{"id":23552,"date":"2013-05-22T09:17:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T09:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145710.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=23552"},"modified":"2013-05-22T09:18:20","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T09:18:20","slug":"holland-video-biking-is-a-way-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/holland-video-biking-is-a-way-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Holland Video &#8212; Biking Is A &#8220;Way Of Life&#8221; (The Original Cool)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a fun (&amp; funny) video about Holland. Of course, biking is highlighted a bit. Biking makes life so much cooler, easier, more relaxed and carefree. It is used in (non-car) advertisements of all kinds simply to stick a cooler and more positive image on the product being sold. With bicycling at the center of one&#8217;s transportation system, the quality of life rises tremendously.<\/p>\n<p>At one point in the video, the narrator jokes, &#8220;They still drive cars. Haha.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I actually lived in the Netherlands (Groningen) for 5 months. I&#8217;ve never been to a country or city with a higher quality of life. It&#8217;s a full level above anyplace I&#8217;ve been in the US. (Notably, I&#8217;ve lived in several &#8220;best cities&#8221; in the US &#8212; Charlottesville (VA), Chapel Hill (NC), Sarasota (FL), Sunnyvale (CA), Ithaca (NY).)<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, the video really does nail the exceptional &#8220;original cool&#8221; of Holland (which, to be specific, is only a region of the Netherlands).<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqEh0iFWlgs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>One note: the narrator highlights the country&#8217;s green energy. Sadly, the Netherlands is no longer a leader in green energy. Hopefully that will change sometime soon.<\/p>\n<p>h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/list\/holland-is-better-than-we-are-at-everything-and-theyre-being-smug-about-it-and-we-still-want-to-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a fun (&amp; funny) video about Holland. Of course, biking is highlighted a bit. Biking makes life so much cooler, easier, more relaxed and carefree. It is used in (non-car) advertisements of all kinds simply to stick a cooler and more positive image on the product being sold. With bicycling at the center &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/holland-video-biking-is-a-way-of-life\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Holland Video &#8212; Biking Is A &#8220;Way Of Life&#8221; (The Original Cool)<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[185,188],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/01.jpg",480,360,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/01-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/01-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/01.jpg",480,360,false],"large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/01.jpg",480,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/01.jpg",480,360,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/01.jpg",480,360,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Zach","author_link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/author\/zshahan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Below is a fun (&amp; funny) video about Holland. 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