In this video, I take you on a POV cycling tour through a small Dutch town in Gelderland. As an American in the Netherlands, I find it fascinating how you can still rely on cycling, public transport, etc. in these quaint little towns. If you’re into cycling, urban planning, or travel, then this video is for you.
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The small bike lane with the 2 barriers is to slow down ppl on mopeds, you're allowed to bike there for sure.
Hey! You re close to paleis het Loo!
Very good video to show the beauty of the rural areas in NL! Thanks
In build up areas, with 30 km/h speed limit, no separate bike lanes are needed. Everyone goes slow.
At higher speed limits it depends on traffic intensity, if there are many cars, bike paths are advised.
The area you thought you couldn't cycle, is a woonerf. There the speed limit is 15 km/h and all use the same space, cars, bicycles, pedestrians and playing kids. Cars may only park on designated spots but can load and unload in front of a house for short. Nice video! Well done!
This is a really nice video, Jordan Green. I am glad to see that it’s performing really well in the YouTube algorithm. Keep it up!👏👍
Vaaaah-s'n not wassen 🙂 Close to where I live, I live across the river. v is to f what z is to s, in dutch, totally not a W.. Vaasen, Wolf country 🙂
Hi Jordan, great video and nice to see that you discovered the real Netherlands where people live a much better life than the ones in the filthy crowded cities (my opinion).
A few remarks:
– What you called a ‘suggested bike lane’ is in fact a 60 km/h road. The dotted lines left and right indicate that it is a mixed traffic road with a maximum speed of 60 km/h. Within built-up areas the standard maximum speed is 50 km/h but many towns have a growing number of 30km/h zones, as you noticed.
– When you entered at 7:40 a residential area with several types of pavement and even flower boxes or planters on the road, you entered a ‘woonerf’. There the pedestrians have the right of way and the maximum speed is 15 km/h in that area, also for bikers. You can recognize these areas by their lay-out and deviant pavements. And sometimes there are special traffic signs with pictures of a house, a small car, a big walking figure and a playing child. You left the ‘woonerf’ at 8:20.
– At 8:40 the oncoming car should have stopped for you as you had the right of way. On his side of the road were obstacles (parked cars) which forced him to give you the right of way. Next time you better bike in the middle of the road and force him to stop and make space for you. He knows it, but when you behave too defensive, many cheeky motorists cut the line.
Thank you for taking us on a bike tour and seeing a bit more of the Netherlands.
I noticed two things that made this tour amazing to see: no potholes in the roads and no overhead wires that usually make our cities look so awful.
Those streets in a neighbourhood are called. "Woonerf".. Look it up in Wikipwedia 🙂
The striped areas on roads you called suggested bike lanes are actually not, they’re meant to make the street appear narrower than they are, and thereby signal a slower speed limit. When they are on 30 km/h roads it’s usually shared space, sometimes when they’re on 60 km/h there are separated bike lanes, but sometimes it’s still a shared space. This is because older roads can’t all be redesigned to current standards at once, and it might be unnecessary if the traffic volume is low enough.
By the way: bikes don’t always have right of way at all. They are just legitimate road users who have to follow the traffic rules just the same as cars or horses, instead of pariahs as they seem in the anglosphere.
There is a preference to make cycling faster and more convenient than driving so in or between bigger cities the dedicated bike lanes will often have priority, as little traffic lights as possible and better, cheaper parking spaces than cars.
And there is a law that makes the bigger vehicles like cars responsible for the safety of the more vulnerable party in collisions etc.
But cyclists still have to yield when a vehicle or mobility scooter comes from the right for instance. In the end, it’s a dance of anticipation of each other hopefully predictable behaviour and everyone giving other roads users grace when it helps the flow and safety of everyone.
Wassen looks gorgeous in the early spring sunshine and perfectly safe as well :-)!
"Scootmobiel" the thing the eldely/ disabled often use.
Bike lanes you will find along the main road from Vaassen to Heerrde and Epe..
No, do not drive in the gutter, you will tumble over.. 🙂 And MIND the white triangles painted on the street, the shark teeth..
Make sure you have some spare space to the right of you, take your place on the road, not to close to the gutter.. so if a car with a bad driver gets too close, you can go to the right.. without falling or hitting the edge of the sidewalk etc..
8:13 You are on a "Woonerf" in the left top corner you see a sign end of woonerf
You are perfectly allowed to bike in that area between the houses. Those signs and constructions are to prevent cars from entering there.
Maybe I am looking at it crooked but is your handlebar crooked?
Please go back to the US.
Not only you but all foreigners. I like quiet places, don't make them come here.
Cool perspective. 😊
Nice Gazelle Bike, The cream of the top of dutch bikes.
would love to live in a place like that totally different from usa
Giving directions at 6:34 even though there's no traffic deserves a thumb up!
PS: "If i missed a bycicle path, point it out in the comments." 15:33 The moment you said that, you just passed a bycicle path to the right of you.
I haven't been on a bike for 10 years for medical reasons. I'm much better now and videos like this by 'new cyclist's makes me want to buy a bike again and see if what people tell is true. That you never forget how to ride a bike. I miss it so much! But I'm 65 now and a bit scared of e-bikes. Not the young ones on fatbikes, but my peers who pretend to be Joop Zoetemelk.
Post a video showing the houses. The town looks a little a similar the towns where live in Connecticut (except for the brick roads)
Thanks
Happy you did a video while cycling with your camera on your chest! Thanks!
It is a nice video you made about cycling in the Netherlands. But to help you understand a couple basic rules for were you can find what type of street. Whithin any municipality where you can drive 50km/h you will find the seperate bycicle lanes, at the 30km/h area's you won't find the dedicated bicycle parts. outside what we call bebouwde kom (city limits) you will find those marked bicycle lanes. And if the car speed goes above 50km/h, the bicycle lanes are away from the streets.
On roads where cars and bikes share the road, bikes don't have right of way over cars, they are equal road users. But IF there is an accident between a car and a bike then the car is liable unless they can prove otherwise.
Is the town called Vaassen?