Ok, when I add this to my canal-muck-dredging video, I know you’ll all think I’m a garbage-gunk-grossness junkie… but today I saw old bicycles being hauled out of one of the canals in Amsterdam… and it was so cool I just had to take some pictures!
Enjoy!
The bike dredging boat... and the boat full of dredged bikes!
A close-up of the pile of trashed bicycles pulled out of the canal in Amsterdam.
See? I wasn't the only one who thought this was cool - even the bike dredging guy stopped to take a photo of their latest haul - a pair of ice skates! I guess they don't see those very often on the bike-dredger...
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on May 24th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
But Ashleigh, why do the Dutch throw their old bikes in the canals? We sell it off to the cycle shop, who send it for recycling!!!
on May 25th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
It’s a good question… I’ve always assumed that the bikes in the canals were more often a result of drunk accidents than purposeful bicycle disposal. Or perhaps vengeful ex-es?? But I could easily be wrong! Maybe Amsterdammers really do think that the canals are the world’s biggest garbage can…