So as you may already know, one of Streetfilm’s most successful videos of all-time was our 2019 trip to Utrecht to make the film “Utrecht: Planning for People, Not For Cars”, which surpassed 1 million views faster than anything we’ve ever produced.
I was visiting The Netherlands with my family for the first time and we decided to meet up with Mark Wagenbuur (Bicycle Dutch on Youtube) in Utrecht. He took us on a great tour of all the amazing things happening around the train station including many bike improvements, open space initiatives and we even visited the absolutely amazing Railway Museum which is definitely one of the tops in the world.
I filmed it all for fun and made this great keepsake of the day. There’s lots to see and you will enjoy watching in real-time how our day went. Thanks so much to Mark for not only being our guide but also for tagging along to the museum where we would have missed some really cool things if it wasn’t for him.
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Incredible. Looks like another planet from here in the US
I was in Utrecht about 10 years ago; they had just started to remove the motorway and renovate the train station. Quite a major change!
I wish my city would be like that
There a video of BicycleDutch about the project of changing back the motorway.
Slowly eliminating cars.
Mistakes can always be corrected
I will never get used to hearing the name of my city being Anglicized. (No negativity intended, the other way around, me speaking English, is way worse)
1:00 World bussiest bikepath. I travel that area almost daily multiple times bot during and outside rush. And it suprises me to no end that it is the bussiest bikepath in the world.. heck even the Netherlands. It certainly never feels like the bussiest in the world. (with the limited experience I have outside the Netherlands of course)
I think the "Inktpot" side of the renovations (towards the trackside and walk over) is my least favorite area but for the rest I think they did a banger job. I love to visit the Catharijnesingel now as opposed to the 50 years before. I was born when they just had started removing the singel in the late 60's and always kind of hated Central Station/Hoogh Catharijne area. I really hope they are gonna do something more with the Moreelse Park and Inktpot area.
great to see
Mark: "Look at this motorway" Clarence's son: "That looks horrible". 😆🎯