{"id":180830,"date":"2025-08-19T15:42:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=180830"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:53","slug":"zo-fiets-je-veilig-in-de-grote-stad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/08\/19\/zo-fiets-je-veilig-in-de-grote-stad\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cycle safely in the big city"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Rotterdam more than 200,000 people get on their bikes every day to travel from A to B. The bicycle is therefore the fastest and cheapest mode of transport in a big city. Here is everything you need to know if you cycle in Rotterdam for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How do you avoid the tram rails? How do you make sure you don\u2019t get knocked off your socks by a lowered matt\u2011grey Volkswagen Golf on the Binnenweg? And did you know a Swapfiets is actually quite expensive? In a country with more bikes than people and over 153,000 kilometres of cycle paths, these are important things to know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Why would you take the bike at all? Okay, there are nicer things than cycling in the rain or into a storm. But in a city where trams and metros break down all the time, or buses take alternative routes because yet another skyscraper is being built, cycling in Rotterdam is therefore really almost unavoidable. And it\u2019s healthy too!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And nothing beats a ride along the Maas where you can enjoy the ever\u2011rising skyline, or a trip through historic Delfshaven, where you can still get a sense of how the city looked centuries ago. The bike is by far the best way to explore your new home and to see Rotterdam\u2019s many iconic architectural highlights up close.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t

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