Amsterdam

===Cycling===
{{main|Cycling in Amsterdam}}
[[File:Amsterdam - Bicycles - 1058.jpg|thumb|Police bicyclist crossing a bridge over the Prinsengracht]]
[[File:Bicyclist at Amsterdam.jpg|thumb|Bicyclist at Amsterdam]]
Amsterdam is one of the most [[bicycle-friendly]] large cities in the world and is a centre of [[bicycle culture]] with good facilities for cyclists such as bike paths and [[Bicycle stand|bike racks]], and several guarded bike storage garages (''fietsenstalling'') which can be used.

According to the most recent figures published by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in 2015 the 442,693 households (850,000 residents) in Amsterdam together owned 847,000 bicycles – 1.91 bicycles per household.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amsterdam, City of Bikes |date=8 November 2017 |url=http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/68-amsterdam-city-of-bikes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829080011/http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/68-amsterdam-city-of-bikes |archive-date=29 August 2019 |access-date=11 November 2019 |publisher=DutchAmsterdam.nl}}</ref> Theft is widespread{{mdash}}in 2011, about 83,000 bicycles were stolen in Amsterdam.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Research and Statistics Division |title=Core Numbers in Graphics: Fewer Bicycle Thefts |url=http://stadstat.osamsterdam.nl/programakkoord.pl?onderwerp=ov&cache_version=6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822155119/http://stadstat.osamsterdam.nl/programakkoord.pl?onderwerp=ov&cache_version=6 |archive-date=22 August 2008 |access-date=4 October 2008 |website=Safety and Nuissance |publisher=City of Amsterdam |language=nl}}</ref> Bicycles are used by all socio-economic groups because of their convenience, Amsterdam's small size, the {{cvt|400|km|0|abbr=off}} of bike paths,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cycling in Amsterdam |url=http://www.amsterdamtips.com/tips/cycling-in-amsterdam.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917063831/http://amsterdamtips.com/tips/cycling-in-amsterdam.php |archive-date=17 September 2010 |access-date=11 August 2010 |publisher=amsterdamtips.com}}</ref> the flat terrain, and the inconvenience of driving an automobile.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tagliabue |first=John |date=20 June 2013 |title=The Dutch Prize Their Pedal Power, but a Sea of Bikes Swamps Their Capital |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/world/europe/a-sea-of-bikes-swamps-amsterdam-a-city-fond-of-pedaling.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/world/europe/a-sea-of-bikes-swamps-amsterdam-a-city-fond-of-pedaling.html |archive-date=1 January 2022 |url-access=limited}}{{cbignore}}</ref>