Bikes

Bikes, bikes and of course more bikes

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July 7th 2009
What else can we say, there are thousands of bikes everywhere! The hotel staff told us that there are 750,000 inhabitants to the city of Amsterdam and over a million bikes! They have bike parking garages to park them in all over town. The drivers of cars look out in every direction to make sure they don't hit anyone. We attempted to get around on bike on Sunday however we only made one turn ar ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam

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The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized natio... ... read more