🎶 You say we’ve got the wrong terrain Or you cry that there’s just too much rain But they wanted it and built the lanes And I know that we could be the same @danabrahamsmusic.bsky.social on why safer, healthier, more liveable cities aren't built by chance, they're built by choice: buff.ly/DWz6iWd

Some behind the scenes photos/videos from making Amsterdam! It was a lot of fun. Meray Diner - director/editor Kasparas Vidunas - cinematographer/colouring

🚲 Why can't we just be more like Amsterdam? 🚲 It's been a week since this video came out, thanks to everybody who's shared it! I'd love people to use the song on rides, protests, in their own videos etc. so I made it free to download on my band camp page. Animations: @jankamensky.bsky.social

There has been a steady stream of World Bicycle Day posts on my social media feeds from across the world this morning. I have listed a few of my favourites on the road.cc live blog. Head to road.cc to read this, and more, on the live blog this lunchtime. road.cc/news/cycling...

Yes! Just build it!

Meredith Glaser@cyclingprofessor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Why can’t we do it like Amsterdam? Song by @danabrahamsmusic.bsky.social tells us! Every time cities try to build cycling infrastructure: ❌ Too hilly ❌ Our weather is terrible ❌ Our culture isn't built for it Stop imagining. Just build it - they will come! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTma...

🎶 why can’t we just do it like Amsterdam 🎶 Check out the cool visuals of car-free #Edinburgh www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTma...

Dan Abrahams // AMSTERDAM

YouTube video by Dan Abrahams

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@danabrahamsmusic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚲 Happy World Bicycle Day! 🚲 This is my ode to the cycling paradise that is AMSTERDAM! Let’s get more cities to make cycling easier and safer, just like they have. Enjoy! And please share with others who love cycling in their city! #cycling #worldbicycleday #amsterdam

Huge thanks to @spokes.org.uk for enabling this video to happen!

SpokesLothian@spokes.org.uk · 2mo ago

"... more like #Amsterdam" Inspirational & catchy @danabrahamsmusic.bsky.social song/video, supported by Spokes --> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/06/like... @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social @jankamensky.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social @da-anderson.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social

Happy world bicycle day! Here's 'Amsterdam', a brand new tune out today by Edinburgh-based cyclist and musician @danabrahamsmusic.bsky.social 🎶 youtu.be/nTma5W3P-ps

Dan Abrahams // AMSTERDAM

YouTube video by Dan Abrahams

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Heads up, #bikesky, a new anthem just dropped.

@danabrahamsmusic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚲 Happy World Bicycle Day! 🚲 This is my ode to the cycling paradise that is AMSTERDAM! Let’s get more cities to make cycling easier and safer, just like they have. Enjoy! And please share with others who love cycling in their city! #cycling #worldbicycleday #amsterdam

For World Bicycle Day, the inestimable Dan Abrahams has given us a new earworm to enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTma... #WorldBicycleDay #cycling #Edinburgh

Dan Abrahams // AMSTERDAM

YouTube video by Dan Abrahams

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🚲 It's World Bicycle Day! 🚲 @danabrahamsmusic.bsky.social wrote this wonderful song 'Amsterdam' and I created a few animations for this lovely video. enjoy the ride to Utopia! 🙂

@danabrahamsmusic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚲 Happy World Bicycle Day! 🚲 This is my ode to the cycling paradise that is AMSTERDAM! Let’s get more cities to make cycling easier and safer, just like they have. Enjoy! And please share with others who love cycling in their city! #cycling #worldbicycleday #amsterdam

🎵With my lover coasting by my side / We’d be holding hands and feeling high / When I ride, I'm free!🎵 On #WorldBicycleDay let's remember the pure joy cycling brings with the new song by @danabrahamsmusic.bsky.social "Amsterdam". Listen to the cycling song of the summer! youtu.be/nTma5W3P-ps?...

🚲 Happy World Bicycle Day! 🚲 This is my ode to the cycling paradise that is AMSTERDAM! Let’s get more cities to make cycling easier and safer, just like they have. Enjoy! And please share with others who love cycling in their city! #cycling #worldbicycleday #amsterdam

Great coverage of the rally today from Edinburgh Reporter theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/05/coun...

