😁

Indian cities need this type of thinking.

What about those who can't ride a bike due to hip fusions, etc?

Notice the electric busses running on electric lines suspended over them; thats no more diesel fumes in yor city!

When it will be possible in india

Where Eddy van Halen was born lol

Philadelphian here: I want to move to Nijmegen!!!

Please help us in the Philippines!

big amount of $ saved not being obligated to purchase a car

Show us a video of a stormy day or heavy rain and snow. See if they are still smiling.

Yep......that's how we roll !!

WHY is it that ALL the bloody RAIN in Holland falls just ON ME in Emsterdem ???????

This is something I wish we had here in Phoenix, Arizona, but I don't think it will happen because of our very hot and dry summers where the temperature gets over 100 degrees Fahrenheit on a regular basis.

The Netherlands have evolved to use their surface effective. Canada and the USA who have evolved on the principle of unlimited space could in the past afford this, but with growing population pressure and pressure on the environment much can be gained from looking to countries already dealing with this for longer. This is not a matter of how great the Netherlands are, because the Netherlands has its own problems, but more a matter of the difficulty of political progressive thinking. Unfortunately history has learned that democracies typically are quite primitive in their capability to think progressively. The masses tend to respond to simple short term personal interests. This is why democracies must be weary of populists all the time, this is why education and empowerment is important, this is why social respect is important, it's also why i'm what you would call left or even communistic. I'm a democrat in the sense that i think problems should be solved democratically, but at the same time i don't have the typical unwaivering confidence that our democracies are as they should be, constitutions and fundaments lack, everywhere, humanity isn't where it should be yet. Especially religion and unbridled capitalism, and accompanied ignorance, naivity, and cynicism remain grave threaths to the very survival of humanity. The difficulty with gaining positive changes for a democracy can be compared to gaining positive features in evolution. For instance wings could be very handy for is, but unless we achieve a revolutionary unnatural advance in (bio)technology, evolution simply decided we have to do without wings. The same consideration can be made about canada or the USA about their infrastructure. Evolution de cided otherwise and creating political will for something not to clear and simple, especially if people think about money and stuff all the time, is close to impossible. Here also is a revolutionar advance needed: constitutional change towards a fundation more advanced then the current one, but this is literally still science fiction. Regarding dutch infrastructure and enviromental policies it should be understood this is not just about 1 or 2 things like sefety amd livability, just like natural selection isn't about 1 or 2 things, it's about every issue accompanying population pressure, like for instance climate change etc. Wars have to be fought, revolutions to take place, before some powerstughle will set up a more advanced structure, and such a structure might well be a dictatorship, nature doesn't require advanced things to be morally acceptable, or conflict may lead to human extinction or degradation. The future will tell.

The law of presumed guilty is a sick law

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In deutschland würde der gammel mercedes durch die fahrradstraße brettern und jeden fahrradfahrer anhupen oder eng vorbei fahren nur um 100meter später mitten auf der fahrradstraße zu parken. Die polizei würde ihm den daumen nach oben zeigen weil die fahrradfahrer ja drumherum fahren können

Isn't this the same area that does hydrogen and are causing aftershocks because of pumping water into fishers to create hydrogen?

Anyone ask how long the average distance the average dutch person travels on his bike? I think you will understand countries pl like in America, distances are far greater. Traveling 9miles to a major mall which is about 23km. that is major trip in Holland, where as in Holland you might have gone through 3 towns already....The only biking is good for in the states is that if you live in the town it itself. Note all these people you see don't necessarily live in Nymegen but live in the suburbs which is soooo close near by....

I still don’t get used to busses being allowed to pass through in the shopping streets, Arnhem is better.

5:26 Waberer :)

Let the pro-motoring backlash begin!!! Pedestrians should come first in the city centre though while allowing reasonable car access along with good rail connections.

I Speak BICI !!!