This photo is of Princess Juliana and Bernard on a tandem bicycle taken around 1930. There were later many photos taken of Queen Juliana on her bicycles.
The Dutch have a passion for bicycles and these present themselves in many colours and shapes There are colourful ones, practical ones, decorated ones and collector bikes, just to name just a few. In the Netherlands, bicycles far outnumber the population and have become the popular mode of transportation. So popular in fact, that the inner core of cities have prohibited cycling, making more room for the ever growing pedestrians.
There are the yellow rent-a-bikes that can be seen throughout Amsterdam, some with some very wobbly first time pedelers.
Then there is the family cart that can hold a few children, shopping bags and groceries. Who said it can't be done?
As Rastafarian taking his dog for a ride.
Do it yourself decorations which include flowers, hearts and any design you can think of.
A candy coloured bicycle in front of a candy store.
Always lock your bike or hire a guard cat.
The Bicycle Club of Rotterdam with my bushy moustache grandfather in the middle, my father on the right with some of my uncles.
In the eighties the Gelin family went on extensive bicycle trips through France, England, and Japan.
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