In the early 50s, Amsterdam was one of the most congested cities in Europe with a high traffic related death rate. Now it’s considered the World’s Cycling Capital.Amsterdam is one of the cities with the highest percentage of cyclists, with 60% of the inhabitants moving daily by bike through the city’s centre. That also permits to decrease the air pollution: we already know the it damages our intelligenceAs the official city’s website says, cyclists have already outnumbered cars by 4 times, reaching the impressive number of 1 million of bicycles in the city, with a population of 800’000. The relationship of the Netherlands with cyclists have surely old roots. Its geography makes it advantageous to take a bike if you have to cover a short distance, as the country mostly lies on flat ground.