It is officially the bicycle city of the world. Everywhere you go in Amsterdam you will literally find thousands of bicycles. The place is so congested with bicycles that every lamp posts, railings or anything that is standing that could be used to leave the bicycles locked behind are used.There is even a 3-storeys 'bicycle park' in front of the Central Station. We thought that is already ridiculous. Then we say this barge being used for parking the bikes! The place is simply just full of bicycles.
We were wondering what if people here do not use bikes; the place would have been like any other cities, full of fumes and cars. But it is not. Such that when we drove to Amsterdam, we didn't encounter traffic jam and was a smooth drive all the way to the centre of the city. The only penalty for car owners driving to Amsterdam is the high parking rates - 4 euros or $B8 per hour!
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