- 🇳🇱🎉 𝙸𝚗 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻, 𝙰𝚖𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚖 𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝟽𝟻𝟶𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢 Congrats to one of the most cargo bike-friendly cities in history! And although we can be sure there weren't any cargo bikes in Amsterdam in 1275, we DO know there were a lot in 1975. 👇Dec 31, 2025 09:48
- Check out these photos of the cargo trikes of Amsterdam, taken 50 years ago as the city celebrated its 700th anniversary. Some of the captions are... interesting – and we're glad to say that the predictions made then haven't come true in 2025: 👇
- "𝙱𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝟸 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚛𝚒𝚓𝚔𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚊𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛, 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚎𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚢." 👇
- "𝙻𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚜. 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚋𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚔𝚖𝚎𝚗, 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝚎𝚝𝚌. 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗." 👇
- "𝙸𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚒𝚗" The photos are from 700 centenboek, a book put together by Jos Houweling and published by the City of Amsterdam to commemorate Amsterdam's 700th anniversary #DecadeoftheCargoBike
