From April 30th, 2013 King Willem-Alexander is head of state of the Netherlands.
The Dutch royals have a long cycling tradition. The fifth generation of the House of Orange Nassau has been seen cycling.
More info: http://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/the-new-king-of-the-netherlands-on-a-bicycle/
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It is a legacy for them…
Of course the president of Kurdistan Region and his family ride best of American and European bikes BUT where there are more than a dozen of checkpoints around their place of stay. Police dogs alognside their friends, human police comando-dogs, are also covering all the surrounding areas. I guess they have anti-mortar and anti-rocket systems in place too as some news reports has also suggested this too…
Great.Keep it in the family.
Are they not reguired to wear safety helmets when bike riding '? IT IS THE LAW HERE IN
CANADAespecially for children!!
There is only a tiny minority of countries in the world with mandatory helmet laws. Most are English speaking. The rest of the world does not share the concern, and rightly so. Cycling is inherently safe, especially in the Netherlands where the cycle conditions -mostly away from motor traffic- are excellent.
that is true
Thanks I kind of thought it might be a North American thing!
No, we can cycle.
I really like The King of Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander! Charismatic King,, Cheers from indonesia,,
Finally I can reach 23 years cycling here in Indonesia. The place where almost people drive a motor cycle and car. I'm still survive to always use my bike everywhere. Except long distance place, i use public transportation.
Marco ploot, you are an idiot! How cN a country be backwards if they are too liberal?
Long may Dutch Royalty continue to cycle.
Juliana rules!
Oranje Boven! Lang leve onze Koninklijke Familie! God bless my Dutch Royal Family!
It's very admirable that a country can celebrate such a simple mode of transportation.
That's great & if it's flat it's very good
Crown-Prinsess Amalia going to school; by bicycle of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIG5FNU92lk
PS
The 9 month pregnant Dutch princess Margarita cycling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdcqNP9DDIw
Loving this big-time!
荷蘭國王威廉亞歷山大闔府騎自行車 ! (荷兰国王威廉亚历山大阖府骑自行车 !) Very good ! No.1 !
Not Istanbul but Ankara is the capital of Turkey..
The members of Dutch royalty look like nice people.
Why shouldnt they cycle?Everyone in the Netherlands cycle!And i mean everyone!20 million bikes on 16 million residents.
Maxima almost fell, zigzagged, and didn't know how to get off her bike. She does NOT cycle often. This is PR. The kids, however do cycle to school.
荷蘭國王威廉 – 亞歷山大騎自行車.荷兰国王威廉 – 亚历山大骑自行车. Very good ! No.1 !
All Dutch people grow up cycling. For us it's the same as walking.
Everyone else: * makes statues of people on horses *
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The Dutch: * makes statues of people on bikes *
Even Dutch uncles, economical millionaires, cycle.
Cycling is one of the ways the Dutch monarchy tries to appear relatable. Monarchies are otherwise inherently conservative institutions.
Máxima 😍🇦🇷
🙂
Nlow, I call them true royals. 😀
It's so cool the royalty arrives with their bodygaurds, all on bicycles.