Just a small update on my travels, I have arrived in Utrecht Holland, and it is quite a beautiful city. I took the train from Eidenhoven to Utrecht, after my flight from Poland, and everything went smooth as can be. Arrived in Utrecht, and found my hostel without much difficulty.
So here are my first impressions about Utrecht, Holland. It is a very beautiful European city as I have mentioned earlier. It is well maintained, yet still looks very European. But here is the kicker, I have never seen so many bikes and people biking in my life.
For my faithful blog followers, I mentioned biking in an earlier blog about Sweden. Well, Sweden has nothing on Utrecht. Everyone bikes everywhere, and there is even sidewalk lanes dedicated to bikes. Want to know how I figured that out? I got a bell rung at me because I was walking in the bike lane. I cannot express in words how many people bike here, it is so cool to see. I also have not seen one gas station, although I am sure they exist somewhere haha!
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| A small group of bikes |
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| Bikes all lined up near the city center |
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| The special bike lanes |
I wish Winnipeg had better biking infrastructure, and wondered why Utrecht was so much better about it. A quick glance at wikipedia shows two things:
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2) Utrecht occupies 1/4 the land space as Winnipeg.
Having roughly twice the density sure makes a huge difference, eh? I've biked all over Winnipeg and it takes FOREVER; I figure everything is within a leisurely 15-30 min ride in Utrecht.
Good pics!
Stay out of the bike lanes!