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0:00 Commuting with the Dutch
0:32Nijmegen to Arnhem
0:44 Rijnwaalpad
1:09 Spoorbrug Nijmegen
1:41 Snelbinder Bicycle Bridge
3:05 Fast Cycle Route
4:35 Is it convenient?
4:57 Speed-pedelec
5:35 Arnhem South
6:09 Arnhem
6:27 A bridge too far
6:45 Operation Market Garden
8:05 Arnhem city center
8:44 Oosterbeek
9:24 Airborne Museum at Hartenstein
10:56 Hoge Veluwe
14:58 Kröller-Müller Museum
15:59 Riding uphill in the rain
16:35 Don’t be nice, be predictable
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I have another channel @thebikelaneproject where I post 'raw' footage from these trips. Including footage that doesn't make the cut in these videos. https://youtube.com/@thebikelaneproject?si=glaBJDDgiwoR94OY
Hello Nic, i really love your content. If you like war Museum's and bicycle paths you really missed out on something in Brabant; War museum Overloon, its not only an incredible war museum, just like the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek but it also has an bicycle path running through a part of the museum! You can literally cycle above ww2 tanks and vehicle's. Just wanted to give you an heads-up for this place. Keep up the good work!
Did the hotel storage have places to charge your e-bike and are there other places along the back path that allow you to charge?
The section of the F325 in Arnhem Zuid that was closed will reopen on August 18 😁
Google maps is not very cyclist friendly, it's bad at distinguishing between roads for cars and for cyclists, making you take unnecessary detours or directing you onto roads that are not intended for cyclists. I often use the Fietsersbond Routeplanner (https://en.routeplanner.fietsersbond.nl) which though not infallible is at least more sensible in its route planning and has lots of planning options, from most practical direct route to shortest to recreational suggestions or via the knooppuntennetwerk. I'm sure others exist.
If this was recorded in July / August, then it would have been quit due to the summer holidays.
Always love to see a fresh perspective on what i'm so used to. It really is quite stunning, but easy to forget when you're just used to it being there.
10 am? Every one is at work, or in school already.
I live in Velp, to the east of Arnhem, and currently go to school in Nijmegen. I usually take the train. From Velp to Nijmegen Centraal it is only about 30 minutes. From my front door to the start of class it is 1 hour and 15 minutes. Taking the bike which mainly goes over the Rijn-Waalpad it is about 1 hour and 30 minutes for me. I've done it a few times when the trains weren't riding or when I had to come in late.
But I can confirm that that route is usually much more busy during peak hours.
Also, I used to go school in Oosterbeek. In fact, you must have ridden past my old school off camera (and another school I went to). That school in Oosterbeek took me to the war museum when I was like 14 years old, and I remember being slightly in a panicked state and wanting to go through the basement as fast as possible whilst not looking scared to my schoolmates. When I returned when I was a bit older, I wasn't panicked anymore and I was able to try and imagine myself there. Which I believe everyone should do on the regular in order to be thankful for all that we have.
But the thing that I still lay awake from to this day is the hall on the way out of the basement.
Every step is a dagger in the heart.
I greatly recommend anybody reading this to visit if you can. I won't say what the hall has as I believe words can not do justice to those simple lines. You have to see it for yourself.
Anyways, these videos are of great quality and I love watching this series. Can't wait for the next episode!
If you are still in the area, really concider renting a mountainbike and doing some recreational riding. Both Nijmegen and Arnhem have some really nice and doable mtb tralies in the Hills trough the forests!
I commuted along the F325 from Nijmegen to Elst. In the morning you would see a lot of other commuters heading towards Arnhem and students cycling towards Nijmegen. I took a slightly different route though. From where I live it is easier to get to the Waalbrug, then follow the Turennesingel and cut across to Woerdsestraat, and only there catch the F325. There were also other commuters along this route, so I wasn't the only one doing this.
Excellent episode..! & since you seem to appreciate our history & ancient landscapes; once in Drenthe you definitely need to find a Hunebed.., those are older than Stonehenge..
Hope the weather gets better, but not too hot..
