Cycling on the international border Netherlands/Germany
[Ep. 1101] A ride on a street that lies in two countries. One side is the Netherlands and the other side is Germany.
More information in this video: https://youtu.be/UEyXHEBApco
and this blog post: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=27450
Right-hooked in the traffic circle less than 0:15 in. Incredible start! And they want to export this rubbish to all of N. America. Now try to imagine that you were cycling at a pace sufficient to get somewhere in a sprawling N. American city, where a typical journey might be 20 km or more … (you'd probably be dead …)
Opvallend dat naarmate je dichter bij de Duitse grens komt, de fietspaden veel minder worden en de auto's nauwelijks voorrang geven. In Duitsland zelf lijken ze overal wel gebarsten door minimaal onderhoud.
Eénmaal bij onze vrienden uit het Oosten, is het simple bagger met heel veel putdeksels, speciaal de extreem smalle rontondes voor fietsers. Die scootmobiel is een typisch voorbeeld als wanneer je op vakantie bent en telkens achter ze vastzit in de bochten terwijl ze je op een recht stuk voorbij racen om een paar kilometer verder weer klem te zitten. Wat je allemaal moet doen voor een braadworst…
If this type of street layout were proposed here in the UK, people would be furious with it, and claim that life would be miserable for those living on the street, and that it would be impossible for them to drive out of their garages or driveways whilst simultaneously being incredibly dangerous for anyone daring to walk or cycle past the garages. It really demonstrates the different mindsets of the two countries.
Funny to see this video! It just crossed while being on youtube. I ride this road every day. In the mornings on the german side, in the evening – after a days job – on the dutch side. I noticed on the german time there is more "Schmutz", the bicycle road on the dutch side is more bumpy (because of the roots of the trees) The road is about 2.2 km long. On the dutch side there has been a big coal mine (Dominiale mijn) and on the german side there was an oval for cycle races. That oval was famous in whole Europe!. It was destructed before the second world was. Well that's what I know about this street!
So good bicycle infrastructure does spread in to Germany as people see how nice the next town over is and want that in their town too. Also am I the only one who thinks its weird to run an international border down a city street?
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I bet there's better bike infrastructure in the Nieuwstraat then in Neustraße 😂
imagine that pressure on the german side to have up to par bicycle infrastructure there.
Aachen is one of the craziest cities regarding borders. I just love it.
Right-hooked in the traffic circle less than 0:15 in. Incredible start! And they want to export this rubbish to all of N. America. Now try to imagine that you were cycling at a pace sufficient to get somewhere in a sprawling N. American city, where a typical journey might be 20 km or more … (you'd probably be dead …)
Those roundabout bike lanes are sketchy
Opvallend dat naarmate je dichter bij de Duitse grens komt, de fietspaden veel minder worden en de auto's nauwelijks voorrang geven. In Duitsland zelf lijken ze overal wel gebarsten door minimaal onderhoud.
Eénmaal bij onze vrienden uit het Oosten, is het simple bagger met heel veel putdeksels, speciaal de extreem smalle rontondes voor fietsers. Die scootmobiel is een typisch voorbeeld als wanneer je op vakantie bent en telkens achter ze vastzit in de bochten terwijl ze je op een recht stuk voorbij racen om een paar kilometer verder weer klem te zitten. Wat je allemaal moet doen voor een braadworst…
If this type of street layout were proposed here in the UK, people would be furious with it, and claim that life would be miserable for those living on the street, and that it would be impossible for them to drive out of their garages or driveways whilst simultaneously being incredibly dangerous for anyone daring to walk or cycle past the garages.
It really demonstrates the different mindsets of the two countries.
Grappig dat de huizen links niet perse Nederlands lijken maar rechts niet perse Duits…
Should have changed your logo for the first half to Bicycle Deutsch
9:25 Very nice of both drivers to block the cycle path…
What an awful place
1:55 Vandaag was ik bij die Mediamarkt voor een nieuwe E-reader. Dat zal zo rond 13 uur zijn geweest.
Funny to see this video! It just crossed while being on youtube. I ride this road every day. In the mornings on the german side, in the evening – after a days job – on the dutch side. I noticed on the german time there is more "Schmutz", the bicycle road on the dutch side is more bumpy (because of the roots of the trees) The road is about 2.2 km long. On the dutch side there has been a big coal mine (Dominiale mijn) and on the german side there was an oval for cycle races. That oval was famous in whole Europe!. It was destructed before the second world was. Well that's what I know about this street!
So good bicycle infrastructure does spread in to Germany as people see how nice the next town over is and want that in their town too.
Also am I the only one who thinks its weird to run an international border down a city street?
Did you jump over the guy at 8:45 🙂
2:15 als je hier naar rechts gaat kom je even voorbij de Rewe in een prachtig natuurgebied, het Wormdal
Berangkat 🚴♂️👍😁
Waanzinnig!! 🚲 Wahnsinnig!!
Too bad about those ugly busy N-roads. The Netherlands also has really nice bike paths.
Funny to see this on youtube. From age 3-18 I lived on the Pricksteenweg 9:32.