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Can't Hold Us I can't put out your fire, I know it's too…
Car Let's assume we're driving Driving a big blue car Where in t…
Cry Music keeps making me cry And I can't explain it…
Drive Who's gonna tell you when It's too late? Who's gonna tell yo…
Heaven 좀 쉬어 갈게요 너무 오랫동안 걸어왔네요 잠시면 돼요 숨 돌릴 그만큼만 그저 가볍게…
Intro Ice Cold Like Michael My Price Goin' Up Bet You Might Hit…
LITTLE BY LITTLE 그런 눈빛들 속에 어떤 마음인지 내게 보여줄수록 더욱 궁금해지네 나는 무너져가네 yeah eh 난 솔직하려…
Man Can you see the line where the water ends? Throws…
Mr. and Mrs *Mr Loh singing* As I can see the ocean breaking The ocean…

Mr. and Mrs. *Mr Loh singing* As I can see the ocean breaking The ocean…
My First Punk Song It's 24 to nothing and I'm at the intersection Waiting for…
San Francisco I came by through your city I came back for some…
The Road Have you seen them, have you seen them in my…
wash I can't stop looking at you You're in the corner of…

선인장 일곱시부터 자면 좀 나아질 거야 불타는 맘이 달래 달라네 이른 아침에 꾸벅 생각이 덜하면 괜찮아질 걸…

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Wim Ahlers

4y↑1

@AvariceUntied
How many people are going to the 2de Maasvlakte on a daily basis?

There are mainly just a few industrial oil, coal and ship container companies. It is not meant for tourists.
And many of those companies have "pendel bussen" (shuttle busses). I know, my brother in law works there. Already as long as 25+ years or so. He usually takes the shuttle bus (picks him up at his home). And occasionally he takes his motorbike.
And there even is a bicycle path going all the way to the end of the Maasvlakte. I know. I cycled there myself. Very easy to use for a speed pedelec.

Regardless, yes! There might be places in ... whatever country, including the Netherlands ... where you cannot go to by foot, bicycle or public transportation. By all means take the car in these cases.

But this is not true for most commuting destinations.
And even when it is true for some destinations it often does not have to be that way.
Better designed mixed use mode cities - with emphasizes on public transportation, pedestrians and cyclists - usually is a/the viable solution.

Pieter Sweelinck

4y↑17

Lived in Rotterdam in the early seventies.
I was impressed to see so much of empty space .
(comming right from the then newly - beautiful- build
central station you bumped
on an improvised deer park
for children, in the middle
of what used to be the city
before it was completely
whiped-out by the bombs
of may 1940.
Hearing the stories of Rotterdammers who servived made tears in my eyes.
The man who was my landlord described how they
were forced to clean-up hundreds of dead bodies.

40 years later I visited Rotterdam and again tears came to my eyes
seeing so much efford was done to rebuild the city ...

Jip

@Not Just Bikes Good point, you're right. What I meant to say is: despite everything, I still think NL is more car-centric than people often realize.

The majority of Dutch people live in small and medium-sized suburban towns (Ridderkerk instead of Rotterdam, or Amstelveen instead of Amsterdam). Geographer Josse de Voogd calls this "Middenland" or "Middle Country": https://twitter.com/jossedevoogd/status/795635206661214208

And in most of these places, people tend to drive to work rather than take transit. Cycling infrastructure in these towns is great, but cycling serves local destinations only.

e.g. Ridderkerk-Rotterdam, using Google Maps:
Bike: 50 min
Transit: 1 hour
Car: 21 min.

All comments from YouTube:

Tim Pauwels

4y↑848

“Water taxis go uncomfortably fast” - so, like regular taxis..

utterbullspit

Got a taxi in New Orleans once and the guy was the fastest driver I've ever gotten. Too bad they aren't all like that though.

xander10

@Neighborhood Puffin or in my experience, Birmingham.

cmbbfan78

You mean, which one stays in traffic jams?

gargamel777771

4y↑6

@Victoria Meira Correct. Jusk ask and they will do tricks

Victoria Meira

4y↑4

@Thor V. How would you even do that though? Just go u to the guy and be like 'hey I know I'm paying you for getting me from point A to point B but mind if you throw in some stunts pls?

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Aalbert Torsius

4y↑628

You missed a 7th way: the autonomous mini busses at Kralingse Zoom, called Park Shuttles.

Also, if you're on a Watertaxi and you slip the captain a bit of beer money, they can make the ride wilder than a rollercoaster for you.

Rhine0Cowboy

@Wim Ahlers Had the same experience. It wasn't allowed to walk the same route as the shuttles, but obviously that was ignored by anyone that depended on that route from the metro station. Also, there were zero places to go get some lunch. I vaguely remember a gas station relatively nearby, but it being hard to reach by foot.

Daan 't Hart

4y↑1

Well the shuttles do not drive anymore from Kralingse Zoom, as there's maintanance (or they mey be shutdown because of corona), i never see them driving anymore :(

Wim Ahlers

4y↑1

AvariceUntied

4y↑1

@Wim Ahlers Try going to an industrial area if you work there. There are few busses going to those and you often have walk for like 15 minutes to your work and there are no sideways. You are constantly passed by cars and trucks that often don't slow down. And if it's raining they will splash water over you by driving through a puddle. Working at those places is no fun if you don't have a car. Some are so remote (like the 2e Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam) that there are no busses going there.

CowneNL

4y↑5

@Not Just Bikes the park shuttle isn't driving right now, because of maintenance

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Fluymer

4y↑785

The most American city of The Netherlands, still doing it better than the US

DumbGameBoys

3y↑1

@❥ Habib ❥ No from Rotterdam and traveled to the countries you mentioned i can say its better in R'dam

The Bard

@Nintendo Lover American here to agree

Jintana Rawdsukumaal

@J024 just perfecto

J024

Rotterdam is just Rotterdam.

Jintana Rawdsukumaal

a perfect match

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Not Just Bikes

4y↑763

Yes, I pronounce "Rotterdam" the Dutch way in this video (or at least, I try to). Deal with it.

Only native Dutch speakers are allowed to criticize my pronunciation. 😂

Phoenix Plays Games

2y↑1

I’m a native dutch speaker so I can criticize it >:)
but I won’t because I’m happy to see others appreciate some of the great things about our country :)

Koos Fernhout

Rotterdammer here. Only Rotterdammers are allowed to criticize the rest of the world (including other Dutch people) for mispronouncing the name.

Roel Van Der Linden

Rotjeknor 😉

amalysweet18

@Aalbert Torsius this is always funny to me as in my mother language (iki)rofa means stupid/idiot. So when I hear someone calling Rotterdam, Roffa I chuckle 😄

Captain Chaos

Next challenge: pronounce Rotterdam like the Rotterdammers do.

