@@ActiveTowns I know this isn't a towns thing but could I request you checking out Delftse Hout? People still have no idea how much of a vibe it is to walk and bike there. You could also show the mess that iis that road thing near the petting zoos where Cars, bycicle and foot traffic mix next to this giant polde that I honestly hate going too cause of said cars
What a gorgeous day for November in The Netherlands. I don't think you're overdressed at all, but after a while of cycling you will probably feel quite warm on a sunny windless day like that.
Yeah, I was very lucky during the nearly three weeks I stayed in Delft... when I saw how beautiful it was in Delft when I returned from Zwolle, I just had to get out into the countryside for a ride. Thanks again for tuning in.😀
This is a very nice bicycle ride at Delfts countryside. We know this route from our frequent vacations at 'sGravenzande with day trips to Delft. Even though we often go there by car we also ride with the bicycle through the nice cycling paths along the dunes of the northsea and to the other small towns like Naaldwijk, Hoek van Holland and so on. Some of my rides I filmed in timelapse like this one alnog the dunes : th-cam.com/video/nSqJ3dTnFsU/w-d-xo.html
Thanks, lovely day for a ride. Never been there myself. I’m with you on the coat front, leave the short sleeves to the kids! Beautiful path at the end, with the “sloten” on both sides and the willows. Looking forward to part 2! 👍🌷
Interesting. I didn't know there are routes for rollerbladers! When I was studying urbanism in Delft in 2015-18 I speed skated part of my commute from Utrecht. I would skate to Utrecht Centraal (5 min), take the train to Zoetermeer (36 min) and skate to the faculty (20 min). It was simply the fastest way to get from door to door. With only public transport it would take at least 15-20 minutes longer, and it would be boring and frustrating (I know, I did it for years before). I think I still have some Strava 'course records' on that section. I even skated to my graduation :P
Awesome! That is so cool. Yeah, I'm super stoked that I noticed that sign. It would have been fun to see a bunch of skaters getting some training in. Thanks so much for watching and for this helpful contribution to the conversation. I hope you are enjoying the Channel. Cheers! John
@@ActiveTowns 80% of the route I skated from Zoetermeer station to 'BK City' is through natural areas ('de Balij', and Delftse Hout if I had time to spare). It is such a better commute than having to pack like sardines and play frogger every morning at either Rotterdam Centraal or Den Haag Centraal to transfer to Delft, then to transfer to the bus or walk, because after three stolen bikes I had given up. Or waiting in the freezing cold at Zoetermeer station for the bus to take you through the boring landscape around Pijnacker...
@@ActiveTowns I have speed skated for years now, I think I took it up again in 2016. I skate everywhere. To work, which is in different locations in the Utrecht agglomeration every day. To meetings in Amsterdam. From near the center of Utrecht it takes me 45 minutes to get to the Bijlmer (southeastern suburb of Amsterdam, 1 hour to central Amsterdam, and 1 hour 15 minutes to Amsterdam West). I visit different thrift stores in Utrecht province on my longer weekly skates, on routes varying between 25 and 60 km. But in all my years of being on the road on skates, I have never seen a group of speed skaters training. Speed skating in the Netherlands is almost exclusively practiced as training for ice speed skating. Note that recreational (sub-)urban rollerbladers are not 'speed skaters'; you won't see them training for speed in large groups, ever. They go out at 'Friday Night Skates', which stay within (sub-)urban confines. Perhaps you may encounter groups of speed skaters training on the road in Friesland, I'm not sure. The vast majority of Dutch inline speed skaters train mostly at their local open air ice rink, which doubles as a concrete speed skating rink during summer. Apparently for most the excruciating surfaces that you will undoubtedly encounter outside the rinks - though usually not for too long (badly eroded countryside tarmac, especially under trees, is a form of torture) - is just too off putting to plan such group training sessions. I am seen as somewhat of a 'daredevil' for speed skating everywhere. So speed skating is definitely not yet as accepted as a mode of transport as cycling is in the Netherlands. I have lobbied to no avail to the Utrecht municipal government to include inline skating in their transport policies. Though some cities outside the Netherlands are implementing 'skateclusive' transport policies (some German cities have dedicated 'skate paths', and in Paris you are allowed to skate on the bike path), I have not heard of any Dutch city including skaters in their policies. In the Netherlands you are officially not allowed to skate on the bike path, and yes I have been threatened by a cop (and multiple cyclists and car drivers) for doing so. I think the national law has to change first, before local governments can include skaters in their policies. Currently skaters are considered pedestrians, no matter their speed. Thus this signage somewhat confuses me.
