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[Ep. 1110] In last week’s video I showed you Finland’s new longest bridge. Today, in this extra post, I show how that bridge fits into Helsinki’s cycling network and how it shortened the distance from the island of Laajasalo in the east to Länsilinkki (West Link) in the west of the city. I cycled the 8-kilometre route straight through Helsinki during the morning rush hour in early May, completing it in under half an hour. That amounts to an average speed of 17.5 kilometres an hour. In the east, I cycle with most people travelling towards the city centre, but once I pass the Central Station tunnel, we encounter many people cycling in the opposite direction.
See map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1NNVHXJKNKdEy5L0mcRaU5PvCNv6HyAg&hl=en&usp=sharing
See also the blog post: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=27723