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pqpRapaz

4y↑210

When you go cycling there: don't miss the Maastunnel, a pre-war tunnel built under the river Maas that has a special bike and pedestrian tunnel as well. You'll have to take your bike on the escalator though, so good look with that ;)

meh

Hah! Danish people take their bikes on the escalator whenever they can get away with it!

21 pinhua loh

Err... There IS an elevator if you actually need it...(Yes, I'm American)

Nienke Fleur Luchtmeijer

I was about to suggest this one as well, I used to cycle trough it to go to school sometimes (I had other route options and also sometimes went by public transport, but it was by far my favourite cycling route to school)
If you really have trouble with the escalators there is an elevator, but using the escalator is kind of part of the experience so I highly recommend to use them.

topjunk p

4y↑1

and on a hot day its nice and cool down thare

Not Just Bikes

4y↑21

Yes, that is definitely on my list for next time.

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Rhys Anthony

4y↑170

I always get major city-envy watching these videos! While in North America we dream about a bright new urbanist future, Europe has been living the dream for years...also, green tramways are the best!!

Roland Boerhof

@Rhys Anthony Well, 500 billion is planned to catch up with the rest of the modern world. There you go. Lol

Max van den Berg

Thank god you’re using the word tram, cause it is. It is NOT (for everyone else who doesn’t understand): A streetcar, lightrail or any other word for a tram.
A streetcar should really be used to say: Any car on the street (it is in the name). It should not be lightrail because it is not specific enough.
A tram = a tram, nothing more, nothing less ;)

Cl0ckcl0ck

@Paul C En het geld wordt nog steeds in Rotterdam verdient en in Amsterdam uitgegeven. Als Rotterdam uit de Rijksoverheid-trog mocht vreten als Amsterdam dan waren ze Amsterdam al lang voorbij als toeristenstad nummer 1. Rotterdam is veel meer gebouwd op de mensen van nu. Rotterdam is het Berlijn van Nederland. En het is hoog tijd om de geldkraan naar Amsterdam wat dicht te draaien. Al onze toeristen-eieren hoeven niet in 1 mand. Liever niet zelfs!

Paul C

@RS disrespectful was his first answer. Most of them have heard Rotterdam mentioned, and sadly not in a good way, where cycling is concerned. Time and again Amsterdam is seen, from an foreigners perspective, as the cool kid on the block. Whereas Rotterdam had to re-invent itself after WW2. That connects sculpture by Zadkin is exactly why it is a miracle Rotterdam learned from its mistakes and even take on-board mistake made in the 70-90s. For me Rotterdam is city planning to the highest order.

When I then get a snarky comment I tend to do the same.

Case closed.

RS

4y↑2

@Paul C no need to be on the attack. He wasn't insulting anyone. Couldn't hurt to say things in a more respectful way.

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will16320

4y↑24

3:05 wow that is amazing, they tapped the customer off and blocked the door whilst they disembark before returning the card - meanwhile another staff is walking someone holding their hand! If only my grandparents were growing old in NL

Sander Hendriks

4y↑64

If you ever revisit Rotterdam, the tram stop at the Witte the Withstraat (halte Museumpark) is actually a piece of protest art. The stop was removed in 1993, to the displeasure of local residents, and an artist made an exact replica of the stop itself. The stop was reinstated again shortly thereafter and has remained in its original state since. It doesn't stand out, but the lack of advertising and the old analog clock betray its history. The only alteration that has been made to my knowledge is the addition of an electronic sign indicating wait times.

Samuël Visser

4y↑6

So ive lived in this city for basically my entire life passing this stop quite often.. HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS 😂

rob elec

4y↑273

I was hoping for part two of "Why passenger trains suck in Canada". Just very curious.

Ike Okereke

3y↑1

@3of11
You probably only need one video on America. It's the same issues more or less as Canada.

Matthew Lee

@José Pedro Santos plz do 1 in Amtrak someday

Death B. Grapes

Not Just Bikes What about other systems? Like the WCE of Vancouver.

Mingwei Zhang

4y↑2

@Not Just Bikes Well I'm sure someone could film the Presto tap, or a GO station parking lot/building. Though, there is nothing special about Presto tap in and of itself (the terrible part is the backend), and suburban parking lot is just depressing.

Also, it's probably better to include Montreal's system (OPUS card and AMT, IIRC), though I have no clue how those systems works.

RogerWilco

@Not Just Bikes Canadians are nice people, you can probably find some.

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Wyu Xu

4y↑20

I love how your videos make me appreciate the things we Dutch take for granted, another great vid!

Not Just Bikes

4y↑2

Thanks!

CHgeri

4y↑70

Hahaha I live for grassy tram tracks. Something about them just looks so aesthetically pleasing, and it reimplements nature a little bit into a city/concrete jungle. There's a bit in the west of Frankfurt am Main where I live and I love taking the tram there or just walking past it when going to school or work :) Great video, keep it up! <3

Ícaro Romano

4y↑3

If well maintained. Otherwise, they become a collection of dirt puddles.

Not Just Bikes

4y↑12

Grassy tram tracks are the best. I don't think I saw them in Frankfurt, so I'll have to look closer next time I'm there!

uhh

4y↑47

Been living in Rotterdam for about 5 years now as a student, and other than Hong Kong it's my favourite city in terms of living due to the variety of things the city has to offer. I'd personally recommend cycling in Kralingen around the Vijverlaan, really nice (unbombarded) area of town. Also Noord, near zomerhofkwartier and the hofbogen is a nice area, which shows that mixing of low-income housing and artsy shops and bars doesn't always lead to a mess of gentrification. Hope to have you back here soon!

Bram

Vijverlaan😍 most beautiful street of Rotterdam. Even has its own song

calatea

4y↑2

That low income housing will soon be demolished to make way for apartment buildings

Dandmore

4y↑37

Wait, so the card works in ALL of the country? Here in Sweden each county has a different card which makes everything annoying and painful. Damn i really like the nationwide card thing.

weerwolfproductions

4y↑3

The tricky part is when you change providers, so from 1 train company to another. you have to check out and check in, so if you're on a short connection you need to rush to the 'poles' and wait for the bleeps to make sure you checked out on the one pole and then run the other pole to get bleeped again to check in for the next change. Same for busses: you check in at the scanner near the driver and you check out when you exit the back door. If you change busses, it notices you're on a continued trip so it doesn't charge you the 'startup' money again. Each fare consists of a start-up fare and an amount per zone / kilometer.

I've loved the card from the start, compared to the old system of having to buy cards for each leg of the journey if you changed providers. The busses and trams worked with stamp-cards, the trains with tickets before we had the universal 'OV-chip card'

Extra stuff

4y↑4

Yes, it did take them forever to get it introduced however! And there were some issues early on after the introduction but what new system doesn't come with implementation problems? It worked out well in the end, even the start went better than I initially expected!

wasmachinator

I can even take the bus or train in Maastricht to go to Aachen in Germany with that card, in that regard its awesome

Not Just Bikes

4y↑32

Yes. It works everywhere, even on the bus in some tiny village somewhere. It works for trains, trams, buses, ferries ... even shared bicycles at train stations. It's incredible.

