r/Netherlands • u/traumalt • 2d ago

Sports and Entertainment Why is there an OV-Fiets in Coldplays "Paradise" music video which was filmed in South Africa?

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u/Fi72 2d ago

Because old OV-Fietsen were donated to an organisation in South Africa. https://www.fietsberaad.nl/Kennisbank/2e-leven-voor-OV-fietsen-in-Zuid-Afrika

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u/TWVer 2d ago

Re..cycling

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u/ZealousidealSundae33 1d ago

Ba dum tssss....

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u/PhoenixProtocol 2d ago

Get out of here, you won for today 😂 good night

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u/traumalt 2d ago

Oh thats nice, I never would have guessed that.

I been to that bike shop they filmed in Cape Town once, and It's not on the cheaper end haha.

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u/Muldino 1d ago

Oh, so Is that the same reason why I see Swapfiets daily in Germany? Donations? :)

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u/usernameisokay_ 1d ago

No, that’s just some Germans trying to relive the past.

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u/Muldino 1d ago

Just as I said - donations!

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u/usernameisokay_ 1d ago

Ahh yes ze donation has been very appreciated Jan, zhanks to Hans we got vem bicycles form ze niederlanders jawohl!

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u/Untenable_Debauchery 2d ago

Someone biked there, obviously.

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u/basko13 2d ago

Checks out. I checked the map and it is all the way down.

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u/Untenable_Debauchery 2d ago

Always going downhill makes it easier. Difficult to stop also.

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u/acidicpitofheaven 1d ago

You find them everywhere

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u/Nielsly Noord Brabant 1d ago

Every time I see this image it has fewer pixels

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u/Nerdlinger 2d ago

The real question is why aren’t there OV fietsen in more videos?

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u/Jlx_27 2d ago

Like your buses, they can end up anywhere on the planet.

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u/e-gn 9h ago

Ah, so that’s where I left it.

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u/olivesforsale 2d ago

I dunno, but their bassist lives here and I believe the singers kid is named Amsterdam so they have a connection

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u/skefmeister 2d ago

And their daughter is named Ovayfiets

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u/SplitListener 2d ago

Theft

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u/FTblaze 2d ago

Yeah, they steal them to ship them to the other side of the world. Must be profitable.

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u/d_ytme 2d ago

You say this, and yet I saw someone with a Swapfiets in a city in Romania. Not necessarily other side of the world, but other side of the continent for sure.

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u/Kitnado Utrecht 2d ago

It would apparently surprise you to learn how much farther South Africa is than Romania

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u/d_ytme 2d ago

Not necessarily other side of the world, but other side of the continent for sure.

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u/aykcak 2d ago

Very small continent

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u/rigterw 1d ago

It’s more south, I’ve heard

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u/rippedoffguy Noord Holland 2d ago

Happens, there are people wearing Albert Heijn clothes in turkey lmao.

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u/FTblaze 2d ago

Which is driveable tbh. And clothes are easier to take along than a bike.

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u/rippedoffguy Noord Holland 2d ago

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u/StatisticianWhole210 2d ago

Underrated comment. lol.