Amsterdam is a city synonymous with bicycles.
There are about 800,000 people who live here — and there are an estimated 880,000 bicycles, four times the number of cars. One-third of all trips taken within the city — you can walk, drive, catch the bus or tram — are taken via bicycle.
To call this place a bike-friendly place would be a gross understatement.
Everyone, it seems, rides a bike. You actually have to dodge them if you bravely decide to walk the streets along the canals. There are gray-haired women, long-legged fräulein in high heels, men in suits, teens in cut-off jeans — all riding around the city atop bicycles outfitted with three important things: lights (you can get a ticket for not turning on your lights at night), baskets or saddlebags to carry around groceries, and heavy chain locks (theft here is ridiculously common).
So since I’m in the City of Bicycles, I had to get on board, too.
When in Amsterdam, bike.
Here’s what my first full day in this bustling metropolitan looked like:
Walking the dogs
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Hi Cat! ‘I’ll start using a bike in my exercise routine. I may never see Amsterdam in my life time but enjoy your blog.
Hello Cat!
Great pixs of fuud! It looks so ono!
CAT: Aaaiiiyyyaaahhh! Fuud Pix! Tenks! Amsterdam has some guud Chinese Fuud as well! Next to Paris, they have probably the freshest seafuud in Europe.
Wish I was there! 🙂
Whose the chick in front of the blue bicycle? Looks local kine to me… 🙂 Love this blog, can’t wait to see more!
Must – Eat – Indonesian food while you’re there! (order a rijsttafel for a medley of food) Also check out the Tuschinski Theatre for movie – or a drink in the lobby. It’s near Rembrandtplein. Most beautiful interior of any movie theatre.
omg!! please bring home a fresh stroopwafle or twenty for me!!