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> German soldiers appropriated a bunch of bicycles during their occupation of the Netherlands That “a bunch” is really in the “six zeros” range. There’s an epi
by gattilorenz 3y ago
> German soldiers appropriated a bunch of bicycles during their occupation of the Netherlands
That “a bunch” is really in the “six zeros” range. There’s an episode of 99% invisible that tells the story of bikes in the Netherlands and mentions this: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/de-fiets-is-niets/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/de-fiets-is-niets/
- Doxin 3y agoThere's a reason shouting "m'n fiets terug"[0] at Germans has only somewhat recently stopped happening as much. [0] translates roughly to "Give me my bicycle back"