As you probably all know, bikes are a major means of transportation in this country. In cities like Amsterdam that's probably because there are a lot of narrow and one way streets, as well as limited parking. So biking is rather practical, also because of course it's so flat.
It is also quite common to get your bike stolen, so you need to have a very good lock (alternatively get a really old bike, so that the lock is actually more expensive than the bike itself), or - like Boyfriend - a folding bike that you can keep inside. Sometimes people steal bikes to use or to sell, but other times (drunk) people just seem to find it fun to throw bikes in the canals. They have boats that go through the canals specifically to pick up bikes from the bottom of them. I saw one outside our apartment once, and it picked up three bikes within a few metres distance... Here's some pictures of such a boat that I saw the other day:
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