TalkingPlanning

4y↑5

I'm also dreaming of a transport network that blends all modes of transport this well in Australian cities. Love the videos and keep up the great work, they help inspire me to make transport and planning content about Australia!

Sea Song

3y↑3

Rotterdam was the direct inspiration for the "light rail" concept in my hometown of Bergen, Norway. This "open-air metro, not quite a train, though" concept goes all the way out to the airport, almost an hour out of the center. It has very frequent service, and it has boosted car-free urban planning and living. The public response has been mixed, though. Since Bergen literally doesn't have enough space for a metro, the dedicated open-air lanes end up displacing a lot of other traffic. The tram-like, frequent stops combined with the long distances it covers also mean it's slower compared to, say, an express bus or a taxi.

Lucas Schimmel

4y↑22

You should really cycle through the Maasvlakte (by which I mean the second one). As you said you can take the ferry there with your bike. The bicycle infrastructure in this port is amazing, cycling through all of those containers and ships. There is also a nice museum about this port and many beaches.

Not Just Bikes

4y↑6

I actually know someone in the industry and I'm in the middle of arranging a private port tour. Stay tuned! :)

Michiel Klaver

4y↑3

https://www.futureland.nl/en/

Sorishon

3y↑3

I recently found your channel and I love it! As a German I'm kind of envious how traffic is handled over there. If my whole life wasn't in Germany I would totally move there! But ... when Corona is over I definitly want to have my vacations in the Netherlands (learning Dutch at the moment).

abadtriathlete

4y↑9

I stayed in The Netherlands a few years ago and cycled from Delft to Rotterdam with my brother. We had coffee outside the Food Market. Very easy to cycle to. As is anywhere in The Netherlands.

Konstantinas Navardauskas

4y↑5

"Did I ever mention that I love the Netherlands" :D Great videos, keep them coming! So much better than over-rated Danish blue paint.

TheRedHead

4y↑13

If your biking in Rotterdam and just want a chill evening cycling evening, try to bike around the 'Kralingse plas' It's a nice place and espessially in the evening/morning it looks good. You have some spots in wich you can see the tall buildings from the city centre quite nicely.

Ahmad Mushtaq

4y↑12

Good to see finally a video on Rotterdam. Plz do make more videos on Rotterdam. I am hopefully coming to Rotterdam to start my Masters at IHS in Erasmus University Rotterdam in Urban Management and Development. Looking forward to more videos from ur side.

Not Just Bikes

4y↑1

Thanks! I have one more video planned, but any more will have to wait for a while, I think!

Fondra Dota

4y↑4

Glad that you went to Rotterdam, I miss it much. And I agree with you the city is somehow felt having more cars than the rest of the cities in the Netherlands so the abroad urbanplanner may look in to it, to adapt the system to what they have in their country.

Tom Geller

4y↑10

I'm so happy you're focusing on Rotterdam! I emigrated here (from the US) about four years ago and lived there until a month ago. I never noticed how superior the R'dam metro and tram are, compared with other cities -- I just took them for granted. I also learned from the comments that the Maastunnel is open again (after renovations) and I agree with the commenter: Definitely bike through it if you get the chance. I've heard that the escalator (which is wooden, and huge, and terrifying) is the oldest in NL.

Thor V.

4y↑1

It is very easy to spot the tourists ánd the dutchies who visit the Maastunnel for the first time. And then there is the Rotterdammer, who will not blink an eye and casually take the escalator, holding his bike in one hand... Alway fun to take the escalator every afternoon when it is tourists- season.

Wim Ahlers

4y↑1

Maastunnel wooden escalators: Build near the end of the 1930ties. In use since 1942.

Fun fact:
As a protest against the German occupation the Maastunnel was never officially opened. See (Dutch link):
https://www.maastunnel.nl/historie/14-februari-1942-de-openstelling-van-de-maastunnel#:~:text=Geschiedenis%20Maastunnel%3A%20opening%20in%201942&text=Toen%20een%20week%20later%20ook,genomen%20voor%20voetgangers%20en%20fietsers.

Meaning it has been used but not opened for over 78 years now!

AronBagel

4y↑5

I'm so glad you talked about the Water Taxi! They're by far my favourite way to get around the city. When I worked in a cafe, I'd always recommend them to visitors - not just as a means to get around, but also as a straight up experience. They're the best!

Not Just Bikes

4y↑2

yeah, they're pretty great. Other cities have "water taxis" but these ones are so much better organized, rather than just some dude with a boat.

PJ

4y↑32

Been living in Rotterdam for my studies since 2015. It really is a great city in terms of public transit, modern architecture, and vibe.
Actually, when you were talking about the water bus, I was secretly hoping that you meant this one: https://www.goudsepost.nl/nieuws/algemeen/247711/met-de-waterbus-naar-rotterdam or this one http://rotterdamnieuws.nl/te-doen/splashtours-de-varende-bus/
This is an actual water bus on wheels which is pretty amazing!

HendrikdePendrik

4y↑2

@Not Just Bikes Indeed very touristy, but if I'm not wrong Rotterdam was the first city in the world to have this amphibious bus.

Wim Ahlers

4y↑1

I don't feel the "vibe" in the center at night. Around and between the Lijnbaan, Meent, and Hoogstraat up till the Laurens church. Most of that area is dark and pretty much "dead" at night. This used to be the center (before the WWII bombings). Sure, Rotterdam has its vibes at certain spots (like Witte de Withstraat). But it misses its heart.

NB the waterbuses are not so special. They are for tourists. If you want to be a tourist and want to really experience Rotterdam harbor you are better of taking Spido.

As to the amphibian bus, you can take this bus in Amsterdam, Stockholm, Salsburg, Lisbon, and some place(s) in Germany, Hungary and Canada too (like Toronto).

Not Just Bikes

4y↑4

Yeah, I didn't go on that because it looks quite touristy, and we have Hippo Tours (with the same vehicle) in Toronto, too!

Никита Отдельнов

4y↑2

I live in Rotterdam for 4 years already (never lived anywhere else in NL) and I was so used to our amazing teams and metro, and also how separate the cyclists are.I was so stressed by cyclists in Amsterdam and Utrecht, and actually did not find public transport as efficient there

Mascha Claessens

3y↑2

Been living in Rotterdam for close to ten years now. I've really fallen in love with the city, also how it's still growing. Not in size I mean, but as a city in progress. It's terrible what happened in WWII, and it never should have happened. But at the very least it gave way to a unique city. My hometown also got bombed in WWII (Nijmegen), but many parts were never rebuild in a right way again, which gave rise to many concrete buildings. Which makes Nijmegen such a mix between pretty old and ugly new. I feel the city never got it quite right. I think Rotterdam, in many ways (definitely not all though) did get it right, especially since the 90s.

