The Netherlands

I'm an American and I'm thinking about moving to the Netherlands sometime in the future especially if a "certain presidential candidate" gets elected. Now, I've never been to the Netherlands or anywhere in Europe for that matter. Everything I "know" about the country comes from Youtube videos/channels that brag about how great it is. One of the things that gets that touted the most is the cycling infrastructure and walkability. As someone trying to move away from car dependency this seems to be a no-brainer. Amsterdam seems like the obvious choice but I've been told that Utrecht has a better cycling infrastructure. What do you think?

I'm a German living in Nijmegen since 2020. Since moving here I regularly see groups of school children with their teachers collecting trash all through the city. Sometimes I even see individual adults doing this. They'll typically wear high visibility vests and have proper equipment (grabbers and pokers) for the job. But they are obviously not working directly for the local garbage disposal service. - so what's going on here? I really like the idea of regular people keeping the city clean. I think it's a great value to instill in school children too!

But how exactly does that work? Is this a regular thing in the Netherlands? Do people just go out and collect trash? Do they get the equipment from the local garbage disposal? Is it volunteer work, or payed mini jobs? I'm really curious!

EDIT: I found out that this is the so-called Wijkhelden program of our local garbage disposal service.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5143956

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Ik zelf ben wel nogal Rutte-moe inmiddels. Ik hoop op wat vernieuwing.

Sinds een tijdje heeft Johma vegan broodsalades. In het begin hadden ze steeds die versies: kip kerrie, kip samba en tonijn. Nu hebben ze bij mijn jumbo die laatste niet meer, en als ik bij andere supermarkten kijk, zie ik ze daar ook niet. Weet iemand of ze die nog ergens verkopen? Het was mijn favoriete van die drie smaken.

Jajaja, het is weer woensdag, de week is weer doormidden