Three storey bicycle parking lot serves thousands.

Cyclists are welcomed here and there are red bike paths all through the city. As a pedestrian it's the bikes, not the cars, which seem most hazardous. We were told, "They have brakes but they don't like to use them." Bikes zoom past from every which way.

Quirky Amsterdam: Leaning houses, bicycles, "coffee shops" and a delegation of trees

June 5th 2018
Our trip is pulling to a close where it began, in busy, intriguing Amsterdam. This is the penultimate blog entry. There will be one more as we're staying 2 nights in Seoul, South Korea, on our return to Australia. Returning to Amsterdam from Budapest has been a journey of discovery on our own, quite different from the tight and well-planned itinerary of the river trip. Each style of travel has ... read more

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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

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