Anime Lover - Nicole

4y↑3

My sister studies in Rotterdam, so I've been there a few times. The last time we went to tour Rotterdam by car, this was in april and after that we went home to Twente. She talked allot about the willemsbrug being her favorite bridge when we drove over it.

dreamcatcherjmo

4y↑4

I've lived near this city my entire life and I'm studying there at the moment and this made me look at the public transport in a whole new way. I'm always complaining about it, but in perspective... it's pretty great! Really nice video.

Pieter Sweelinck

4y↑17

Chainofcommand

@RS IMO its the most beautiful city in the Netherlands. The only city that really looks like a city.

RS

4y↑5

Rotterdam is much loved by people who've been there and know the city. To much of the netherlands though, it's considered ugly and dangerous. Too bad it has such a bad rep, but great to hear that you have such warm memories.
Whenever people build and work together it creates something beautiful. I hope you can come back sometime again

Not Just Bikes

4y↑6

It is a very impressive rebuilding.

Daan Zeilstra

4y↑10

I was really surpised by the "tweede heinenoordtunnel" (in the south of Rotterdam) during my cycling hollyday to France. Its a bicycle and pedestrian tunnel under the river Maas. You enter and exit it by taking an elevator (also with bike). Then its several hundred meters of underground bikepath. Really amazing

Max Van wes

@Not Just Bikes you have to visit the maastunnel. It's in the centre of the city and you take the escalator with the bike (make sure your back wheel is on a step fully and turn your steering wheel to lock the bike in place). It has just been reopened and it's one of the major connections between North and South Rotterdam.

Rik Speek

4y↑1

@Knarf_inc So basically... You're telling us you set up a tent there and that's where you're sleeping in this heat?

Knarf_inc

4y↑1

Or take the tractortunnel and climb that hill like a champ (only 6%). Always very cold down there even in the summer.

Not Just Bikes

4y↑5

Yeah, I want to check it out but it will have to wait until next time.

PS

4y↑2

Love this video and can vouch for everything you say here. I go to Rotterdam at least 3-4 times a year and have gotten to know the city quite well. In my 1st few trips, I didn't use a bike much and it was still fine to get around with the tram and walking. This cannot be said about Amsterdam or Den Haag for example. However afterwards I did find a way to rent OV Bikes through a friend and started doing that but it didn't vastly improve my movement around the city compared to the other two mentioned above! Cheers and looking forward to watching the next video!

Irrelevance

4y↑6

I love trams, I wish we had more in the UK.

Thijs van Dijk

4y↑20

I live close to Hoek van Holland in the town with the unpronouncable name of 's-Gravenzande and know the area very well. It's very convenient that the metro goes from there to the city centre without having to take a million different connections. It saves a lot of time compared to a bus.

weerwolfproductions

@Willeke van der Ham If you book the Rail and Sail, you get issued a day-card that works on both the trains and the metro. Stena sends it out to you when you book. Any foot passenger would be crazy not to book Rail and Sail since it give access to the entire Greater Anglia (owned by Dutch Railroad) on the UK side and the entire RET / NS rail network on the Dutch side. So for convenience sake it is amazing. I take the ferry as foot passenger to visit friends in the UK, and the first trip with the metro available (it had been busses for a couple of years from Schiedam) i took the intercity from Groningen to Rotterdam Alexander, and then took the metro straight to Hoek van Holland. All on one card. On the UK side i travelled from Harwich to Peterborough on the Greater Anglia portion of my ferry ticket. The metro actually leaves / arrives more often than the passenger train did. Every 20 minutes as opposed to once every half hour.

Frits Burghardt

@Willeke van der Ham There were, and are, other users you know. People who live in the Westland and commute to Rotterdam for work. For them this metro line is a godsend as it extends all the way to Capelle on the Eastern outskirts of Rotterdam. The same is true for the metro line from Slinge station in South Rotterdam all the way to The Hague Central Station, along the former commuter railway line.This metro line connects a string of villages with Rotterdam at one end and The Hague at the other end. International travellers probably prefer the direct rail link to London anyway.

AvariceUntied

4y↑1

@Alexander Wijnhamer There are plans to extend the metro to the beach but for now you have to walk a while.

Willeke van der Ham

4y↑2

As someone who only used that line to go to the ferry in Hoek van Holland, I did and do not understand the improvement. Many international travelers now have to add a mode of transport to their travels, and with the line changed in nature, the direct boat trains are not coming back.

Alexander Wijnhamer

4y↑1

@Not Just Bikes and in the Summer a lot of people use it to go to the beach I guess.

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io Gaming

4y↑15

This city seriously have one of the best traffic ever, very well-organized, much more organized any other city I've seen, someday I would like to go cycle there.

Teutonius

4y↑1

@Codex 404 I agree with you, there are still too many car-friendly roads and intersections where a cyclist has to wait a lot longer than in other cities. This is especially true in Rotterdam-Zuid, where I live, so I'm speaking from experience.

RS

4y↑1

@Codex 404 I dont know where you got these experiences. Most traffic lights are pretty good and theres roundabouts as well. I think we can all agree that Amsterdam is the worst lol

Not Just Bikes

4y↑17

I enjoy watching Dutch people arguing about which city is best/worst for cycling.

Codex 404

4y↑1

@Loccco I've no clue when you've cycled in both Rotterdam and The Hague for the last time. But in the last five years The Hague is focusing all on bicycles. I can cycle from one end to the other end of the Hague in 30 minutes. The same distance in Rotterdam takes me a lot longer. Cycling over the Erasmusbrug is a hell in itself.

Loccco

4y↑1

@Codex 404 Rotterdam is the best for cycling, den haag is much worse.

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Ellipsis115

4y↑251

Only in the Netherlands would someone visit just for the public transit...

Daniel Gill

@Not Just Bikes S Korea! You’d be impressed with the PT there! When I was There I could get everywhere with out a car, but sadly not trams and it’s not 24/7. There is even a newer line that had digital signs and announcements in four languages which was unique. And TMoney is a national system to pay like the one you were talking about.

Mark Markus

I wouldn't visit The Netherlands for public transit, although I would visit to experience the cycling infrastructure. I do sometimes look at the London Tube map for fun, however. 😊

Avenged84

@Not Just Bikes steer away from Germany if you want a comfortable public transit experience ;). It's kinda like the US, all about cars. Although at least there are some transit lanes here.

April064

nah, I’d go to other countries for public transport as well, the London tube is probably one of my favorite parts about London

Samuël Visser

I visited london for the underground

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Daniël Bakkers

4y↑11

The younger generation also gets around on the hundreds of Felyxes, Go scooters and Lev mini cars.

I hope you’ve visited the ‘Fenix food factory’ and some of the city centers within Rotterdam.

Pepe Rivera Martínez

4y↑5

Man, your videos made me want to move to the Netherlands. Great job.

