Nijmegen was one of the 5 finalists in the competition to become Cycling City of the Netherlands in 2016. Nijmegen won the competition! More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.w....
That is why I love this channel. Watching people cycling and infrastructure from the Netherlands is so relaxing and seems a such cool activity. In many others European countries, cycling makes you constantly attentive and fearing about cars.
Eine Wunderschöne Stadt. Dazu ein tolles Radwegesystem, Parkhäuser und Parkplätze für Fahrräder. So etwas würde es in Deutschland niemals geben. Das Auto ist dem Deutschen sein ein und alles.
Nijmegen is indeed a wonderful city for cycling, as is the countryside around it, especially east along the Waal and south to Berg en Dal. And Nijmegen is also home to the Velorama National Bicycle Museum!
+Luigi Medeiros Pereira Mwa. We calll them hills. But that's all relative. Compared to the usual flatness you may say that those bumps can be called sort of hills. They're not that high though. Most of the times no more than tens of metres. Some of them of the climbs are short but quite steep actually. The street where you see the woman push her bike at 0:28 is called Stikke Hezelstraat. "Stik" is Nimwegian dialect for "steep". The Steep Hezelstreet. (And oh yes: I live in NIjmegen :) )
The surroundings of Nijmegen is one of the most populair places to bike. The holleweg in Nijmegen east is the steapest hill of the country. In Limburg you have the most hills and the highest is the vaalsberg. It is 333 meter. You have a route from Nijmegen to Berg en Dal over the kleberbahn to Groesbeek and to Germany over hills in the middle of the forrest.
Hoewel de fietspaden bij het station en de universiteit inderdaad goed zijn, zijn heel veel fietspaden nog steeds superslecht. Diagonaal oversteken is bij veel kruispunten vrijwel onmogelijk en sommige stoplichten zijn zeer overbodig, waardoor iedereen door rood rijdt. Ik vind niet dat Nijmegen de prijs verdiend, er moet eerst nog veel meer gebeuren. De stad moet zich echt gaan richten op de fietsers in plaats van de auto's.
Dutch still is (almost) everyone's first language and the language people commonly speak. However, once you start speaking English to someone, they are very likely to be able to transition to English without problems. The language shouldn't be something to hold you back from traveling to The Netherlands. And as someone living in this city I'd highly recommend it for a visit. We have wonderful walking tours throughout the inner city, which is full of interesting historical facts (Nijmegen is the oldest city in The Netherlands, founded by the romans as Noviomagnus). Not sure what interests you have, but if you need recommendations, just ask. Hopefully I can help in any way.
I'm considering studying abroad either here or Arnhem.. Which one should I choose and why? I would prefer a place that has a higher concentration of students and activities.
Abi Garner You should definitely choose Nijmegen! The city has a higher concentration of students because of Radboud University and Hogeschool of Arnhem en Nijmegen, while Arnhem only has the latter. Furthermore, Nijmegen has way more activities, associations, parties, clubs and pubs to enjoy as a student. You’re more than welcome!
No doubt Nijmegen. If you are a student, and you love the typical student life, Nijmegen is the one. More than 200 (!!) cafés, pubs and restaurants. Go for Nijmegen !!!
How can you not forget where you parked your bike, that's crazy! Obviously it must work but that just boggles my mind. I reckon in the 1st week there as a tourist I would need to tie a huge bright fluorescent pink weather balloon to the frame, and hope in hell no-one pops it.
Philip Taramai it's easy you know in holland everybody has a bike and rides it almost everyday ( most people ride their bikes to work or school ) so you know your bike pretty well
1:28 Then why show imagery from the part of town that largely survived the American bombardment and the remaining part of the war ;). While visiting Nijmegen, it's the trick to focus on areas that survived both the war and urban renewal plans (Lange Hezelstraat and couple of surrounding alleyways, area north of the Grote Markt, buildings around the Lage Markt) and connect those areas with some individual historical buildings in the Kronenburgerpark/Valkhofpark and e.g. the Besiendershuis.
