7Antwerp – Belgium
With a population of 521.000, Antwerp is the second city in Belgium, after Brussels.
In the elections of 2006, 100 km of bike tracks were promised and they did kept their promise, as they were completed in the 2012 elections.
If you’re in Antwerp, the bicycle park facility at the Central train station is worth the trip.
According to ‘Copenhagenize Index of Bicycle-Friendly Cities’ : ‘Antwerp is one of the cities in the world with a high modal share that has also introduced a bike share system and it has proved popular due to intelligent placement of stations and saturation.
Roughly the size of Copenhagen – both the city and the metro area, Antwerp is an inspiration for medium-sized cities looking to improve conditions for bicycle users. Great advocacy has also been key in boosting the profile of the bicycle as transport.’
