Liesbeth Smit is cycling in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Dutch on Bikes is an initiative by Liesbeth Smit, nutritionist and web designer: 

As visiting researcher at Harvard School of Public health, I was involved in the efforts to increase bicycling in the US. There I found that there is not a lot of knowledge about the unique biking culture in the Netherlands. People were interested to see images of bikes, bike infrastructure and parking.

Now I’ve moved back to Amsterdam I’m taking pictures all over town to give an impression of how we Dutch use our bikes as cheap, easy and environmentally friendly way of transportation.  My goal is to show other countries this unique bike culture, and I hope other countries will improve their bike infrastructure. Biking will improve public health.

Read my Opinion piece in the Harvard Community Resource Putting Harvard’s best wheel forward.

Remember:  for us it’s not a sport, it’s a way of living.

PS. You are free to use the images if you send me an email and provide a link to me or this website.