@@BicycleDutch I wrote an elaborate response twice (three days ago), but RU-vid seemingly deleted both of them, so I am going to try it a third time, but will keep it a lot shorter, without putting too much effort into it. -The picture you showed is the city hall, but your statement about restoration included a video of the northern half of the Grote Markt, which was not hit by the bombardments nor by later fighting -Aside of the city hall and highly damaged parts of the Saint Stephen's Church, ruins similar to the picture you showed me were entirely removed. They actually demolished more medieval houses and monuments in the 1950s/60s
Yes, you can take your bike on the train, but... 1. Only outside the rush hours. 2. You may have to skip a train, especially for the more desired destinations in the summertime, due to limited space availability. 3. There is a fixed price to take your bike on the train. Meaning, taking your bike to the next station is as expensive as taking it to the other side of the country. 4, I am not sure but I think large bikes such as cargo bikes are not accepted. They can be shipped by train but as postage, not as luggage. Having said all this. You can rent a bike just about anywhere in The Netherlands (in or near the major railway stations). And commuters don't take their bike in the train. They cycle on their own bike to their railway station. Then take the train. And then take an OV-fiets from the destination railway station to their work (and reverse this procedure in the evening). An OV-fiets is a railway bicycle you can rent at the railway station (google it). Some, very few, people ride on folding bikes. Folding bikes are allowed as carry on luggage in the train (tram, metro or bus) with no extra charge. Though this is not always appreciated in the crowded trains during the rush hours. Hence, the rarity of using folding bikes.
I live in the United States. The first thing I noticed is that absolutely nobody is wearing a helmet. The second thing I noticed is that most of the bicycles have a very large rear reflector. In the United States the reflectors are very small by comparison.
+David Branscome Helmets aren't necessary. In 2014, only 185 cyclists died in a traffic accident. I'm not sure how they died of course, but I don't think a helmet would have made much of a difference. Separating bicycles and motor vehicles is what creates the safest environment. So if you can avoid the accident as a whole, there's no need for helmets. The reflectors are so large because most of them also have the rear light build into them. Most back lights have a universal width that fits on all city bikes and that's the width of the rear pannier.
+David Branscome Helmets are silly pieces of plastic that ruin your hair and give a false sense of safety. The only one that gets better from it are the factory's that produce them, and the insurance companies !! And that is the big difference between USA and the Netherlands, the US is controlled by insurance companies and big factory's. Over here we have a thing called "common sense" : just don't do stupid things on a bike !! don't try to ride from a rooftop into a swimming pool on a bike...... Don't go downhill and try to jump into a lake over a ramp made from 1/16 inch thick plywood..... For us a bike is to get from A to B with a speed mostly not faster then 12 mph, on a flat and smooth bicycle path separated from motor traffic, really there is no need for a helmet !
+Martijn Vv 12 years ago i crashed after a somersault on my bike in avoiding a girl on a bike who turned unexprexted to the left without looking and handsignals. I landed on my forehead. My helmet was broken but I was still in one piece. So the helmet did do his job.
+Maarten de Graas But that's the thing, isn't it? You must have reached quite a high speed on your bike to have been able to make a somersault. And if you like higher speeds, you probably should wear a helmet. It's why sport cyclists in the Netherlands always wear a helmet too. But the average commuting Dutch cyclist doesn't go that fast at all, and therefore for them a helmet is redundant. If you fall when you don't go very fast, all you get are a few scrapes on your hands or a bruise on your leg.
Nijmegen, as a major stronghold of the Dutch socialist and 'green' parties with all their green ambitions, probably beats neighboring 'Arnhem' as a cycling city
I come from Nijmegen and I agree. But it is improved in Arnhem. The bike route from Nijmegen to Arnhem is also improved. There is one street I dont like to bike because it is to small and that is the Muntweg at the beginning where it starts (Groene Straat )
you are very lucky then you are 16 million on very little space, you have built the railways and motorways. so cycleroutes dont have such a hard figth with getting money
Nijmegen was once a beautiful historic city, but 80% has been distroyed by war 2 and later the city of Nijmegen distroyed the rest of the old part of town , for the reasen it wasnt good enought to live.Nijmegen now is a boring city
I live in Romania, the minimum wage in my country is 5 times lower, but I feel like you guys have very shitty bikes. I could buy a bike like yours for about 30-50 Euros, but I'd be ashamed to ride it. No one really gets on a bike under €300-500 and you don't see bikes without gears. So why these bikes? So no one would bother stealing them? Is there a speed limit for bikes in your country?
Jumbix Popescu people don't have a bike to look good but rather to get from A to B. Which such a bike will do fine and yes people bike slowly. It is not a sporting activity for many people. More like walking
Jumbix Popescu you need a better bike when the roadsurface is bad. Most people here in norway ride terrainbikes in the streets since the roads are not good. The netherlands on the other side have perfect conditions on the road
A lot of these people are students, who often keep their 'better' bikes at their parent's home in another city, and buy a new - cheap - one to get around in the city they are studying in. Most people live within 10-15mins of cycling from the campus and the city center, and most roads are flat. When going out for drinks, people prefer not to care about where to put their bikes, so they often just literally park it in front of the bar and go have fun. If you have an expensive bike, you will have to take more effort to park it properly.
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