Saturday, October 18, 2008

Cycleville

I have seen heaven and its Amsterdam. Well, if you think riding bicycles is heaven. My friend Sile sent me this blog about a dude that sat on a corner and photographed all the cyclists. I thought it was a joke until I came here as a cyclists (was here 10 years ago and I think the density of bikes is greater now). Just get a load of these stats (that is nearly a bike per inhabitant):

Inhabitants: 738.000
Inhabitants in greater Amsterdam: 1.498.000
Bicycles: 600.000
Parks: 28
Trams: 232
Ferries: 9
Markets: 21
Shops: 10.334
Canals: 165
Bridges: 1.281
Houseboats: 2.500

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