Every one was on bikes, dressed for work, carrying groceries, flowers, briefcases, and once what I was pretty sure was a cello.
These black milk crate looking baskets seemed to be the most popular.
Even the kids rode bikes. These carts were popular and I saw a few that had snap on plastic sheets to protect from rain and cold. I even saw what I think was an entire pre-school class heading out on a trip, two teachers with about 5 kids each in large carts.
There were also little "bike seats" that strapped to the back or front or both (as seen here) of the bikes.
The first time I saw this sight, I told Jason that my American mother friends would completely freak out when they saw this.
And they did.
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I'm not even a mother and I just cried, "No helmets!!!!????"
But we have the behind-the-cyclist bike seats all over the place here in NYC, as well as the occasional milk crate basket upfront. And some sort of cart-like things that attach to the back of the bike to haul babies and toddlers in--those make me nervous as hell, even though we do have *some* bike lanes here. Probably nowhere near as much as Amsterdam, though.
I wonder how many bicyclists in Amsterdam ride on the sidewalk where the pedestrians are. Few, I bet. It's a big problem here, though.
Sharon - I thought the same thing. But, by my limited observation, it seems being on a bike in Amsterdam is safer than walking or being in a car. And those silly pragmatic Dutch actually ALL follow the rules of the road. Gasp!
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