With its flat countryside, stunning nature parks, green meadows, canalside paths, seaside vistas and cyclist-friendly villages and cities, it is no wonder that the Netherlands has more bicycles than inhabitants. Peter de Lange - a bicycle enthusiast who knows the bicycle routes through the country like the back of his hand - has created a book that not only explains how cycling became an intrinsic part of Dutch culture, but also makes it impossible for those who did not grow up on spokes and saddles to resist the urge to join the locals - from primary school children to prime ministers - on the more than 37,000 kilometers of bicycle paths that criss-cross the country.
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Before finding his destination in journalism, Peter de Lange (1952) was a librarian, garbage collector, construction worker and market salesman. His wide range of interests is reflected in his magazine articles and non-fiction books. After writing, his second passion is cycling. These two areas have more in common than you might at first think, says De Lange. To him, they are both roads towards discovering the world and his place in it. He has made extended cycling tours through the United States, England, Germany and France and often climbs in the saddle to discover new routes in his own country. Because his country, the Netherlands, is a cycling paradise with no equal - also for the locals.
Buitenlanders staan er vaak versteld van hoe gemakkelijk Nederlanders zich op hun fiets door het drukke verkeer bewegen. Geroutineerd en onbevreesd laveert de fietser van de ene weghelft naar de andere, met onnavolgbare stuurmanskunst auto’s, brommers en mede-fietsers ontwijkend. Fietsen is in dit land verheven tot acrobatiek van het hoogste niveau.
Fietsen wordt, zoals de lokale uitdrukking luidt, de Nederlander, of zijn wieg nu in een paleis staat of in een rijtjeshuis, met de paplepel ingegoten. Dat begint al in het kinderzitje en later zelfstandig naar school. Het is een beslissend moment in het leven en vaak het begin van een levenslange romance tussen mens en fiets.
In sommige culturen wordt de fiets als a poor man’s vehicle beschouwd. Zo niet in Nederland, waar alle rangen en standen er geestdriftig gebruik van maken. De cijfers spreken voor zich.
Tegenover ruim 17 miljoen Nederlanders staan 23 miljoen fietsen. Op die indrukwekkende vloot tweewielers wordt jaarlijks 15 miljard kilometer afgelegd op 37.000 km fietspad. Het grote voordeel van de fiets is dat hij altijd en overal bruikbaar is. In de stad voor de dagelijkse boodschappen of het woon-werkverkeer, in de weekends voor gezellige uitstapjes naar het bos, de duinen of de hei.
Cycling Paradise zit vol fietsavontuur, daarom ook: socializen in fietscafés, tien heerlijke fietstochten die je gedaan moet hebben en goedkoop en vooral gezellig overnachten tijdens je tour via vriendenopdefiets.nl.
Auteur Peter de Lange werkte ooit bij meerdere landelijke dagbladen, maar vult zijn tijd nu vooral op met fietsen en het liefst in zijn geliefde Frankrijk of door Nederland met Vrienden op de Fiets. Net zo verslaafd is Robert van Weperen van Fietserette.nl. Speciaal voor dit boek schreef hij tien prachtige routes.
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