Checking out some epic bicycle parking in the Netherlands, this time at Groningen Station.
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That's such a beautiful station! ~ ‘Er gaat niets boven Groningen!’
1:12 &. 2:22. I love that they built it round that tree. I always wish it a long healthy life when i pass it!
4:58. I think Dutchies are quite used to foreigners walking around there with cameras, open mouthed 😉
I wouldnt worry – you look quite innocent!
The biggest bike-parking is in Utrecht with 12.500 bikes.
You forgot to show the south bike parking facility, which you can enter via the east side of the platforms 😢
Good thing to mention is most people bring their old or cheap bike to the station and park it there, not their regular bike or e-bike because of the higher chance of it getting stolen. Thats why all the bikes look old.
Cool video, I live in Groningen, parked my bike there a lot. On Saturday and Sunday this bike parking is always full. Nice bike lane through it by the way. Also did some filming there. FYI the bike parking is going to be torn down in future as far as I know. It will be replaced with anbig parking facility behind the railway station (To the south)
One of the biggest car parking in the world is in UK😂
9:10: they know how long the bikes have been there because they tag them with ribbons. Even in the shot you see several bikes with a red ribbon sticker around the the rear fender and wheel. Some of them have white, blue. yellow as well.
Why is it insane????It would be insane if there was no parking for all the bikes!!!
Always surprised as a Dutch, i find these places Sooo Ugly, also streets filled with parked bikes, and foreign people loves it 😕
Count the bikes, and then try to imagine all these bikes were cars…
They’re building a new bicycle parking facility for another 5,000 bicycles under the station right now.
You call this insane? Well you ain't seen nothing yet as long as you haven't been in Utrecht and have seen the bicycle parking at the Central Station over there. The largest one in the world for 12500 bikes on 3 levels underground and they even have a few more for over 3000.
You can see the crane move above the trainstation, they are building a new part with a big extra bicycle parking for 5000 bicycles. Probably not enough. There will be more places to park bicycles in other areas, 17500 in total.
It is not insane it is quite sensible, the station hall is also quite magnificent. Groningen has the highest level of bicycle theft in the Netherlands by far.
Many Dutch commuters have 2 bikes, one to take from home to the station, and a second at their destination from the station to their work, so many of these bikes parkings are also quite full at the weekend.