Antwerp Centraal Station
This imposing train station was built from 1895 to 1905 as a terminus station, meaning that all the tracks ended here. The station features a huge dome, which aside from Read More …
Tag: Cycling
Velo-Antwerpen bike sharing
More than four thousand red and white Velo-Antwerpen bikes are available for spontaneous short-term rentals at over three hundred docking stations throughout the city of Antwerp. They are intended for Read More …
Grote Markt
For many years in the twentieth century, Antwerp’s Grote Markt (Large Market) was used as — you guessed it — a parking lot for automobiles. But now the cars have Read More …
Bicycle tour of Prague
When I was in Prague there were two companies, City Bike and Praha Bikes, which offered guided bicycle tours of the city. Both companies made a friendly and competent impression Read More …
Three Countries Corner
All over Aachen there are bicycle route signs pointing to Dreiländereck, meaning Three Countries Corner, where the borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands all come together. The distances are Read More …
Sunny days in Copenhagen
Copenhagen is often described as “a city of cyclists” or “the world’s cycling capital”, but you will also hear the opinion that there aren’t any “cyclists” in Copenhagen, just normal Read More …
Rainy days in Copenhagen
In the middle of my visit to Copenhagen I was treated to one of their famous Baltic low-pressure areas, which brought thirty-six consecutive hours of drenching rainfall. This had a Read More …
Cycle tracks in Copenhagen
In lots of cities, including the one I live in, there is an ongoing discussion about whether bicycles lanes should be painted on the street or on the sidewalk. If Read More …
Right-turning motor vehicles
One of the greatest dangers for cyclists in any city is the risk of being run over at intersections by right-turning motor vehicles. (Left-turning in the UK.) Copenhagen has come Read More …
Cycling in the Tauber Valley
The Tauber Valley is a popular cycling area with two more or less parallel routes. Down here in the valley itself is the “classic” route which is mostly flat, or Read More …