Houten
Planned town just south-east of Utrecht, Netherlands.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Best-Designed Town in the Netherlands (and therefore, the world) | Not Just Bikes | subject | Model of a car-light, bike-first town. |
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The Best-Designed Town in the Netherlands (and therefore, the world) — Not Just Bikes
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This is Houten. It’s a town just outside of Utrecht, in the Netherlands.
- Role: subject
- In the video: The video tours the planned town: its ring road, linear parks, bicycle underpasses and bicycle streets, and its two railway stations. The narrator arrives by train via Utrecht Centraal and rides around on a rental bike.
- Why it matters: The whole video is about the town’s design; Houten is the case study for car-light planning.