This is great and so true! I lived and biked in Brussels for 5 years, back in what was probably the 1% years. There are actually a lot of beautiful places around Brussels for recreational cycling, but you definitely had to choose your route on the street.
Whenever I see “difficult crossing” on a bike map here, I think back to this traffic circle in Brussels: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Rond-point+Montgomery,+St-Pieters-Woluwe,+Belgium&hl=en&ll=50.837282,4.407738&spn=0.00227,0.005729&sll=37.735969,-79.420166&sspn=5.820237,11.733398&oq=rond+point+montgomer&hq=Rond-point&hnear=Eurostars+Montgomery,+Avenue+de+Tervueren+134,+Woluwe-Saint-Pierre+1150+St-Pieters-Woluwe,+Bruxelles,+Belgium&t=h&fll=50.836815,4.408822&fspn=0.00227,0.005729&z=18
We definitely have it very good here in Arlington.
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