[Ep. 971] People cycle regardless of the weather. On Friday morning 20 January 2023 there was a code orange weather warning for 5cm of snow with the advice to work from home. What we really got was sleet; a wet snow that melted almost instantly which resulted in this video that proves the Dutch are not only fair-weather cyclists.

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  1. We're getting a bit of a snow storm here tonight; I can't wait to go cycle somewhere in it tomorrow. It's always so pretty and I love the crunchy sounds of the wheels on the frozen pavement ❤️

  2. Sad weather, sad Hieronymus Bosch at the end of the video…
    But cyclists are COMING! They don't give up, they are heroes!
    A wonderful optimistic video, thank you, Mark!

  3. Ah, 4:07, the Wilhelminabrug.
    Going from the city center to the station, or vice versa.
    With its beautifully carved pillars at the Station side of the bridge.

    One of the very few places where one still is able to find a Swastika in the wild in a Western country.

  4. Just be carefull out there, you had a fall in the snow before, I seem to remember. Mind you, there was a lot of more snow then.Hope there won't be too much more this year. Stay warm🙂👍.

  5. Oh wow! Very different from our visit in Nov. I do find it to be pretty once the snow accumulates, plus I don’t particularly like rain just above the freezing mark. hehe 😅

  6. Mark, ik ben niet echt bekend met Den Bosch.(Dat gaat naar Den Bosch toe, zoete lieve Gerritje)
    Het beeld op de grote markt, het plein waar je de markt filmt, welk figuur is daar uitgebeeld?

    Liefs leafs (^.^)

  7. Bad weather and cycling in The Netherlands.
    My dad lived North of Amsterdam and worked in Amsterdam, for 38 years. Every morning he took his bicycle and rode to the Wibautstraat in Amsterdam, some 18 km for him. At the end of the afternoon he rode his bicycle back home. One morning in app 1960 there was a lot of snow and my mum felt sorry for him and asked him to take the train to work this time. In the evening, later than normal he came home. He stated, "Never again! I was late for work and now I'm late at home too"… tomorrow I go by bicycle again. It was the only legendary day in all his professional career that he took the train to work, all other days he commuted by bicycle. His employer gave him 2 cents per km and every 4-6 years he bought a new bike of that money. With a dad like that you try the same. I commuted app 30 years to work by bicycle. My dad stopped living because he didn't want to live anymore at the age of 93, after his girlfriend died, but his body still was fit.

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