Not Just Bikes

4y↑1

Yeah, that's a known side-effect of watching this channel. I should probably put up a warning label. 🤔

utterbullspit

Do more transit videos, please!!!😫🙏 I love watching the different transit options they have in other countries, which are always 1000 times better than anything we have here in the U.S.

AndrewV

4y↑2

Take a ride along the Rotte river, the river who gave the city it's name! Especially in the northern outskirts of Rotterdam, it's an magnificent area. Nobody will image the view you have over their, if you ask what the first thing in mind is when mentioning Rotterdam.

naruciakk

4y↑4

It's for me really surprising that it's your first time in Rotterdam. I mean, there are so many trains between Amsterdam and Rotterdam that it is so convenient even for one day trips. Not only HSR trains like Thalys, but even regular IC trains. ;)

AvariceUntied

4y↑2

And don't forget the Eurostar to London St Pancras.

Not Just Bikes

4y↑4

Well I've only lived in the Netherlands for 2 years and 5 months of that had covid-19 travel restrictions ... :)

Zhi Han Lee

3y↑2

1:59 In my country it used to be that only bus services with a frequency of less than once every 20min had publicly published timetables. For other services you'd just be told that the bus service interval can be anywhere between, say, 11-17min, or 9-21min etc. You also had an online next bus waiting duration query service since ~2007, but back then mobile data/Internet was expensive (~$0.01/KB)

Jospuntnl

4y↑2

Really nice to include the Watertaxi! I happen to work there, and can confirm, they're fast... If you're looking for special bike infrastructure, you might wanna look at the tunnels near Rotterdam. They all have a separate bike tunnel!

Not Just Bikes

Yeah, the watertaxis were much better than I thought. I would never have even thought to try them if I hadn't been told to by those YouTube comments.

W vV

4y↑1

When the metro line to Hoek van Holland was still an normal railway, it used to facilitate international trains which where a connection for the ferry boat to Harwich in England. These international trains had coaches that went s4s Moscow.

callum hardy

4y↑1

Wouldn’t it be brilliant to have a race from one point of the city to another using all methods of transport to see which one is the best (fastest).

HarryLovesRuth

4y↑3

Thank you for including information about the accessibility of the public transit. One of the major pushbacks I receive when I talk about de-prioritizing the car is that bike lanes will make the streets less accessible for people with mobility impairments. That doesn't make intutitve sense to me, but I want to address the good faith argument on the occasions when I it occurs. (The video about the little wheelchair cars has been a big help on that front.)

Not Just Bikes

4y↑2

Life is so much easier for disabled people here in the Netherlands than in any other country I've lived in. It's so pathetic when that's used as an excuse to improve other cities.

Mitchell

4y↑2

Your videos are really high quality and so relaxing to watch. I hope to see you some day on the streets in Amsterdam! I'd love to discuss urban planning with you ;)

Not Just Bikes

4y↑1

Thanks! It's going to be weird the first time I'm "spotted" in the city. 😬

Art de Lange

3y↑1

Hey, how good that you have been to Rotterdam. I have been watching your videos for a while now and I find it very interesting how you look at the infrastructure in the Netherlands. I was born in Canada but have lived here most of my life. two years ago I went back to Canada for the first time and found out that it was not only "Different but good", but it was much less efficient than I had thought, especially the stop signs. I am a draftsman myself and would like to do more and more with cities and infrastructure, this makes me very enthusiastic. If you are in Rotterdam again, the "Van Brienenoordeiland" is a good option to visit. And if you feel like it, you are welcome to come by, I live in Rotterdam South.

thgcboss

4y↑3

Something that might be worth looking into visiting (Rotterdam is my home city after all) is taking the "Rotterdam Street Art Route". It's an art tour that takes you through the city starting at central station showing the different murals commissioned by the city itself (the walking route goes straight through a building with a sky bridge, which is fun). Also, aside from trams, metros, water taxis and water busses, there's also busses and trains that are great for other major parts of the city, like the southern part of the city. getting to Zuidplein/Ahoy and the other major parts of the city. Busses have their own dedicated lanes and in some cases even their own roads entirely. so they're an easy way to get around.

Neighborhood Puffin

4y↑1

You should make a video on how good walkability, cycling, and transit is in smaller Dutch cities, ones with even less than 100k people. You mentioned Ermelo before but a dedicated video to small cities would be really cool

Michael de Borst

4y↑1

For biking in Rotterdam I would recommend looking at some different bike share options. You have many European cities with bike shares but I find they make a lot of sense in Rotterdam due to all the dedicated infrastructure. Be sure to checkout jump bikes and OV-Fiets at least.

blazn0

4y↑4

Rotterdam center is in a constant build. You might have noticed while you were there. Next time you visit the center will be more pedestrian friendly and difficult to go around with cars.

Fabio A.

4y↑2

Hey buddy, I've watched every single one of your videos - even the ones with the not so compelling titles. I love the channel, I'm currently in London and looking to move to the NL. These videos help so much, seriously! All the best!

pqpRapaz

4y↑4

The Alderman for infrastructure in Rotterdam is going completely bezerk in new ways to try and give cyclists more room and to make driving by car less attractive. It's meeting a lot of resistance (mostly by car owners, obviously) but I think it's a great step in the right direction.

Not Just Bikes

Sounds good to me. The new Coolsingel looks like it's going to be pretty good.

Mark

4y↑3

Good to see you in Rotterdam. You should cycle from katendrecht to the maastunnel and afterwards through Het Park and De Veerhaven (a 19th century park and old harbour with villa’s) to the museum booijmans en van beuningen and after that towards the coolsingel and the Markthal.
When you are looking for a ride through nature you should cycle around the kralingse plas.

fabian van der steen

4y↑2

Nice to see you went to Rotterdam, and i'm happy it didn't dissapoint. ;) After the pandemic make sure to come and check out the World Harbour Days which are usually the first two weeks of September. They allow you to go on ships and boats that are usually inexcessable for the public, for example the dutch royal navy, airforce and army usually have fun activities for adults and children and teach people how they work and why they are needed. it's very educational for kids (and grownups ofcourse). There are also demonstrations of the harbour companies ships, divers, helicopters and a massive fireworkshow at the end of the two weeks.

The water taxi's were designed that way to be a fast way of transport between towns, cities and villages all on the water front of the Maas. they are a fun and thrilling way to get somewhere fast, relatively cheap. (they're more expensive then the public transport, but much cheaper and faster than an actual taxi.) I would concider them as a thrilling transportation system, and i ride them maybe once or twice a year as a fun thing to do with friends of family to add to our day out.

Not Just Bikes

World Harbour Days sounds really cool, thanks!

And yeah, the water taxis are pretty neat. I have seen water taxis in ohter cities (even Toronto has them) but usually the number of places they service is quite limited. The Rotterdam water taxis are way more useful.

wout v.