Beautiful ride along the canal. Not thrilled to see motor scooters along bike / mixed use infrastructure but I guess it works if everyone is respectful.
Fun fact Jon, at 5:30, you’re passing a stop sign. I have never seen any bicycles stop at that particular stop sign. Except once in the mid 2000s when the police was controlling cyclist whether their lights were working.
Yeah, I can honestly say that I rarely encounter stop signs in The Netherlands, which is good because I hate stop signs. Hehe 🤣 Thanks so much for watching. I hope you are enjoying the Channel. Cheers! John
On behalf on our police force.. 😂 You missed the red traffic light for bicycles. As you crossed the street you had to wait for green first , after other traffic got their red signal. 😊
Your mention of family-operations in the farmland surprised me. They are incredibly rare. Most farms in The Netherlands have something called "megastallen" housing thousands of cows up to millions of poultry. It's how The Netherlands is one of the biggest exporters and also why when there is a fire or infectious disease outbreak, you read in the papers that thousands or even millions of animals are killed. It's an awful practice and it contributes hugely to greenhouse gasses.
I think South-Holland province doesn’t really have megastallen, as far as I’m aware. This has to do with the type of soil (none), the density and urbanisation (a lot), and pollution. In South-Holland province open-farm agriculture with milk cows and greenhouses are the only viable forms of agriculture.
The second part of your comment I agree with, but the first part of your comment is not true, mega stables/megastallen are rare in The Netherlands especially compared to most other agricultural economies, we have 600 mega stables on 19,490 farms which is a total of 3%. And this total is for dairy cows, pigs, egg laying chickens and goats combined. The biggest dairy cow stable in The Netherlands has 2,250 dairy cows, the average is 110 dairy cows per farm (a mega stable has more than 250 dairy cows). For pigs it is 4,700 (for a mega stable it is 7,500 pigs), for egg laying chickens it is 50,000 (for a mega stable it is 120,000 chickens) for goats it is 1,270 (for a mega stable it is 1,500 goats).
Wow. Just stunning! The urbanism and dedicated bike lanes of the rural and suburban areas is a policy choice!! I’m convinced!
Yep! For sure... and much more to come. Thanks for tuning in. Cheers! John
Thank you for showing parts of Delftland i do not usually go to.
You’re quite welcome 😊
@@ActiveTowns I know this isn't a towns thing but could I request you checking out Delftse Hout? People still have no idea how much of a vibe it is to walk and bike there. You could also show the mess that iis that road thing near the petting zoos where Cars, bycicle and foot traffic mix next to this giant polde that I honestly hate going too cause of said cars
@@KajiRider1997 Cool! I'll put it on my list for the next visit. Thanks! 😀
Den Hoorn is a village in midden-Delftland. Not a suburb
Thanks for watching and for the clarification. Much appreciated. Cheers! John
What a gorgeous day for November in The Netherlands. I don't think you're overdressed at all, but after a while of cycling you will probably feel quite warm on a sunny windless day like that.
Yeah, I was very lucky during the nearly three weeks I stayed in Delft... when I saw how beautiful it was in Delft when I returned from Zwolle, I just had to get out into the countryside for a ride. Thanks again for tuning in.😀
Almost like Rail Away on Bike 😁
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13:29 that Range Rover was speeding for sure. Yikes.
