"De Oversteek" bridge is very attractiv new bridge on a very historic and heroic (82nd Airborne division) crossing point. Everybody can join in at the Sunset March each evening. Starting time: sunset! Did that myself a few weeks ago.
When you see these two part trip through Nijmegen, you think that it's OK. But St. Annastraat, Graafseweg, Orangjesingel, Keizer Karel Plein are really stroads an dividing the city. Leaving it without the heart that the Keizer Karel plein used to be. The center is one big shoping center and only the all shops around horeca (restaurants ,café's) attract people. But as a place to live the city center is dead. It is not an active town but a commercial center. That is to say that a good bike infrastructure doesn't make a good town.
Yeah, those STROADs are a huge issue and in Part Two, Jos talks about how the old dead shopping mall area will all be redeveloped. I hope it is done well to help bring more life back to the city center. Thanks so much for tuning in. Cheers! John
Several changes have been made here and there to St. Annastraat over the last four decades. I've been cycling into town loads along this road since when I went to high school up to now, cycling to work from Malden. The southern couple hundred meters used to be 70 km/h coming in from 80 km/h at the Rijksweg crossing the lights at Schijdingsweg Grootstalselaan. Sjors already showed John some changes at Slotemaker de Bruïneweg and also nearer the city center two years ago. Improvements are being made with each round of maintenance, but yes it's still a main artery to and through Nijmegen.
A fantastic guided tour by Jos Sluijsmans. The level of detailed knowledge on display here is staggering and quite mind-blowing. It hasn’t changed from the previous tour of Nijmegen you did with him a few years ago. As a Dutchman it is also worth pointing out that you can sometimes see him struggling to find the English words and phrases for certain objects or phenomena, although he is obviously speaking in English quite proficiently. This is exactly how it would be for me. No matter how high one’s knowledge of English is, non-native speakers tend to translate from their own language, so every now and then they get stuck! I am sure a comparable tour in Dutch by Mr. Sluijsmans would be showcasing even more refined and articulate insights - for Dutch people!
Again a nice episode with slightly impromptu routes through Nijmegen. It kept me on my toes each time guessing where you both would end up next. I almost thought you would stay in Lent or would end up in the west part of Nijmegen, across the canal in Dukenburg. Yet you were then heading to a hospital, which still had a couple of possibilities, but you ended up at Radboud UMC at the university campus again. The green building near the hospital John asked about, is the Huygens building. Home to the Science Faculty, where I currently work at the Ecology department. At the darker half of the year there are tours to the telescopes on the roof at the last friday night of each month, clouds permitting.
That bit of bike parking for visitors you can't cycle to, is in between the former and the new main entrance of the hospital. Before they build the underground car park, you were allowed to cycle there. Nowadays the cycle path is across the other side of the green as you've shown cycling back towards the green Huygens building. Just a couple of weeks after you filmed there my brother was taken into hospital at night and the bike parking situation was so unclear that I parked my bike under the Huygens building, as my campus card didn't give entrance to all of the above ground secure bike parkinglots you passed. So I totaly agree that things could be highly improved for acces to bike parking for visitors at Radboud UMC main entrance.
Towards the end I was guessing you might end up at Café Jos, but then you went straight into town. It was news to me about the plans on the Molenpoort passage, where Jos has his bikes on display, being replaced. It's a pitty you didn't park your bike at the official lot at Plein 1944, there's a bit of dug up tower at display there. But De Blauwe Hand is also a nice piece of history!
Yay! Thanks so much for watching and for your reflections. Glad we were able to keep you guessing where we'd go next... of course, I had no clue. Hehe 😂
The other day I rode over a bridge near my place. It has a meter-wide sidewalk and protective fence *on the water side* that is low enough that I could easily be pushed over while walking. Nothing protecting me from cars other than the raised curb. Zero consideration to noise. Zero consideration to pedestrians or cyclists or anything outside a car. Goddamn you have it good in the Netherlands.
@@ActiveTowns Honestly that's most of the bridges around me in Vancouver BC, but the specific one I'm talking about is the Patullo Bridge between New Westminster and Surrey. You're actually supposed to walk your bike across it -- though I'd argue it's even too dangerous for that lol -- but ain't nobody got time for that! ;-) We are actually building a new bridge to replace the Patullo, and my understanding is that there will be real, useful pedestrian and bike lanes on the bridge. Of course the Surrey mayor wants the new bridge to be a gigantic traffic sewer, so we'll have to see what happens in a year or so when they open the new one.
21:01 My brother is welding me one of those bikes with the pedals pushed forward. A semi-recumbent cargo bike.
Nice! That will be fun 😀
Thanks again John and Jos.
Nijmegen looks like a great place.
You are quite welcome and thank you for tuning in.🙏
56:23 😂 I was thinking ‘must be a C-‘ as well!
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"De Oversteek" bridge is very attractiv new bridge on a very historic and heroic (82nd Airborne division) crossing point. Everybody can join in at the Sunset March each evening. Starting time: sunset! Did that myself a few weeks ago.
