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We\u2019ve already informed you on a few occasions of tourists causing ruckus with bicycles in the world\u2019s cycling capital \u2013 Amsterdam. Like throwing them into the city water canals<\/a> where they need to be fished out for the tax payers\u2019 money, and such. Like any other picturesque European capital, Amsterdam too has been dealing with the seasonal influxes of tourism and its consequences for quite some time now. And even Amsterdammers, known for their tolerance, have had enough of another alcohol-fuelled tourist pastime.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re talking about the infamous \u201cbeer bikes\u201d. The contraption is a small, pedal-powered cart for groups of about 12 people, fitted by a beer keg and bike saddles encircling the \u201cbar table\u201d. This mobile, one-table beer garden has become a popular way of celebrating stag parties and other group events among tourists. And as you can guess, a runabout full of noisy drunkards roaming your city streets can become a \u201cnuisance\u201d. Last year some 6,000 Amsterdam residents, many of them living in the inner city, handed the council a petition to ban the \u201cterrible phenomenon\u201d. The city\u2019s mayor at the time, Eberhard van der Laan, issued a ban but was taken to court by, most surprisingly, four beer bicycle operators. Their main counter argument was the ban was \u201cimposing on people\u2019s freedom\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The last year\u2019s ban proposal was struck down by the court because, according to them, it was not \u201cproperly motivated\u201d. However, Wednesday November 1st 2017 saw the ban go active as the court judges revisited their decision and agreed that problems caused by the beer bike including shouting, public drunkenness, and lewd behaviour such as urinating in public (in residents\u2019 flower pots on more than one occasion) were enough to ban the bikes.<\/p>\n

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Overall, Amsterdam is looking into ways how to address its ever growing popularity and the huge swaths of tourists visiting this city of 830,000 residents. 17 million people are attracted by the famous canals every year with a yearly 5% increase and many a resident was heard complaining that the city has become a giant attraction park. The beer bike ban should be just the beginning of the city council\u2019s effort of curbing the problematic behaviour caused by intoxicated visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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