• N-E-N@lemmy.ca
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    22 hours ago

    Probably Amsterdam or Copenhagen for a few weeks,

    properly experience a walkable city with good transit and cycling infrastructure

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      2 hours ago

      It’s amazing. I recommend sitting outside the central train station in Amsterdam and people watching, as thousands of tourists attempt to bicycle or walk somewhere, and they’re just in everybody’s way. It’s hilarious. If you’re going to cycle (which, yes, you should) stay to the right and signal where you want to go. There are bike lanes there for you to take, don’t just be off in the middle of the street. Also, they want you to pay for an extra ticket to bring your bike on the train with you, I found that this can be ignored if you’re not a jerk about it.

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      14 hours ago

      Having visited both and now living in Copenhagen, it could change your life to visit! Great places to be a tourist

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      14 hours ago

      lol… it’s what you say but as tourist you not wanna cycle there. You’ll be happy on weekends yo barely have the space to walk. It’s a beautiful city though. Visited it like 3-4 times

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        14 hours ago

        I think it’s fine to cycle here as a tourist, as long as you looked up the rules a bit first and were a decent cyclist.

        Stay to the right, signal turns and stops, the only weird part is what to do when you’re taking a left at an intersection, where you “park” to wait

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          14 hours ago

          Considering the intersection coming from noorddijk near loves tours. Nope (for me) . Even as an avid cycler seemed horrible. But anywhere else , especially Utecht , seemed nice