▲ | vanderZwan 6 days ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Is this intentional bait for the somewhat notorious "Copenhagen is Great ... but it's not Amsterdam" video by the Not Just Bikes channel? ;) (as a Dutchie living in Malmö: I love Copenhagen, and I'm already happy that it's a million times better than 99% of the rest of the world. Still, it's also true that the Netherlands has a head-start of a few decades on everyone else and that it does show if you look closely) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | leokennis 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In general I try to avoid nationalism - a lot of what one perceives as "my country ABC is the best at XYZ!" is just "I was born in ABC so I am used to XYZ!". But...for the small niche of cycling infrastructure, the top 10 list is The Netherlands in places 1 to 10, then no country in places 11 to 50, and then Denmark in place 51. What is important to consider is that cycling infrastructure is all around great in The Netherlands everywhere. Not just in the center of Amsterdam. Industrial estates, villages in the middle of nowhere, roads through forests, popular attractions or theme parks, islands: everything is reachable by bike, usually with bike lanes that are well maintained and physically separated from the main road, and often with bicycles having right of way on roundabouts etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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▲ | 0xbs0d 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hahah, I would never! :D It definitely shows that the Netherlands had an early start and still an advantage. Kudos on that! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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