I heavily doubt this list. As a NL native, I would guesstimate that probably the first 50/150 on this list should be dutch cities. Ofc that would be a boring list, but I have been in somewhere between 50 and a 100 EU cities and it looks to me like we have an extreme luxury here with our biking situation.
I’ve seen some larger cities in EU that seemed doable on the bike, but even then, lanes end at random spots and the network is incomplete. Are you supposed to mount the curb in those situations? Or take your chances mixing in motorized traffic with your 20kg vehicle? And the smaller EU cities I’ve seen weren’t better.
Plus, Amsterdam could be fun to bike around if it wasn’t bursting at the seams from the high amount of tourist bike noobies trying their first few km on the pedals. I’m happy they’re here, but it’s not an improvement to biking 😄 better off taking the tram.
Exactly. Amsterdam at no4? Above Groningen? Above Houten, the city designed around traveling by bike? Both of which aren’t in this top 10? I also call bullshit on this list
What you mean a NL indigenous person?
Yeah as in born and raised. I guess the raised part is most important for this.
I meant where, NL mean?
The Netherlands
Oh, okay, never seen the abbreviation. sorry,
Wild that you’ve never seen it, but I’m glad you learned
Paris at 5! Mon œil!
That must be a “Paris” in the Netherlands…
:)
Utrecht at 1! Mijn hemel!
Ghent absolutely does not deserve to be #3. There are probably at least 10 Dutch cities better than Ghent.
Living in France, from what I know I disagree. Grenoble blows Paris away easily.
MÜNSTER!
Doesn’t deserve a place in the top 10. Maybe in the top 50. But the list is bs anyway.
Oh i dont know how it is there. But i just like it mentioned :÷
Even though some claim otherwise, it’s hands down the best city for cycling in Germany. But it still doesn’t hold a candle against a lot of cities in NL… lovely city though, and very young/full of university students.
Yes. That i know
I literally have no idea how any city on planet earth could be more cyclist-friendly than Amsterdam. They are treated with more respect than cars and pedestrians.
Why does this look AI generated?
Interesting hearing bicyclist in the locations listed, I assume, calling BS on the list.
AWESOME THANKS FOR THIS POST!!!
Are repliers hatred of this simply the result that there are yet to be places where bicyclist have what they should? These places are the best, maybe, but the best is just not good enough?
No this list is just bad because they only include a select big cities. If this was a proper list it would be dominated by Dutch cities. It also just looks at what policies have been bolstered about, not how they have been implemented. For example, I’ve lived in Ghent for 10+ years now, but grew up in Utrecht. And if Ghent gets 67 points, Utrecht should get like 700 points. But because Ghent banned cars in the center and made one big bike parking they somehow get a high score. But the rest of the city is just terrible imho. But maybe I’m just spoiled growing up in Utrecht, who knows. But I’ve often complained about bike infrastructure in Ghent in those last ten years.
Uuutreg!
1 & 4, not too shabby!
No Spain? Last I checked cycling here was very encouraged
Spanish cities are among the worsed, when it comes to cycling modal share. It is very easy to find large streets within cities, which lack any sort of cycling infrastructure. That is not the case for quite a few other countries.
Just to be clear Spain is generally very walkable and has good public transport, but just not cycling.
Lol, if Seoul is no. 5 in Asia, it means there are no cyclist-friendly cities in Asia. Maybe Christchurch is better, but even Taipei didn’t strike me as cyclist-friendly at all compared to most European cities I know.
