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Netherlands
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How A Tiny Country Like Netherlands Feeds The World
Despite its size, the Netherlands is a top agricultural exporter. How’s this possible? The agricultural intensification of the…
How To Turn A Car Town Into A Cycling City
As the home of Royal Philips Electronics for more than 125 years, the southern Netherlands city of Eindhoven…
Bitcoin is Currency, Not Stock: Where To Use The Cryptocurrency For Real Purchases
The true revolution of the cryptocurrency bitcoin is that it isn’t stock. You don’t need to sell it…
You Will Be Inspired By (Or Envy) This Small & Beautiful Home In Netherlands
Dutch designer and tiny house enthusiast Daniel Venneman, who previously bought us the DIY Hermit House, has recently…
How A Giant Windwheel Turbine Can Be Your New Home
Instead of tilting at windmills, how about living in one? The Dutch Windwheel is a giant proposed wind…
Woonerf : Shared Streets Are Living Streets
The woonerf, or “shared street,” has made its way into U.S. cities. If you aren’t a traffic engineer…
VeloCity : Cycling Paths Around The World
From Calgary’s space-age Peace bridge to Eindhoven’s floating roundabout and the Copenhagen apartments with a cycle path straight…
The Sun Under Your Feet (And Bicycle) In Amsterdam
Solar panels embedded in the cycle path near Amsterdam could generate enough electricity to power three houses, with…
Netherlands’s Glow-In-The-Dark Highways
After months of pilot testing, a glow-in-the-dark smart highway in the Netherlands has finally gone public in the…