4y↑2

Something you might find interesting: the green tram tracks (or non paved) arefunctional as well as pretty. They are important for groundwater recharge and stormwater drainage. The water from the streets and roofs around them end up in the lower green tracks and gets to infiltrate in the soil instead of moving into the sewers to a moving watrr body. If you have any questions about water management in dutch cities, i might be able to answer them!

Sander Datema

4y↑11

The bit about water taxis reminded me of something: Amsterdam used to have hydrofoil ferries to Velsen, travelling at 65 km/h. Unfortunately they were taken out of service in 2014.

Jeffrey Dijkstra

@Not Just Bikes yes its called the fast flying ferry from ijmuiden to amsterdam in 30 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWPtH04v8MY

Not Just Bikes

4y↑1

Oh man, I didn't know that. Hydrofoils are great. There's a good one between Hong Kong and Macau.

matroosoft

4y↑2

@FD2 Helaas wel, de grotere scheepvaart was er juist blij mee. Ze veroorzaakten minder vervelende golfslag dan de Waterbus doet. De Waterbus zorgt voor vrij lange deining.

FD2

4y↑2

Die dingen waren gevaarlijk voor de kleine scheepvaart.

Fancy

4y↑5

those were the best

NaomiClareNL

4y↑1

When I moved to Rotterdam in 1993 I was put off by the car traffic in the shopping streets in the old neighbourhoods on the southside. Busses, trams and the metro brought me were I wanted to go so I gave up on cycling. Meanwhile cycling has improved so much that on many journeys it is the fastest mode of transportation. Trams have been left behind a bit because they don't get as much right of way as they used to, eg at Hofplein were they have to wait just like cars.
In the end, even in a bombed and otherwise demolished historic citycenter, there is only so much space, it'll be interesting to see how the Coolsingel functions in 5 or 10 years time.

Not Just Bikes

Yeah, I'm really interested in seeing the Coolsingel upgrades when it's completed.

Mindling

4y↑3

I'm curious to see what you'd think of Maastricht, the real backwater part of the Netherlands. Public transport is complete trash (as is to be expected of a smaller city) but cycling is pretty decent. Also we used to have a highway with a traffic light cutting straight through the city but thats been replaced with a tunnel that goes under the whole city (with a nice new beautiful cycling highway built on top) and there's also a silly story involving why the train from Maastricht to Liege looks like such a disaster.

Alex

4y↑2

You should see the cyclist/pedestrian part of the Maastunnel in Rotterdam. They finished the build in 1942 and it has this eerie old industrial vibe to it. You will know what I mean if you see the moving staircase. Cheers!

Merijn

4y↑16

I recently started living next to Rotterdam and the metro stops near my house. It only takes 10 minutes to go from my house to the middle of Rotterdam. Such great public transport!

seezu84

Waar woon je?

TieMan

4y↑1

Exactly the same for me! Only 10 minutes. Crazy!

Not Just Bikes

4y↑4

Nice! That's very convenient!

William

4y↑2

Glad to see you've finally visited Rotterdam! Some really nice but underrated spots that I know there are Warung Mini's (the best Surinam sandwiches and more), the nHow Hotel rooftop bar&restaurant. Also Diergaarde Blijdorp is worth a visit. As for cycling, try to avoid the city centre and you'll have a better time. You've said it in the video already it's more a car friendly city.

Not Just Bikes

Thanks for the tips!

Noam Bahar

4y↑74

Meanwhile in my city: bus literally skips over my stop and leaves me stranded in another town

yvkon

Yep, that can happen. Especially now that another company took over the route over here and decided that the spitsbus and the stopbus would both have the same line number, so 1 would pass stops by, while the other stops at every stop. Confusing much🥴. They also cancelled some and altered the times on others...probably because they didn't think those were profitable? Such a shame though, that the availability of public transport in rural areas is in its decline (I mean 2 hrs between buses, really?)
Don't you just love capitalism at its finest.

Wouter van Os

4y↑4

@Floortje Verhoek Bus drivers make mistakes as well. Especially if it isn't that busy or so. Also had the experience that I had to guide the bus driver, as I knew the route and he didn't and was driving the wrong way.

Floortje Verhoek

4y↑1

Dutch Man Nee! Ik was in een dorp in de hoeksche waard (boeren gedeelte in Zuid holland) en hij reed gewoon door terwijl ik op stop drukte!! Dus ik roepen en toen stopte ie midden op de weg 😅

Dutch Man

4y↑1

@Floortje Verhoek Zelfs als je de stop knop gedrukt hebt? En de chauffeur heeft het niet ter plaatse opgelost?

Even when you pushed the stop button?
And the bus driver did not resolve your problem at the spot?

Floortje Verhoek

Noam Bahar Oh believe me it happens

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phonvoli ormogwey

I love the look, feel and low cost of above ground metro. In Cities Skylines, I strive to build it wherever possible, only putting it down underground in already densely built areas. I wish more real cities got that memo. I live in a city where metro was mid-building when USSR collapsed, so they just abandoned it and never finished it. But there's so much space out around most of the city that you can build at least half of it above ground, saving tremendously on tunnels and whatnot. So... I just don't understand. Russian corruption, I guess.

Awtyq Ywins

It makes me so happy on how you talk about the Netherlands, me as a dutchie really like the way you explain our way in the Netherlands because you explain it so good! keep it up!

RaFo

4y↑2

Can’t wait for the next video! Your content is so good, keep it up!!

Not Just Bikes

4y↑2

Thanks!

callum hardy

4y↑3

I have cycled before from England round Holland on holiday and you are absolutely right the ferry port in (harwich) England does not have any cycle paths. You either walk to the car park or train station or drive your car off the ferry!

valacarno

Absolutely agree on the statement that 'you just show up to get on the next available vehicle for your route'. That's when I know that public transit is made for people. At least for metro.
For least popular routes, of course, it doesn't hurt to put some thought into the current time of the day and approximate frequency of the transit to selected destination. 😊

fatyoshi48

4y↑2

Hey, congratulations on you being featured on the Dutch national radio! I was just listening to it when I heard your name, and i was quite surprised. Good job man!

fatyoshi48

Not Just Bikes yeah i just heard it. They were quite surprised about it, but they were very supportive of your videos and they did tell your name. They didnt directly say to go to your channel, but they were positive. And it aired on the main news channel in the Netherlands, so good job!

Not Just Bikes

4y↑1

Thanks! They were going to let me know when it would air so I could promote it, but they forgot to tell me. I haven't heard it yet myself!

BassSlaughter

3y↑1

as a German i have to love the neatherlands, damn rotterdam a city for cars way better in bike and public transport than our best cities... i've been to noordwijk, we met like 3 people on the way to the beach but still there was plenty of walking space, a bidiractional bikepath and a small street. i love this country

Pieter B

3y↑1

Considering your love for trams i reccomend visiting The Hague, very impressive tram network. Grote Marktstraat is a fantastic example of great infrastructure. They removed cars and trams from one of the busiest streets in the city. Its a pedestrian area nowadays

Not Just Bikes

Yes, I plan to do a video about den Haag for sure!

