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I was just there and it was amazing! Especially the OV-fiets, which are bicycles that you can rent at train stations. You bike to your local station, take a tra
by kiliantics 7y ago
I was just there and it was amazing! Especially the OV-fiets, which are bicycles that you can rent at train stations. You bike to your local station, take a train somewhere, and then for €3.85 you can have a bike for 24 hours, wherever you are. And of course it's so easy to get around thanks to the great bicycle infrastructure. It makes so much sense that, after experiencing it, you just can't figure out how everywhere else went so wrong.
- Vinnl 7y agoIt really is underappreciated. (Well, the OV-fiets is nearly universally revered, but people just love complaining about the trains. It's far from perfect, but it's really pretty great, for many routes even compared to travelling by car.)
- vidarh 7y agoWhenever a lot of people somewhere complain about the trains that at least suggests the rail network is good enough that a lot of people use it enough to care.
- roel_v 7y agoBut it's only possible at the very high urbanisation/population density of the Netherlands, which in turn is only possible with very strict zoning - and more importantly, strong popular support for it. It's just not politically feasible (i.e., wanted by the people) elsewhere.
- rocgf 7y ago> you just can't figure out how everywhere else went so wrong My thoughts exactly. After having lived there for a short while, it's just mind blowing how well this works, and yet nobody else seems to be doing it (with some exceptions like Denmark or certain German cities etc.).