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Bicycling...... How cities can become more bicycle friendly

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 School bus in the Netherlands.....there are no 'big yellow' diesel powered schoolbusses, no 'soccer' mums lined up in their air-conditioned SUVs , engines idling, waiting to pick up kids from school at 3pm. Most local elementary schools are within one or two kilometers, if schools farther away the kids take their bikes or use public transportation. Here's a link https://www.citymetric.com/transport/better-safer-cycling-street-design-amsterdam-5228  

Achterhoekers take their Grolsch beer very 'serus'

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I LOVE garden gnomes!

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  (Titbits :-  'Topless' is legal in the Netherlands, in public or on TV.)

The Miller's Guild......caretakers of the old traditional windmills

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  There are several old traditional windmills in our area. They are maintained by a team of enthusiastic volunteers.