THE VIDEO SHELF · urban cycling infrastructure
Unbelievably busy bicycle crossing in Amsterdam
Nine minutes of unedited footage of a very busy bicycle and car crossing at Korte Prinsengracht and Haarlemmerstraat in Amsterdam. Cyclists, pedestrians and cars flow through without traffic lights.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited in urbanism and self-driving threads as a vivid example of dense mixed traffic working through infrastructure and culture.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Thomas Schlijper
- Topic
- urban cycling infrastructure
- Format
- other
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 10
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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The therapy that Juleiie needs begins by watching nine minutes of mixed car, bike, and pedestrian rush hour traffic at the intersection of Korte Prinsengracht and Haarlemmerstraat in Amsterdam. Unbelievably busy bicycle crossing in Amsterdam: [VIDEO] Watching that video sooths my mind and warms my …
DonHopkins on Hacker News · 2026-07
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sjaak on Hacker News · 2021-03
In It's Never a Bicycle Accident
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