Bicycles in the Netherlands have become an integral part of life. The Dutch boast that their country more than inhabitants. While the country's population of 16 million people. His anatomy of the Dutch differ from the rest of the inhabitants of the Earth, because they have an extra body part, the bike. Bike runs good half life, and if you're in the saddle, and it's still not a reason to deny yourself small pleasures. In Amsterdam you can easily meet the cyclist, who, without stopping the movement, dinner, alternately applying it to the hamburger, then to the bottle of coke. In short, if the coat of arms of Amsterdam drew today, it boasted three would not cross, and three bicycles.
Tell that to the second world war the Germans offended Dutch, pasahow on their bikes. Different versions of this story diverge in the details - it is known only that it was in Amsterdam. According to one version of the German patrols, tired of chasing is not subject to the new order of the Dutch cyclists, began to withdraw from the rental all of the townspeople. Selected bikes allegedly utilized by throwing him into the nearest canal. According to another version the Germans just got the bike a while back - apparently, not to retreat on foot. Be that as it may, the Dutch lost rental't forgotten, and during a soccer match between Holland and Germany often chant: "Return our bikes! ". In favor of the first version says that the question of the depth of the canals, the Dutch say: "Three meters and water meter rental".
Perhaps a carefully thought-out "bike" for tourists, and may - the classic way to get rid of two-wheeled friend - but rental in the canals of Amsterdam in abundance. It is unlikely that all of this has been preserved since the days of the Second world war had rusted and decayed... And the rental lot. There is even a special barge equipped with a crane with mahanoy nozzle - it is dipped into the channel, pull another batch of scrap metal and reloaded onto a barge.
And yet what is the bike: favorite means of transportation or a symbol of freedom? As can be proud of? To deal with this at the annual festival of improvised rental, which takes place in Amsterdam in early August. It attracts both Amateurs and real professionals two-wheeled drive from all over Holland. More and more often to the creation of the "miracle machines" take a hand and a large design company for which the creation or design of the original bike is primarily a marketing opportunity. Ends all predictable... After the judge give me a verdict of "most-most" begins holiday: racing races, traditional parade the streets of Amsterdam and, of course, lots and lots of music, beer and bikes...
Author:
E. Kochetov
Source:
nice-places.com
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