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Dutch ambassador to UK Simon Smits (R) with TfGM’s Eamon Boylan (L) and Chris Boardman (C)

Dutch ambassador praises Greater Manchester’s cycling ambitions

Simon Smits says “the benefits of cycling are immense”

Fri, Jan 17, 2020 18:17
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Amsterdam Bicycles (Jorge Royan, Wikimedia Commons)

Nearly 10,000 cyclists in Netherlands fined after mobile phone ban – in four months

Law came into effect on 1 July this year

Sun, Oct 13, 2019 17:55
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Mevan Babakar with Egbert

Twitter helps ex-child refugee find kindhearted aid worker who gave her a bike when she was aged 5

Mevan Babakar's tweet went viral - and within 36 hours the pair were reunited after 25 years

Wed, Aug 14, 2019 15:09
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broken-bike (CC BY 2.) by Garry McKnight on Flickr)

Electric transport cart in which four children were killed in Netherlands was beyond level crossing barrier when train hit it say witnesses

Victims of tragic incident this morning as they were being ferried to school were aged 4-11 years

Thu, Sep 20, 2018 15:05
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Amsterdam Bicycles (Jorge Royan, Wikimedia Commons)

Rise of e-bikes leads to more cyclists than car occupants losing lives on Dutch roads in 2017

Sharp increase in number of men aged over-65 while riding e-bikes blamed

Sun, Apr 29, 2018 17:48
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jufferswaard_nature_reseerve_source_gelderland.nl.jpg

Europe’s longest heated cycle path to link Dutch cities

Planned 1.7-kilometre route in Gelderland aimed at commuters will pass through nature reserve near Arnhem

Wed, Apr 11, 2018 16:09
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Amsterdam Bicycles (Jorge Royan, Wikimedia Commons)

Amsterdam lawyer loses case in which he called for action against ‘dickhead’ cyclists

“It is a national sport to moan about the behaviour of cyclists,” says director of Dutch Cyclists’ Union

Thu, Mar 22, 2018 14:13
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Boxmeer (licensed CC BY SA 2.0 on Flickr by British Province of Carmelites).jpg

British World War II veteran who borrowed bike from pub to liberate Dutch town dies aged 93

Angus Mitchell pedalled into Boxmeer in September 1944 and later described it as "a pleasant little bike ride"

Wed, Mar 14, 2018 19:12
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Toilet roll (CC licensed by Quinn Dombrowski via Flickr).jpg

Bike path in Netherlands made using recycled toilet paper

Neither soft nor long, but apparently quite strong (well, resilient anyway)

Sat, Sep 30, 2017 11:45
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Carrera Crossfire-E Womens Electric Bike – riding 3.jpg

Older Dutch cyclists warned of electric bike dangers

Deaths are on the rise among the e-bike brigade

Sat, Sep 23, 2017 07:47
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