The Dutch city that has four times more bicycles than cars

In Groningen, a historic college town in the North of the Netherlands, the bike is Queen. In one of the countries most friends of the two wheels in the world, Groningen manages to stand out with its 300 thousand bicycles to 75 thousand cars.

With these numbers it is not surprising, therefore, that more than 50% of trips in the city are made by bicycle, the favourite means of transport of its 190 thousand inhabitants.

The city began its history in 1977, when the velocipede responsible for urban planning began to create a compact streets plan, dividing the metropolitan area on four sides â€" and banned cars from passing between each of these sectors.

Thus, the cars were pushed into the roads surrounding the city, while the bikes were the only vehicles allowed in the Centre. The city â€" and mentalities of its inhabitants â€" began to evolve from there. There is even a unique bike path to one of the largest Ikea stores in the world, being that the multinational offers its guests bicycle trailers, where people can put their furniture. Is, in fact, a mentality almost unique in the world.

Without cars, Groningen has become one of the safest cities and with better air quality in the world. A town, no doubt, with a huge quality of life.

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