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Amsterdam

Once upon a time, according to statistics, Amsterdam had half a million bikes, and every year a million got stolen...

 

Stolen bikes were so cheap, that if your bike got a flat tyre, it was easier to throw it in the canal and buy another one, which obviously some folk did.

 

Not sure how things are now, and if they still dredge the canals to keep the waterways free of old bikes.

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Uploaded on September 16, 2024
Taken on July 30, 2001