

(That’s right, shockingly not Copenhagen or Amsterdam, which came respectively fourth and fifth). Top of the pile came Utrecht in the Netherlands. Even the car-crammed likes of Paris and London are taking steps to put cyclists first.īut which are the most bike-friendly cities on earth? This year’s Global Bicycle Index looked at 90 cities around the world and ranked them based on loads of factors, from bike lanes and rates of bike theft to the number of days of ‘cyclable’ weather per year.

And as cities try to cut down carbon emissions, getting around by bike is being made easier all the time. Sailing through the streets, gulping down fresh air, hair billowing in the breeze… there’s nothing quite like getting around a city by bicycle.
