Netherlands

The Netherlands, besides being known for tulips and windmills, is generally considered one of the cycling capitols of the world. This video from the Dutch Cycling Embassy only reinforces that idea. And it might just make you jealous. Because the bicycling infrastructure in the Netherlands rocks.… Read the rest

Where: Utrecht, Netherlands (Population 300,000)
According to a Rutgers study, 27 percent of trips in the Netherlands are made by bicycle. That’s a huge distinction from the U.S., where bike commuters make up just one percent of the population.
What’s more, cyclists in European nations can often (safely) forgo helmets… Read the rest

This photo, which I came across via a friend-of-a-friend on Facebook, was snapped about three weeks ago at Jan Thiel Beach in Curacao, Netherlands. If I was Benjamin Button this is something I would make sure to do before I got too young.
Here’s what the photographer had to say… Read the rest

For many, living in student housing is one small step up from living in a Gulag. Not at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Check out these photos of the University’s Campagneplein dormitory, a nine-story building/climbing wall that features 87 apartments and over 2500 hand and foot grips.
Did… Read the rest

The only thing better than camping next to water is camping on water… at least that’s what someone in Amsterdam seems to think. Floating near Almere Beach in the Netherlands, this does look like a pretty idyllic place to crash for the night.
The floating campground is believed to be… Read the rest