Jip

Another enjoyable watch! As a Dutch person, your videos help me realize how lucky we are with our cycling & transit infrastructure in this country.

... But we don't do everything right. Personally I wonder why our highways are always congested during rush hour. Personally I think we need more light-rail like the metro between The Hague and Rotterdam, to connect all the Randstad towns into one big metropolitan transit system. Kind of like German S-Bahn. Would be curious to hear your opinion sometime.

Jip

Not Just Bikes

4y↑1

Highways will always be congested during rush hour; there's no avoiding it. Research into induced demand tells us that if you build a road, it will fill up. However, the Netherlands (like all developed countries) have enough highways. You are right that they need to improve transit links, though.

The problem comes when they're busy all the time, not just frush hour. See my video on the Downs-Thomson Paradox.

nic7nic

4y↑3

There is a bicycle ‘highway’ between Rotterdam and Delft. Its a lovely route. Also the route through the Kralingsebos is nice and next to the maas River (north side). I wouldve definitely included the Brio rental EV thingy’s and the sharing scooters.

I live in Rotterdam and i love the infrastructure. As i work near Leiden im depending on a good connection. By car its just a 35 minute commute.

Not Just Bikes

I actually did the Biro rental! I'll mention that a bit in the next video, but I plan to do a longer Biro review in the future.

Lukas Urban

4y↑1

Great content as always! Looking forward to the second one!

Not Just Bikes

4y↑1

Thanks! I'd better finish it then! :)

Paul Love

4y↑3

I got on the ferry at Harwich after a near death experience with a lorry and 6 hours later I was cycling from the Hook of Holland to Amsterdam without ever leaving a bike lane. Heaven.

Alexander Pas

4y↑2

Be sure to take the Maastunnel while cycling, which is a tunnel you exit and enter with a escalator. no ramps.

Also make sure to visit the south end of the van brienenoordbrug, where there is a two-way cycling path passing up to 5 times below the road, with up to 4 cycling intersections, without crossing any other traffic.

Tom Perkins

4y↑1

The bike parking in Rotterdam CS is only a few years old now. I believe they will be upgraded on the north side again soon.

Multimodal / non-auto transport is clearly flourishing when the cycling parking is often full at the train station.

Eric Coen Versteeg Music

Excellent pronunciation! As a Dutch citizen I wonder what you think about the prices of public transport? In the past 15 years train tickets became almost twice as expensive, while wages raised much slower.

147 Yash Pal Goyal

4y↑22

my fav part of this vid:
(2:25 repurposed heavy rail line
(3:01 convenient level trams - i have never thought about that - EVER, and now that i think about that, its kinda strange how i missed this. but hey, i am yet another human ;0 haha
4:16)( bicycles in ferries
(4:16 payement cards working on ALL public transports throughout WHOLE country. this is my dream for india. like strange that here, we have different cards for same mode of even adjoining states (Metro: Delhi - Noida: requires different cards, and they both have an intersecting station at 2 minute walk - so like, why they didnt combine cards - it's absolute crap) - let alone a unified payment for ALL modes, or even a single mode across WHOLE country. i dont hucking care if the country is big or what, i want single card across at least all metros throughout country {or} metro + local public buses throughout an continuous region :cry: :cry: (future mono rails and trams for later extension)

147 Yash Pal Goyal

4y↑4

@Not Just Bikes yeah, exactly. state govts (state as in small province/region, not as in country ofc) fighting like little kids for control.

Not Just Bikes

4y↑7

It's not just India: so many other countries (including Canada, the US, and the UK) don't have half of this stuff. Especially the public transit card working everywhere - that should be normal!

rjh00

4y↑1

I love how much effort you put into saying Rotterdam the dutch way, I hope this was done on purpose because it was a joy to hear every time. Also how did it take you 20 years to get to Rotterdam? Have you been in the Netherlands for 20 years or has it just been 20 years since you heard of Rotterdam and have wanted to go there? Kinda crazy to be living in Amsterdam and it taken so long to make it to Rotterdam.

AvariceUntied

I live in Rotterdam and it's been about 5 years since I've been in Amsterdam.

Not Just Bikes

The latter. I've only been living in the Netherlands for two years.

Chris Till

4y↑2

I’m kind of the opposite. Even though I love good public transport, cycling will always be my first choice.

And it’s clear that the UK government is not looking around at all because if they were, they’d be panicking about how fast we’re falling behind so called third world countries. Let alone countries that were already decades ahead.

weerwolfproductions

@ContrapunctusMammalia That's in large part because Nottingham was a typical tram city until the 1960's :-) There's so many roads where old trams used to ride, it's why there's so many arterial roads with long rows of small shops, with residential neighbourhoods off to the sides, like wedges between the arterial roads / shops.
The busses, like the trams, run from city centre to outlying neighbourhoods. There's hardly any connectivity between individual neighbourhoods, nearly all connections require you to go down to the city centre and then move out again. They do run small local busses to help people get around within a neighbourhood.
Nottingham has several schemes for low-income households to cheaply use the tram network / public transport. Some businesses also provide their workers with a public transport card to avoid using cars / getting stuck in traffic jams.
Not that the tram network is free of such, after all through the city centre it runs on normal streets and i've been stuck behind a parked truck or car a few times already.

ContrapunctusMammalia

@weerwolfproductions i think where cities are unitary authorities (like Nottingham) they have a better chance at being able to institute big infrastructure projects like light rail/tram. Having been in Nottingham for a little bit for uni i can agree with you how good the tram system is but it probably needs significant expansion considering it doesn't touch the east i would say it is a little expensive (that is if you actually buy a ticket - considering how rare inspections are during covid it's effectively free). I get the impression that the busses are quite good too - the whole place seems well above average for british public transport. It also has some good examples of walkable communities and major arterial roads that accommodate for pedestrians.

weerwolfproductions

4y↑1

Not all UK (local) governments. Nottingham, a city i visit annually, has made incredible progress implementing a tram network. It has done so much for the city's development, even in 15 years' time the progress was amazing, seeing rundown neighborhoods and abandoned warehouses given new life because of the connectivity provided by high-frequency, easily accessible (many stops, floors same level as pavement) and especially cheap public transport. Edit: of course, it was in part paid for by money provided by the EU for turning over run-down industrial urban wasteland into a service-oriented functioning city, so with the UK leaving the EU that money will dry up. But it looks like the tram company will be able to hold up its pants far sooner than expected, since they have way more passengers than even the most optimistic prognoses before planning predicted.

BroadSword 66

3y↑1

Rotterdam actually looks like the idealised drawings that planners produce to illustrate what they hope their projects will look like but which, in the UK, never actually turn out like that.

