Articles tagged ‘bike’

Beer Bike banned in Amsterdam

By Roger | June 11th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

UPDATE: The Beer Bike has evidently worked out the troubles with the police so as of late June, 2008 it’s on the road again with the problems discussed below solved. Read more about the new Amsterdam Beer Bike situation, including the new karaoke machine option.
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I recently used a photograph of Amsterdam’s Beer [...]

 

July in Amsterdam

By Roger | April 23rd, 2008 | Add a Comment »

July continues to be the height of the tourist season in Amsterdam. In Italy and some other southern countries, the cities half empty during July and August as all the locals head to beaches and elsewhere, but in Amsterdam you never really get that feeling. Many locals do take the entire month of August off, [...]

 

Buying a Used Bike in Amsterdam

By Roger | October 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Every visitor who arrives in Amsterdam for the first time can’t help but be amazed at how jammed the city is with bikes. At Centraal Station alone there are literally thousands of them parked and locked up every day. The bike culture in Amsterdam isn’t some new environmental movement, it’s the way the locals have [...]