Cycling to school; Culemborg (Netherlands)

[mdancer77]

When I see videos like this it makes me miss Nederland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dragonsayian]

Its funny to see all these obese out of shape dutch kids riding I would say that the Dutch are the most overweight country because of the high number of cyclist that do cardio . Unlike a lot of American kids are the best shape by playing video games for hours and eating super size fast food and sitting on there duffs thats the best cardio

[ariannabanane]

@Dragonsayian I see what you did there. ;D

[ribblestealth]

love it.

[hckyroxs]

I'd love to be able to ride a bike to school but my school is 1/2 away driving so I can't. These kids have such a beautiful route to travel by too! Jealous ;)

[wanttoread5]

The trade-off however, is that when you live in the Netherlands you can't afford a car at 16 or 18, or even 21. I know many 30-years old who have never owned a car. 

[tetrabee]

@wanttoread5 Not many 16, 18 year olds in the US can afford cars either; mostly it's their parents buying them one, which is why at least half of the 17-18 year olds in my high school drove to school everyday. 21 year olds, maybe, although they probably have loads of loans from college alone. Such is the culture in this country. I don't know about anyone else, but I personally feel that 16 (or 14 in some states) is a little young to be operating machinery such as a car. 18 would be better.

[natetehgr8]

notice the lack of fat kids

[andrew097]

It must give a sense of independence to kids that they don't have where I live. Because they are nearly all dropped to school in cars.

[Jrhynie]

Veilige cycluswegen en gezonde kinderen. Droevig niet in Engeland or Schotland.

[Hankdevries]

@Jrhynie google translate? haha, nice try.

[JoachimderZweite]

This is a lovely and peaceful film and makes we wish I had moved to the Netherlands when I had the chance.

[keokiracerhalsteren]

Markenlei, check eens een keer de Burgemeester Stulemeijerlaan in Bergen Op Zoom, tussen 8 en 8:30 's ochtends altijd een enorme fietschaos :) (ruim 2000 leerlingen van mijn school komen altijd op de fiets + nog een hoop scholieren die nog verder moeten fietsen + ander woon-werk-fietsverkeer)

Kom ik ook eens in een van je filmpjes ;)

Het zal waarschijnlijk wel te ver weg voor je zijn (al heb ik geen flauw idee waar je woont, ik denk Utrecht e.o. Das toch ruim 100 km verderop) Mooie video weer

[stevetheurkmanurkel]

There ALL riding cruiser bikes.no road,no bmx,just cruiser bikes.

[chubeviewer]

closer to school larger they become like the closer a river gets to the mouth the wider and deeper it get because it has more tributaries n shit :D

[ty3165]

nice to see proper bikes instead of those hideous mountain bikes kids ride in the uk

[patrickoudejans]

@gyorkos: Vajon ezek a gyerekek tényleg néz ki kínozták? Kutatások eredményei azt mutatják, hogy a holland gyerekek körében a legboldogabb a világon. Kerékpározás egyfajta szabadság, ami értékes itt. Gyerekek nem csak a ciklus iskolába. Ezek a ciklus sport klubok, barátok, rokonok, üzletek, satöbbi. És úgy vélik, hogy normális. Gyerekek értékelem, hogy nem kell valaki mást, hogy őket azokra a helyekre.

És igen, nekünk van ombudsman.

(Fordította a Google Translate).

[gyorkos1]

@patrickoudejans In my comment was ironic. The Google Translate is not perfect yet. :)

(Google Translate and myself)

[ty3165]

another great video mark,thanks for posting

[nitramluap]

Fabulous film Mark! :)

[gyorkos1]

Szegény gyerekek! Micsoda gyerekkínzás! Kilométereket kell tekerniük kell a suliba, ahelyett, hogy autóval furikáznák őket a szüleik. Hidegben, melegben, esőben, napsütésben, ez borzasztó! Ott talán nincsen ombudsman?

[fietsya]

Yay Mark!!! Beautiful :)