Etiket: bicycle
18,846 unsafe bicycle points mapped with VeloVeilig: these are the most dangerous points in Flanders
VeloVeilig Vlaanderen 2023 has reached its final mark: no less than 18,846 unsafe bicycle points were pinned on the map of Flanders this week. At the head, even if that…
You buy a children’s bicycle second-hand, but a tombstone? That’s still getting used to
It looks so beautiful: use an old tombstone, engrave it again, and voila: the stone is ready for reuse. It can, and sometimes happens – but this circular solution often…
INTERVIEW. Ann lost her daughter Sofie (12), who was hit by a truck on her bicycle: “That driver can come home and hug his children. I can only say to her picture that I love her”
How do we make Flanders VeloSafe together? That is the question that HLN wants to answer this week together with all cyclists and motorists in the largest bicycle survey ever.…
Brandenburg government wants to double bicycle traffic by 2030
Vast country: Only eleven percent of the journeys in Brandenburg are made by bike. That should change Photo: picture alliance/dpa By Michael Sauerbier Brandenburg’s transport minister wants to double the…
Well-known Belgian bicycle manufacturer Norta will from now on only make e-bikes “People used to be ashamed of electric bicycles, now even young people don’t want anything else”
Norta, one of the most popular Belgian bicycle manufacturers, now only produces bicycles with a ‘motor’. For years, the Kempen brand was known for its rock-solid city bikes, but it…
The statue of the brave woman on a bicycle in the Prinsentuin in Leeuwarden: what role did my grandmother play in the war?
In the Prinsentuin in Leeuwarden is a statue of a woman on a bicycle. Bent over and with the bags heavily loaded, she bravely pedals on. Until recently, writer Judith…
On Bicycle in Drenthe episode 4: De Wieden
Sjaak Koote has for the fourth episode of Cycling in Drenthe planned a trip to Overijssel. This Wiedenroute starts from Havelte and leads via the Overcingel estate, Nijeveen and Kolderveen…
Bicycle accidents: how many dead and injured each year in Italy
Road deaths have halved in the last twenty years, but pedestrians and cyclists continue to be most at risk of death or serious injury. The goal of zero deaths is…
Girl (16) pulled off her bicycle in the woods: ‘He came after me’
A complete stranger tried to pull a 16-year-old girl from Heeze off her bicycle on Sunday afternoon. That happened in the woods of Aalst, near the Hut van Mie Pils.…
Robert Bast (37) from Emmen is homeless and lives in his bicycle caravan
One video is about a day in his life, the other about how he separates his waste. “In total, about 2000 people have now viewed my videos.” Bast can be…