Amsterdam Cycling Tips for Visitors

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There are more bicycles than people in Amsterdam. Cycling for the majority is the primary way of getting around and because of this the Dutch take cycling seriously. There is little patience for people who muck up the system. Before you rent that bike learn the rules of the road and once you rented, get to know your bike and practice riding it where you will not disturb others.

[@tarquinmidwinter2056]

A nice straightforward video, doing what it says on the tin and not spoiled by intrusive 'music' or choppy editing.

[@distantlandstravel]

Thank you so much! Glad the video was helpful!

[@simonh6371]

Upvoted as this is all good advice, unlike some other ''tips for cycling in A'dam/NL'' yt vids...however I may be nitpicking but the photo at 4:29 does not show a pedestrian area (Zeedijk, A'dam) but a road on which bikes, cars and trucks may drive except for at night when the metal obstacles rise out of the ground to prevent non-authorised vehicles from entering. The couple obliviously walking in the middle of the road are clearly tourists I(German I think due to the man's mullet hairstyle), there are obvious pavements/sidewalks both sides for pedestrians. Tourists in the quieter roads in the centre of Amsterdam are like sheep and will walk on the road and act shocked and surprised when a bike tries to pass.

[@guidoferri8683]

The give way triangles don't mean that you have to stop, they mean that you must give way, but you don't have to stop if there are no vehicles incoming. It's better to stop anyway if the visual is not clear. You have to stop at the octagonal stop sign

[@ibdam1]

Very good information Thank you!

[@distantlandstravel]

Thank You for the kind words. Cycle on!

[@distantlandstravel]

Thank you for the Kind words. Cycle on!

[@ibdam1]

Distant Lands Travel Store I’m looking forward to my trip there in September

[@Matthijsklaassen]

Tourist biking should be restricted to certain areas. I suggest Drenthe.

[@WhereverJasperGoes]

4:37 is not even in the Netherlands, at all.