Fun fact about Arnhem. The current historic city center of city of Arnhem, that is what was left after 1944-1945 after the bombings and the fighting at the river side. So about HALF of the historic city center was destroyed. What you walked in the historic city center, is what was left of it. the area at the river bank, about 250 meters strip of land at the river and inward was destroyed.
You'd probably enjoy biking around Friesland too! Specificially around Appelscha, Bakkeveen and such. Great nature, nice bike infrastructure and there's museums around or old monuments which you seem interested in! Another place in Friesland is Heerenveen & Oranjewoud. I can imagine it's not up to par with Hoge Veluwe, but perhaps something to consider?
Was also wondering if you owned one of those museum passes, as you seem intrigued by them. If you do not, perhaps something to look into. Could save you money in the long run!
So I'm going to be pedantic, if you had one breakfast item, it was a Panino. If you had two, they were Panini.
There is another bike highway from Arnhem that goes through Westervoort and Duiven and ending in Zevenaar, quite similar to this one and featuring the same lights along the way.
Hey Nic, I was wondering if you listen to Sabaton since you seem to be really into history
If you live in Vancouver you should visit Coevorden the town that gave Vancouver its name
It's Ooster-bayck, not Ooster-beck
During traffic lessons at my primary school you are taught: wees een heer maar niet in het verkeer. Translated be a gentleman, but not in traffic.
17:15 concur. intersections of cars, peds, bikes is not the place to express your individuality or how well you were raised by your parents. it's the time to be 100% consistent with what EVERYONE else is doing. no variation. that's how everyone gets safety. i think this may be worth it's own video. why are many dutch, or even most european drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians so predictable? was it always this way (interview older dutch people or europeans)? why are canadians and americans not? why do american drivers guffaw or think you uncouth or unkind if you don't stop and smile or wave if they allow you to cross a street at a zebra? why is it the law in most american jurisdictions that pedestrians have right of way at most intersections of streets unless signed otherwise and most drivers interpret it differently? why are drivers so rarely prosecuted under the law in the usa unless inebriated even if violating the law when the victim is a ped or cyclist, leaving it to civil courts to attempt to "make them whole"? in similar vein, why is there rarely any licensure consequence for drivers injuring peds or cyclists in accidents in the usa but by default % fault is assigned to drivers outside usa?
rush hour isnt past 10am.. if you want to see the most cyclists you should be there between 7-9 am. You will see a lot of adults going to work and lots of students from ages ~12 and up going to schools in the citys coming from neigbouring smaller towns like Lent, Elst and Bemmel.
I used the route a lot with my scooter. It isn't as busy around Arnhem as around Nijmegen but definetly more used on different hours, weather and days.
love this video.
That’s my highway!
I;m dutch, but sooooo glad that the algorithm overlords suggested this channel, learning about the country I've live in for over 40 years 🙂
It’s not only about time, it’s also about experience, joy, sports, etc…
And if you don’t have a drivers license or money for the train…
1 hour is nothing:)
hahahahahaha Accurate, its in their DNA, i dont blame them, but they will steal your bike too if you'd let them 😛 (little bit of a dark war joke)
The Oosterschelde is the biggest National Park of the Netherlands. The Hoge Veluwe is the biggest on land.
Never been to the national park. It looks beautiful! However, it is a tiny part of the region called “De Veluwe”. Which is one big natural place with forest, fields, sand dunes etc. You can spend weeks cycling around to discover beautiful places and even run into wolves. Not everyone is happy about that last fact.
Snelbinder is the cort on the back bike rack. So it's bike related.
I'm so glad you visited the Airborne museum, it's such an amazing museum, I found myself very emotional after going myself.
I live verhy close i live in doesburg
17:20 Here's a tip for foreigners cycling in the Netherlands: DON'T use Google maps. Google doesn't have a clue about good bicycle routes and tends to send you alongside car routes. I would advise the knooppunt (node) system.
operation market garden is an absolute testament to what they were willing to sacrifice to end the suffering of war. I'm grateful that you bring it to light, as it's as important as ever to remind ourselves that victory never comes without big failures, and however hard it is to swallow, it is necessary to still always try.
Lost of love once again❤ Great video!
I’m going to start a new youtube channel. NotJustHelicopters