Pierre O. Park

3y↑2

I used to commute between Rotterdam and Amsterdam for school for a two year period, and I hardly ever was late for school unless I overslept once in a blue moon. From the neighbourhood we lived in, getting to Rotterdam Central Station I had both metro as well tram connections, and I had 3 trains to choose from in a 20 minute window to get me to a stop in Amsterdam or Schiphol for my connecting train or metro.

the joy of reason

My dad was in charge of the first cycle plan for Rotterdam in the 1970's and 1980's. All the cycling paths he designed and oversaw the execution of the project.

Tijmen

4y↑3

You could go rowing or sailing in Hillegersberg on de Rotte. It is a weird mix of modern houseboats, typical mills and expensive, mega houses. If you row past the Irenebrug, you will find peace. It is weird to think that all of this is right next to the motorways.

Visit Kralingen, the old grand houses/villa’s, the Kralingsche Bos and the Kralingse Meer. I recommend you to go cycling in the Kralingsche bos, it is lovely to cycle right through the park and forest.

Micheal After

4y↑2

I feel like my city is overlooked a lot but this video brings me joy. thanks :)

Micheal After

@Not Just Bikes thanks!

Not Just Bikes

4y↑1

Nice city you've got there :)

TheRedHead

4y↑22

Finally my nationalism for the Netherlands can be translated to localism for my hom city!

Никита Отдельнов

Jaaa. 010 all the way

TheUnbanned

4y↑3

The skatepark in the middle of the city is also very nice to be (as a skater) but it's also cool if you walk pass it. It's not in the way, it nicely blends in. It's at Eendrachtsplein (metro stop).

Not Just Bikes

4y↑1

Nice! Hopefully I can check that out next time.

Bart Schaap

4y↑173

5:54 So in other words, you can support the video with not just likes.

Bart Schaap

4y↑6

@Not Just Bikes Thank you! That made my day

Not Just Bikes

4y↑24

Oh man. That literally made me LOL. I wish I could "heart" it twice. I should've named my Patreon that (I might still do that ;) ).

Semtx552

4y↑9

haha that would be a phenomenal name for his patreon: patreon.com/notjustlikes

Hubert Blastinoff

4y↑3

*Rimshot

Jeremy van den Berg

4y↑3

I love my city, it may not be perfect, it definitely is iconic

W0Ndr3y

I'd love to see your take on Prague public transport. We usually say it's one of the best in the world, but when watching your channel I am not that sure.

ConsciousAtoms

4y↑5

I just wanted to compliment you on your pronunciation of Rotterdam, Den Haag en Hoek van Holland. Too many English speakers do not even try for correct pronunciation of Dutch words, so your effort is much appreciated!

Also: is the planned extension of the line to Hoek van Holland Strand finished by now? When I was there when the line had just opened, there was a giant building site just past the old Hoek van Holland Haven station.

Robin Liu

4y↑1

Yes, that would be the future Hoek van Holland Strand station.

Not Just Bikes

4y↑2

Thanks! I am trying to improve my Dutch, and practicing these names is part of that.

There was still a giant building site just past the Haven, so I suspect they're not done yet!

Werner Rietveld

4y↑2

You still have to walk or bus or bike about 1,5km before you can dip into the north sea. It will take a while for the last stretch to be finished, with the notoriously difficult dutch planning permissions, tight budgests, high safety standards, NIMBY's and difficult soil, but from what I saw and read recently there is already some construction going on.

Anthony Dyer

It's been 12 years since I've been to Rotterdam. I used to take the train from Schiphol. One of the gripes I had was a lack of payment options. Visa/Mastercard was what I had, and yet the ticket machines did not accept them. They only accepted Maestro cards or coins. They didn't even accept euro bank notes. Any other payment methods required to a ticket office, which at Schiedam train station, it was closed.

This was bad, and I hope it's been addressed since 12 years ago. One of my colleagues boarded the train expecting to pay the ticket inspector for a ticket, like you do on some UK trains. She paid alright! It was a fine, rather than ticket however. Not fun, and not foreigner friendly.

Ervin Amir

3y↑1

This channel really make me want to visit or even live in The Netherlands, I wonder how cities would look like in my country (Indonesia) if were still being colonised by the Dutch though.

TheVentMan

Us in Indonesia would be Shitted by the Dutch, we'd be considered "oiYysAndOreS"

Step 1 in how to make Protected Bike Lanes Look Better: JUST MAKE IT LOOK LIKE SOME BATIK MOTIF.

Mees van den Biggelaar

4y↑2

If you're cycling through Rotterdam, definitely take a look at the Maastunnel!

Highways & Byways

4y↑5

RandstadRail has done a remarkable job of repurposing existing rail corridors for public transit. I really like lines 3 and 4 out to Zoetermeer. They show how adaptable low-floor lrt can be. Surface tram lines within the surburban and inner city parts of Den Haag, the downtown tunnel/viaduct (with the stop at the central rail station) then interlined with Rotterdam Line E, then commuter tram-train out to Zoetermeer, then a remarkable light metro system within Zoetermeer itself (I don't know of any other cities that size with a grade-separated light rail system). All on the same lines!

And yeah, I really wish cities in western Canada would look at Rotterdam for how to repair our decades of car-centric planning.

Roodborst Kalf

4y↑2

The decisions to implement it was taken a long time ago in the late 80's. But the results are impressive. The E-line from Slinge to Den Haag Centraal is a huge success. Pedro Peters, the guy who implemented it retired a few years ago. He did an amazing job with the Rotterdam public transport system. His replacement immediately ran into trouble with the Hoek van Holland line (usual bureaucratic incompetence, EU rules and IT-systems) but with an extra delay of a few years it's now working since about 1 year. Leiden made an enormous mistake (due to incompetent left wing politicians) by refusing another Randstad rail system centered on that city.

Alexander Pas

4y↑2

@Not Just Bikes The funny thing is that it is also a repurposed heavy rail line.

Not Just Bikes

4y↑3

Yeah, absolutely. It is seriously impressive. Every city should be like that.

Brian

4y↑7

Outside China, Rotterdam is the largest port in the world. Many think this is the greatest city in the world, based on specific crtiteria.

RogerWilco

4y↑2

Rotterdam was the largest port in the world from the early sixties, it was surpassed by Shanghai in 2004-5.
It's about 10-11 nowadays and the largest outside China and Singapore.

AvariceUntied

4y↑3

The port of Singapore is also larger than the Rotterdam port iirc.

Patrick Schmitz

3y↑2

Rotterdam is a big “modern” city with lots of support for cars. But it somehow manages to support every other form of transit completely. You can cross the city by bike in 20-30 minutes. You can be in the country side in 15 minutes. You can easily ride to a metro station or even Centraal Station from most of the core and then continue on to another city. I thought Rotterdam has done a great job at mixing it’s transit options and still building very livable neighborhoods.

Codefoto

Haha, did I mention I love your videos? 😀 Actually quite a lot of footage is around the Blaak station area where I work nearby although in these times I have not been there for a year, so thanks for the update on that area!

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