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This is a very nice bicycle ride at Delfts countryside. We know this route from our frequent vacations at 'sGravenzande with day trips to Delft. Even though we often go there by car we also ride with the bicycle through the nice cycling paths along the dunes of the northsea and to the other small towns like Naaldwijk, Hoek van Holland and so on. Some of my rides I filmed in timelapse like this one alnog the dunes : th-cam.com/video/nSqJ3dTnFsU/w-d-xo.html
Cool! Thanks so much. Cheers! John
Thank you John, for the nice Sunday ride 🙂 and have a nice day
You are quite welcome! Really appreciate you joining me for the ride. Cheers! John
Great ride and beautiful day.
Yes, it was! Thanks so much for watching 😀
Thanks, lovely day for a ride. Never been there myself. I’m with you on the coat front, leave the short sleeves to the kids! Beautiful path at the end, with the “sloten” on both sides and the willows. Looking forward to part 2! 👍🌷
You are quite welcome! Really appreciate you tuning in. Look forward to sharing Part Two with you. Cheers! John
Thank you for sharing! Those cars sound loud!
You are quite welcome! Yeah, cars are so loud, especially as speed increases. Thanks for tuning in. Cheers! John
Interesting. I didn't know there are routes for rollerbladers! When I was studying urbanism in Delft in 2015-18 I speed skated part of my commute from Utrecht. I would skate to Utrecht Centraal (5 min), take the train to Zoetermeer (36 min) and skate to the faculty (20 min). It was simply the fastest way to get from door to door. With only public transport it would take at least 15-20 minutes longer, and it would be boring and frustrating (I know, I did it for years before). I think I still have some Strava 'course records' on that section. I even skated to my graduation :P
Awesome! That is so cool. Yeah, I'm super stoked that I noticed that sign. It would have been fun to see a bunch of skaters getting some training in. Thanks so much for watching and for this helpful contribution to the conversation. I hope you are enjoying the Channel. Cheers! John
@@ActiveTowns 80% of the route I skated from Zoetermeer station to 'BK City' is through natural areas ('de Balij', and Delftse Hout if I had time to spare). It is such a better commute than having to pack like sardines and play frogger every morning at either Rotterdam Centraal or Den Haag Centraal to transfer to Delft, then to transfer to the bus or walk, because after three stolen bikes I had given up. Or waiting in the freezing cold at Zoetermeer station for the bus to take you through the boring landscape around Pijnacker...
@@ActiveTowns I have speed skated for years now, I think I took it up again in 2016. I skate everywhere. To work, which is in different locations in the Utrecht agglomeration every day. To meetings in Amsterdam. From near the center of Utrecht it takes me 45 minutes to get to the Bijlmer (southeastern suburb of Amsterdam, 1 hour to central Amsterdam, and 1 hour 15 minutes to Amsterdam West). I visit different thrift stores in Utrecht province on my longer weekly skates, on routes varying between 25 and 60 km. But in all my years of being on the road on skates, I have never seen a group of speed skaters training. Speed skating in the Netherlands is almost exclusively practiced as training for ice speed skating. Note that recreational (sub-)urban rollerbladers are not 'speed skaters'; you won't see them training for speed in large groups, ever. They go out at 'Friday Night Skates', which stay within (sub-)urban confines. Perhaps you may encounter groups of speed skaters training on the road in Friesland, I'm not sure. The vast majority of Dutch inline speed skaters train mostly at their local open air ice rink, which doubles as a concrete speed skating rink during summer. Apparently for most the excruciating surfaces that you will undoubtedly encounter outside the rinks - though usually not for too long (badly eroded countryside tarmac, especially under trees, is a form of torture) - is just too off putting to plan such group training sessions. I am seen as somewhat of a 'daredevil' for speed skating everywhere. So speed skating is definitely not yet as accepted as a mode of transport as cycling is in the Netherlands. I have lobbied to no avail to the Utrecht municipal government to include inline skating in their transport policies. Though some cities outside the Netherlands are implementing 'skateclusive' transport policies (some German cities have dedicated 'skate paths', and in Paris you are allowed to skate on the bike path), I have not heard of any Dutch city including skaters in their policies. In the Netherlands you are officially not allowed to skate on the bike path, and yes I have been threatened by a cop (and multiple cyclists and car drivers) for doing so. I think the national law has to change first, before local governments can include skaters in their policies. Currently skaters are considered pedestrians, no matter their speed. Thus this signage somewhat confuses me.
