[892] The former air base Soesterberg aka USAFE Air Base Camp Amsterdam was closed in 2008. The former runway is now a cycleway. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p...
Wow, what a memory! I was stationed at a U.S. Army installation in Germany, from where, we used to transport by trucks, military cargoes to S. H.A. P. E. in Belgium, then to Soesterberg A.F. Base, in the Netherlands and then to return back to Germany on the third day of the trip. While staying overnight at Soesterberg A.F. Base on the second day of the trip, we used to go to a nightclub in the town of "Zeist," for a quick relaxation. I still remember meeting there one night, a beautiful lady from Somalia with whom I had a great time, dancing, talking etc, at the club. Unfortunately, we had to say "good bye" to each other that night, since I had to depart back to Germany on the third leg of the trip, early in the morning. Even though, I went back to that same club many other times during our usual stay at the Air Force Base; unfortunately, I had never seen her again.
Right in my backyard. When the American F15s of the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron used their afterburners, they were pointed right at my house. It's only fair that I can now claim their former territory...
I went to the American school here every day from Monday-Friday when I was 9-12 years old. We had baseball fields right next to the runway where we’d get to see amazing planes take off and land during little league practice.
The military often has the best spots in the Netherlands when it comes to virtually undisturbed nature. Beautiful heather fields blooming in the summer and lots of roe deer! Funny detail: the larger military barracks and air bases also have seperated cycleways!
But we don't stand a change against their secret intelligence. I've seen multiple maps made by the Soviets of western European cities and they knew things that even average citizens of those cities didn't know about.
Templehofer Feld in Berlin is also useful for some everyday journeys, but doesn't have any entrances on the south side, and shuts after dark, similar to this I expect.
a few years ago i visited a part if it and now was happy to found this detailed very goog filmed information. Before the journey i don't knew the town nearby was spoken süsz
@@liessas has always been my solution. Take the car roads away for cycling and segregate motoring onto narrow meandering lanes that often don't go anywhere or are direct.
When Bogota, Paris, Jakarta have car free days the roads are seething with thousands of people on a width not much different to this, in Jakarta it is about 10 lanes wide with each direction cycling approimately 18-20m wide
Although a very different type of venue, this reminded me a bit of Montreal's use of their F1 track when there is no race going on. It makes a great venue for recreational cycling. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1HKv927xeFs.html
I guess I wouldn't want to bike on that runway in the summer anyway even if it was not closed. Wide black asphalt, no shadows at all - must be really hot on a sunny day.
It is the Netherlands, summers aren't that hot. It is less hot than in a city since there can be a lot of wind. Most people take the short route and are only exposed to the asphalt and sun for 500 meters or so. The longer route is not that long either. I believe the asphalt is still largely there in case of emergency.
