How I do my Grocery Shopping, the Dutch Way (on my bicycle 🚴🏽‍♀️) - This is Next Level 😳

Hi Beautiful People.
Last week, I decided to take my grocery shopping to the next level. I decided to use my bicycle and I took my son along with me. Y'all after this, I certify myself a real Dutch babe 😄... Please consider subscribing.
Anyway, hope you learn a few tricks and hope this video puts a smile on your face. Tot Ziens...
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[@NotJustBikes]

Congratulations! Achievement unlocked! Also, your son has a great name. 😉

[@josphineogugua]

Thank you so so much🤗. It good to see you here. I’m a big fan😆😆

[@Freeze014]

everyone likes Jason's laughter.

[@Freya76]

Oh my, a visit from NJB Jason, he is like youtube royalty 😁. We are all great fans!

[@Freya76]

@@Freeze014 Jason's laughter 😂

[@godschild5587]

Notjustbikes is here wow

[@hunchbackaudio]

You’re no foreigner anymore, this is as Dutch as it gets. Oh the kiddo is so cute on the bike. Fun to watch.

[@josphineogugua]

Thank you so so much for your comment. The kiddo is also saying Hi😊

[@hunchbackaudio]

@@josphineogugua so sweet, a hi back from us.

[@Fjodor.Tabularasa]

@@josphineogugua sitting on a bike doesn't make you Dutch... you ain't and never will be.

[@janvandoren8910]

If you are going from shop to shop make sure you always bring everything you buy into the next shop. When I just met my ( now for 25 years ) Philipin wife, she went to buy some groceries. On the way home she made one more stop at a shop, but left the groceries in the fietstassen. When she came out of the shop there was a homeless guy standing next to her bike eating from a bag of kroepoek ( prawn crisps ) that he took from her fietstassen. Acting as if it was the most normal thing to do. Both my wife as I thought it was hilarious and from time to time we still make jokes about it when we go out on our bikes to do some shopping. But it was a good lesson for her to never leave anything on her bike when she parks it at merely the price of a bag of kroepoek 🤣

[@hanneken4026]

You might find balancing and steering easier if you can put most of the weight of the shopping on the back of the bike in some panniers ('fietstassen'), evenly divided on both sides. You can still use the elastic 'snelbinders' to tie stuff on top of the back rack. Especially as long your son is small enough to carry in the handlebar seat as well, all that (sometimes wriggly) weight on the front doesn't make it easy to steer. Very good that you managed it all safely!

[@josphineogugua]

Hi Hanneke, Thanks for this suggestion. I’ve recently been considering getting the fiestassen myself. I think it will help better with weight distribution. Thanks again🤗

[@joebloggs2473]

Entirely agree. Baskets on the front are not stable.

[@marceldancona3601]

@@josphineogugua and you can buy more stuff,in the most bags you can put in about 10 liters

[@petertraudes106]

I could not agree more

[@nlbergsma]

Very practical advice Hanneke !

[@ronaldus2505]

No stress please. We do this at least once a week for centuries. It just shows you’re part of us. Well done! And a warm welcome no matter when you arrived.

[@josphineogugua]

Thanks so much Ronald for your comment🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@moniekvanderkamp3934]

I found your channel a few days ago and I absolutely love it. I live my whole life I the netherlands and I really like seeing it from another perspective. I love to see your loving family go through this adventure ❤

[@josphineogugua]

Thank you so so much Moniek for your comment. I’m having a great time with my family here and people like you make it even more fun🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@yvontilmans5954]

Mee toooooo! The same here! Love to see it from another perspective!! 💗

[@leftrightandcentre833]

Here, get my stamp of Dutch babe approval. Unless you prefer the sticker of course. Love to see the three of you having a good life here.

[@josphineogugua]

Thank you so so much. Im taking the stamp for sure🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@priyankadesilva9046]

Thank you for your vlogs.really enjoying.🤗

[@josphineogugua]

You’re so welcome Priyanka. I’m glad you enjoy them🤗

[@creativecheersoffashionlau7364]

I am from the Netherlands too and always used to do all the groceries for family of 5 on the bike. Big basket in front on steeringwheel. Two big bags left and right on the back of the bike. Usually a basket or crate on top of back luggage carrier. And when there was not enough space with that also a bag left and right on front wheel. All totally normal in my country. Although nowadays there are a lot of bakfietsen that you can stock up with your groceries. Here we don’t take a car that quickly when we can do it by bike 😄

[@josphineogugua]

Woww wowww Laura. What a superhero 😆. This may seem normal to you but to me it's a special type of talent😆. I'm learning to fit all my groceries so I don't have to use a car. Cycling is funnnnnn🤗

[@creativecheersoffashionlau7364]

@@josphineogugua when you are long enough in the Netherlands you can do it too! It is just our strange ‘habit ‘ 🤪

[@tchiibekwe2863]

I love your channel so much!!!

[@hankmiller990]

Your son is angel!!! He's so handsome and joyfull.

[@francaogugua3418]

So proud of your commitment. Keep the vlog coming 🙌🙌

[@josphineogugua]

Thank you so much my Queen🥰

Awwww zoo schattig! en respect met al die boodschappen!

[@abigailbrookes7721]

Your boy is the cutest! 😍

[@Dutchbelg3]

Hey Josepine , you have a handsome family put together! And very good you all embraced the bikes :-) Very economic and sporty!