That number 54 in the circle is the number of the junction numbered 54 in the LF network. The arrow indicates in which direction that junction is.
Ah, perfect. Thanks for that explanation and for watching. Much appreciated. Cheers! John
Beautiful ride along the canal. Not thrilled to see motor scooters along bike / mixed use infrastructure but I guess it works if everyone is respectful.
Yeah, that's the key part. Thanks for watching. Cheers! John
4:20 funny how you say you're in a suburb as you pass a building from the 1800's 😜 or possibly older.
Nah, late 1800's (1890 or so) at it's oldest judging from the architecture. (found it on streetview, then googled it: it's from 1903 apparently)
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Ah, thanks so much for the clarification. Much appreciated. Cheers! John
Fun fact Jon, at 5:30, you’re passing a stop sign. I have never seen any bicycles stop at that particular stop sign. Except once in the mid 2000s when the police was controlling cyclist whether their lights were working.
Yeah, I can honestly say that I rarely encounter stop signs in The Netherlands, which is good because I hate stop signs. Hehe 🤣 Thanks so much for watching. I hope you are enjoying the Channel. Cheers! John
On behalf on our police force.. 😂
You missed the red traffic light for bicycles. As you crossed the street you had to wait for green first , after other traffic got their red signal.
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Oops! 😲
You will find that outside every town in the western parts of The Netherlands there is farmland like this.
Yeah, I love it. Reminds me of the farmland area where I grew up. Thanks so much for watching. Cheers! John
And most of the eastern half is nothing but farmland (with towns and villages and forests dotted throughout)!
Yeah the town edge is deliciously well defined. It's such a good system.
@3:23 the man greets you.. He’s saying “morgen” (like good morning) 3:24
Yeah, I gave him a head nod. Thanks so much for watching. Much appreciated. Cheers! John
I've seen more Dutch flags in this video than I've seen over the last couple of years LOL.
Was part of nationwide protest from our farmers at the time.. In protest they had out our national flag upside down. Should be 🇳🇱
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Thanks for this context, @Hensepens64
Much appreciated.
Cheers!
John
6:07 - 6:40 now that's surprisingly bad infrastructure by Dutch standards.
Proof that there's always room for improvement 😉
Your mention of family-operations in the farmland surprised me. They are incredibly rare. Most farms in The Netherlands have something called "megastallen" housing thousands of cows up to millions of poultry. It's how The Netherlands is one of the biggest exporters and also why when there is a fire or infectious disease outbreak, you read in the papers that thousands or even millions of animals are killed. It's an awful practice and it contributes hugely to greenhouse gasses.
I think South-Holland province doesn’t really have megastallen, as far as I’m aware. This has to do with the type of soil (none), the density and urbanisation (a lot), and pollution. In South-Holland province open-farm agriculture with milk cows and greenhouses are the only viable forms of agriculture.
The second part of your comment I agree with, but the first part of your comment is not true, mega stables/megastallen are rare in The Netherlands especially compared to most other agricultural economies, we have 600 mega stables on 19,490 farms which is a total of 3%. And this total is for dairy cows, pigs, egg laying chickens and goats combined. The biggest dairy cow stable in The Netherlands has 2,250 dairy cows, the average is 110 dairy cows per farm (a mega stable has more than 250 dairy cows). For pigs it is 4,700 (for a mega stable it is 7,500 pigs), for egg laying chickens it is 50,000 (for a mega stable it is 120,000 chickens) for goats it is 1,270 (for a mega stable it is 1,500 goats).
Interesting...
Interesting! Where did you get that information? @@RealConstructor
This reads like a comment about farmland from a "city person". There are a lot of small (family) farms.