Fabulous! Thanks so much for watching and sharing. Cheers!
Love the videos. But being in the Netherlands, I'm surprised you haven't come across people riding velomobiles.
I have on occasion. Did you notice the one in Jos’ collection? Thanks so much for tuning in. 😀
@@ActiveTowns Yes, I did. Seeing it reminded me to ask about seeing them around.
When you see these two part trip through Nijmegen, you think that it's OK. But St. Annastraat, Graafseweg, Orangjesingel, Keizer Karel Plein are really stroads an dividing the city. Leaving it without the heart that the Keizer Karel plein used to be. The center is one big shoping center and only the all shops around horeca (restaurants ,café's) attract people. But as a place to live the city center is dead. It is not an active town but a commercial center. That is to say that a good bike infrastructure doesn't make a good town.
Yeah, those STROADs are a huge issue and in Part Two, Jos talks about how the old dead shopping mall area will all be redeveloped. I hope it is done well to help bring more life back to the city center. Thanks so much for tuning in. Cheers! John
Several changes have been made here and there to St. Annastraat over the last four decades. I've been cycling into town loads along this road since when I went to high school up to now, cycling to work from Malden. The southern couple hundred meters used to be 70 km/h coming in from 80 km/h at the Rijksweg crossing the lights at Schijdingsweg Grootstalselaan. Sjors already showed John some changes at Slotemaker de Bruïneweg and also nearer the city center two years ago. Improvements are being made with each round of maintenance, but yes it's still a main artery to and through Nijmegen.
A fantastic guided tour by Jos Sluijsmans. The level of detailed knowledge on display here is staggering and quite mind-blowing. It hasn’t changed from the previous tour of Nijmegen you did with him a few years ago. As a Dutchman it is also worth pointing out that you can sometimes see him struggling to find the English words and phrases for certain objects or phenomena, although he is obviously speaking in English quite proficiently. This is exactly how it would be for me. No matter how high one’s knowledge of English is, non-native speakers tend to translate from their own language, so every now and then they get stuck! I am sure a comparable tour in Dutch by Mr. Sluijsmans would be showcasing even more refined and articulate insights - for Dutch people!
Totally agree 💯 Thanks so much!
Again a nice episode with slightly impromptu routes through Nijmegen. It kept me on my toes each time guessing where you both would end up next. I almost thought you would stay in Lent or would end up in the west part of Nijmegen, across the canal in Dukenburg. Yet you were then heading to a hospital, which still had a couple of possibilities, but you ended up at Radboud UMC at the university campus again. The green building near the hospital John asked about, is the Huygens building. Home to the Science Faculty, where I currently work at the Ecology department. At the darker half of the year there are tours to the telescopes on the roof at the last friday night of each month, clouds permitting.
That bit of bike parking for visitors you can't cycle to, is in between the former and the new main entrance of the hospital. Before they build the underground car park, you were allowed to cycle there. Nowadays the cycle path is across the other side of the green as you've shown cycling back towards the green Huygens building. Just a couple of weeks after you filmed there my brother was taken into hospital at night and the bike parking situation was so unclear that I parked my bike under the Huygens building, as my campus card didn't give entrance to all of the above ground secure bike parkinglots you passed. So I totaly agree that things could be highly improved for acces to bike parking for visitors at Radboud UMC main entrance.
Towards the end I was guessing you might end up at Café Jos, but then you went straight into town. It was news to me about the plans on the Molenpoort passage, where Jos has his bikes on display, being replaced. It's a pitty you didn't park your bike at the official lot at Plein 1944, there's a bit of dug up tower at display there. But De Blauwe Hand is also a nice piece of history!
Yay! Thanks so much for watching and for your reflections. Glad we were able to keep you guessing where we'd go next... of course, I had no clue. Hehe 😂
Could have had a worse guide John ;o).
Indeed! 🙌
The other day I rode over a bridge near my place. It has a meter-wide sidewalk and protective fence *on the water side* that is low enough that I could easily be pushed over while walking. Nothing protecting me from cars other than the raised curb. Zero consideration to noise. Zero consideration to pedestrians or cyclists or anything outside a car.
Goddamn you have it good in the Netherlands.
That doesn’t sound inviting at all. Where is that located?
@@ActiveTowns Honestly that's most of the bridges around me in Vancouver BC, but the specific one I'm talking about is the Patullo Bridge between New Westminster and Surrey. You're actually supposed to walk your bike across it -- though I'd argue it's even too dangerous for that lol -- but ain't nobody got time for that! ;-)
We are actually building a new bridge to replace the Patullo, and my understanding is that there will be real, useful pedestrian and bike lanes on the bridge. Of course the Surrey mayor wants the new bridge to be a gigantic traffic sewer, so we'll have to see what happens in a year or so when they open the new one.
Keeping my fingers crossed 🤞 for ya. I expect much better from that region. Tomorrow’s episode will be with Vancouver- based Nic @nicthedoor Laporte
@@ActiveTowns Looking forward to it!
Thanks for the tour. It was interesting to see the city.
You are quite welcome! Glad you enjoyed it