Cycling in the Netherlands in the 1950s

A collection of colorful images of the Dutch cycling in the 1950s. In villages, in cities, for work, for pleasure: the Dutch cycled all over their country in great numbers. Even greater numbers than today.

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• cycling
• bicycle
• bike
• biking
• riding
• pleasure
• work
• bikes
• Netherlands
• Dutch
• Holland
• separate
• protected
• cycle
• path
• track
• way
• lane
• chic
• 1950s

[101andrewj]

i wonder how many kids wer killed by cracking their skulls after falling off their parents bicycle durrin this time

[markenlei]

@101andrewj no more than today. Every Dutch kid is still on their parents bicycle and we still don't wear useless plastic hats in this country.

[WestLABoy]

I had to chuckle at the "petroleum truck" around 2:43. Imagine carrying fuel to cars by bicycle!

[markenlei]

@WestLABoy Petroleum in Dutch means that this was used for cookers, heaters and lamps. We call petrol for cars 'benzine'.

[maximummask]

2:15 light rail/bus lanes in the middle, bicycles on the sides...beautiful. only ambulances, firetrucks, police/military, and elite figures are allowed to use the road, in which case cyclists should shift the side to make way. police would minimize their use of cars, they're likely to be the more abundant than all 3. deliveries/mail takes place overnight, night riders stick to the side. cheapest, cleanest, most efficient, most enjoyable, this is what urban city core transport should have been..

[johnstock100]

Must get me bike out

[ask412]

@101andrewj - not many, that's auto industry spin creating the 'fear'. You have fallen for one of last centuries great lies.

[Debbie321lopez]

Aan de like/dislike te zien kan 1 iemand niet fietsen...

Seen by the likes/dislikes i conclude that 1 person can't ride a bike...

[filmart1959]

Wonderful! I'm going to ride my bike a lot more!

[tetrabee]

@stopglobalswarming It's got nothing to do with hard heads. It's a matter of biking with common sense in a place that has well-designed infrastructure.  Sure helmets may have helped some cyclist in certain accidents, but at some point you just have to make a compromise between practicality/comfort or 'safety.' Life is risky. There would be less injuries if people wore helmets using stairs or walking on sidewalks as well. But at some point, you got to question how necessary that really is.

[viviannev1]

Does anyone recognise which city/cities theses were filmed in?

[MarjWas]

1:48 zo'n mandje zat ik ook in!

1:48 I was placed in a basket like that!

[sickone86]

@101andrewj Wel if you are raised with a bike you won''t fall 

[lslavychecker]

LOVE IT..No it is not like the movies,,many of us was and still is beautiful transportation...THANK YOU FOR VIDIO ...

[MOIxROCKT]

It looks like in the movies