The large majority of Dutch children cycle to school. This is how they arrive at a school’s bicycle parking facility in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (aka Den Bosch) in the Netherlands. There is nothing special about this school. All over the Netherlands schools look like this between 8 and 8.30 in the morning.
More info: http://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/arriving-at-school-by-bicycle/
Music: Pioneers by Jason Shaw (Public Domain)
43 Comments
I still find it so funny how the comment section is filled with either confused people, or Dutch people who do this everyday
I feel so sorry for these kids, having poor parents who can't afford a car so they can't bring them to school… Looks like they can't even afford helmets.
This is the best country in the world!
C est super pour la planète aussi 👍
What about the winter?
As it should be!!! Our schools are choked up with cars dropping off or picking up!!!!
Nagyon klassz!
excellent sujet d'étude combien de km fait chaque cycliste pour venir stationner son vélo ici, est-il venu avec son vélo d'une gare ? vient-il de loin , de près ? c'est l'élément qui manque à cette démonstration, plaquer du kilométrage et de la carte géographique pour chaque utilisateur de vélo
what's funny is, everyone has a "favorite spot" they always like to park their bike at. 9/10 times you would be able to find the same bike at the same spot.
I notice that the women's bikes with baskets on the front wheel don't have a proper place to safely being stored and being chained to a safety place at this school yard. Oversight? or just good, old misogyny in the sense of 'what women need should be no different than what men need, so I don't need to plan for it'.
Would love to hear your response when they asked you why you're filming school children for 30 minutes from behind the fence 😀
It would be very interesting to see when they all leave school at the same time. We are waiting for the video !!!
Great content. Not so great music.
Omg this is my old school
It's really a useful thing that we don't have here in Brazil. Bike rack is awesome.
It's funny to see that there's a need to make a video about this… means it's an uncommon enough thing for people to want to see it.
Lives lived correctly. For the good of the many. Selflessness as a nation’s pledge. Beautiful minds in action.
What can I do vs what can I get!
I ride a bicycle for transportation in the states and people look at me like I'm homeless
0:03 Hey conciërge, de eigenaar van die witte Omoe is geschorst, de fiets links daarvan heeft een nieuw voorwiel nodig.
Sorry America, you are a beautiful country but your roads and your infrastructure are so bad i would never want to live there.
😉 👍
This is a dream of mine
Great! teaching kids that if you want to go somewhere PEDAL YOUR ASS TO GET THERE! 😉
absolutely nobody uses a bike to get to my school, there is a old bike rack that isn't even secured to the ground and a 90% chance of your bike getting stolen or vandalised. Most people have a bike but its not safe enough to bring to school
We would rarely if ever hang our bike steers in those racks
Interesting that no one seems to wear a helmet
Imagine if all these kids were dropped of by car
Love this video. It shows what can be done with a little commonsense
I know people that live just a few blocks from school and still drive 🤦
What do kids in country do?
If you do not mind I want to rebroadcast this clip and tell the world that the cities need to carbonizes. The Climate Emergency is important!
And they don’t seem to be locking them up
Imagine the amount of traffic this would generate if mom had to drop them of in a car.
Wow. No fat suburban moms dropping off their fat suburban kids from their fat suburban SUVs. The Netherlands: What a country!
It was like this in my time. The bicycle racks have changed. The bicycles have changed but it still is the same thing today. Very normal.
You would never see lazy ass American kids doing that. Mom, hurry up. I've be waiting in the SUV. Hurry!!!!
Pierson college! 🙌🏻
There must be a lot of trust for your child to ride their bike to school.
This is a beautiful thing. Thank you!
Scray how no one is locking their bike to a fixed object.
Looks cute
And at another place the teachers also arrive on bike.
Thats decipline and patience at its best..