Council to vote on axing Braid Estate filters after discovery of new mistake

Councillors are set to decide on whether to axe traffic filters in the Braid Estate, after another "inaccurate written description" in a report threatens to remove another measure.

theedinburghreporter.co.uk

Massive thanks to everyone who volunteered their time yesterday for shooting 'Amsterdam'. Can't wait to get editing... Thanks to @spokes.org.uk for funding this, adnd to @banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social and @weespokehub.bsky.social for the cargo bike and vintage Raleigh!

🎦 Do _you_ and your bike 🚲want to be in the music video sequel to OUR STREETS? The sequel is called _Amsterdam_ and it's being shot in #Dalry #Edinburgh today (Friday 19 Sept). 😊 Be at the Dalry Lidl car park in time for 16:45 to join the fun! Our Streets video (3 mins): youtu.be/qhtrIWBuoAg?...

THIS Friday (19th September) we need lots of cyclists for the final scene of 'Amsterdam'. Everybody is welcome, whatever kind of bike you ride. Just wear bright clothes without logos or text. 5pm at Lidl car park in Dalry. Please be on time, or early - we won’t be able to wait if people are late!

Three people hurt. One week. Enough is enough, and the people of Edinburgh came out in agreement on Friday! https://youtu.be/yPUMatRhX1U

Thankyou @carltonreid.com for this brilliant in-depth article giving background to my song 'Amsterdam'! www.forbes.com/sites/carlto... Last week of fundraising for the video: www.indiegogo.com/projects/ams... @spokes.org.uk @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @forbes.com

How The Dutch Got Their Cycle Paths: In Song

Potted history of the cycling infrastucture in the Netherlands as composer Dan Abrahams asks in new song: "Why can't we just do it like Amsterdam?"

forbes.com

Low traffic neighbourhoods are effective, popular, and they cut deaths & injuries by more than a third www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’

Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods

theguardian.com

Thank you very much to everyone who's put in some money towards 'Amsterdam' so far, I'm quite blown away at the response! 🙏 Getting closer to the amount needed, please do share! igg.me/at/Amsterdam... Here's a few clips I put together of people using the previous bike song 'Our Streets'. 😍🚲

👍 Congrats @edi.bike Fantastic addition to, and linkage for, #Edinburgh's growing 🚲 culture

🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest@edi.bike · last yr.

💯 edi.bike | our hundredth issue | 7th July '25 In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest: 100 Issues of edi.bike; Summertime Street Closures; Inner Forth Bike Bus, events, community updates, route closures & more: https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-our-hundredth-issue-7th-july-25/

Here's a wee clip from the end of 'Our Streets', a song/video about reclaiming space for cycling. I'm curently fundraising for the next song/video (which I also need people to participate in!). It's called Amsterdam and is a bopper. www.indiegogo.com/projects/ams...

Thank you to everyone who came out to ride today! We hope you enjoyed the climate festival, too!

Steve@lollercake.bsky.social · last yr.

Another fantastic @edcriticalmass.bsky.social !

🙋 Sat 28 #climatefestival Meadows 12-6 🤩 #SpokesMaps 🚲👩‍🦼🚶 at special £5 stall prices (6.95 & 7.50 in shops) + @edcriticalmass.bsky.social ride -> bsky.app/profile/edcr... @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social

Edinburgh Critical Mass@edcriticalmass.bsky.social · last yr.

We're heading to Haymarket! Meet 2pm this Saturday on Middle Meadow Walk to ride for safer streets. The ride will end at the Edinburgh Climate Festival on the Meadows! www.elrec.org.uk/edinburgh-cl...

🙋 We're match-funding the first £1K donations to @danabrahamsmusic.bsky.social for new song/video ‘Amsterdam’ celebrating 🚲+ #CyclingCities 🙋 Join in here-> www.indiegogo.com/projects/ams... @edi.bike @robdunedin.bsky.social @threadinburgh.scot @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @julieduchess.bsky.social

Hello! After the success of ‘Our Streets’ and ‘Big Car’, I’m raising money to make an epic video for my new song ‘Amsterdam’ which celebrates cycling and cities which prioritise it. I’ll be looking for lots of cyclists to be in the video in July. www.indiegogo.com/projects/ams... Best, Dan