[@josphineogugua]

Hi Hans, Thanks for your comment🤗. Bike is for sure more economical especially recently with the scarcity. Plus I feel much more energetic once I cycle🤗

[@ellaangelofficial333]

You’re such a beautiful person and your family is so beautiful too!!!!! Obsessed with your channel 💜 What a beautiful baby boy you have too

[@Nonso_Corner]

Babe, this was so interesting to watch, Jason was having the time of his life 😅

[@josphineogugua]

Thanks so much hun. Jasons new favourite thing to do is sit on a bike😆

[@4evermistyblu]

Awwwww your son is so cute!!!

[@josphineogugua]

Thank you so much🤗

[@snoopyloopy]

Awesome! Groceries by bike is so liberating.

[@josphineogugua]

I agreeeee. Love it🤗

[@PL-qc1tj]

Well done!!!

[@louwnajoubert4352]

Thank you for your awesome videos

[@StevenQ74]

I grew up in Wippolder in Delft, The rear of the old TU Delft building that now houses the "bouwkunde" faculty you showed used to be the view from our apartment growing up 🙂

[@josphineogugua]

Ohhh wowww Stephen. Thanks for sharing this😊. What was it like growing up in Delft? Has it changed so much over the years?

[@rohanblues]

Marvelous

[@typischbernie8164]

Great video once again.

[@josphineogugua]

Thank you Bernie🤗

[@Jamie77ize]

We are brilliant 😁 Shopping with you're mum on a bike is so much fun! And ☝it's a great workout at the same time 👍

[@josphineogugua]

I agree totally. I always feel very energetic once I do this. Makes me very happy😆

[@Jamie77ize]

@@josphineogugua so nice to hear that you enjoy it!

[@dodyshome331]

Sooooo cute,I love.....

[@RussellHogan]

Nice!!!

[@shaunmckenzie5509]

You have a very beautiful family! Keep the videos coming. I desperately want to move to NL. So jealous

[@josphineogugua]

Hi Shaun. I'm glad you enjoy these videos. I'll for sure keep sharing them 🤗. I hope you're able to move someday 🤗

[@ruthweah7615]

hi, another nice video about dutchy bike😆 i love your energy!!! Today i put my bike on the back of my car. Bike carrier. And i drove of to the Dunes and biked to the sea

[@josphineogugua]

Hi Ruth. Thanks so much for your comment. It sounds like so much fun cycling by the sea🤗🤗🤗. I’ve seen the bicycle carrier a couple of times. Do people usually own them or is it hired for trips?🤓

[@decawinnie8028]

Oh, just found your channel now, good to see our very own Nija babes repping.. Super proud, in btw my wonderful family friends live in Rotterdam, will chat them about ur channel for networking and fun time.. I stay in Assendelft..

[@josphineogugua]

Hi Winnie. It's so good to have you here🤗. Thank you so much. I'm open to network tooo😊. I'm on insta @phinfair.

[@decawinnie8028]

@@josphineogugua ok just followed you

[@jabbarhussain9692]

Awesome video💯💯💯

[@josphineogugua]

Thank you 🤗

[@grazita77]

Once i had a basket on my bicycle just like you, for me it was to heavy (i had no good balance) so i have now bags behind my saddle 🚲 nice channel you have👍🏻💐

[@josphineogugua]

Thanks so much for your comment 🤗. I think I've gotten so used to the front basket and my bicycle is quite huge so it helps with the balance too🤗

[@maartjet7514]

Your son is so adorable! I can't 😭

[@josphineogugua]

Thank you so much Maartje🤗

[@pienclemens7913]

Love youre video

[@manonvanginneke6165]

I'm sorry, your son is just so so cute omggg🥰🥰🥰

[@josphineogugua]

Thank you Manon😆

[@Anna133199]

Aww. 😍Jason is such a precious cutie pie. I can see everybody else has also commented similar sentiments, but I can't not comment. Imo, all little kids are cute, and some are extra cute, like Jason.

[@josphineogugua]

Thank you for your kind words🤗

[@nimwey7701]

I left you a comment on your child benifits video, about a American couple who also live in Delft since i think about almost 9 months now. I linked their channel maybe you 2 can meet up, she is also a lovely lady👍 Love your channel

[@josphineogugua]

Ohhhh thanks for this. I'll go check the comment out🤗

[@Elinnee94]

So much respect! I live my hole life in the netherlands. Shopping is always a struggle for me (i do shopping by walk), with al the heavy stuff.

[@josphineogugua]

Thanks so much Eline. I really love to do groceries on my bicycle. although when the items are heavy or when I have to carry my son, it gets really challenging. I walk sometimes but I mostly prefer to cycle.

[@evaeenhoorn2123]

Bij Picnic kun je vanaf €35 bestellen en de bezorging is gratis ✨ heel fijn voor de zwaardere houdbare boodschappen 👍 het is nu net bij ons in Groningen

[@Elinnee94]

@@evaeenhoorn2123 ja helaas leef ik van krap budget en is 35€ bij mij (voor 2pers) een flinke uitgave. Doe ik eens in de zoveel tijd voor grote/zware dingen wel.

[@englishrose4388]

Thank you!!

[@roelskiunplugged1134]

Love your channel! Please get yourself the fietstassen, they make it so much easier. You then also always have shopping bags with you with every trip you make (although you do have a crate in front). Try to get as few weight on the front, as it makes steering difficult. You're doing it great!

[@josphineogugua]

Thanks so much for your tips Roelski 😊. I will be getting some fietstassen.

[@dodyshome331]

Am learning,hope you teach me all these when I come over to the Netherlands

[@rgolianeh]

I have a power bike here in California and I do shopping just like you there.

[@forkless]

Jason' facial expression observing the tilt bridge is just adorable.

[@josphineogugua]

I know right???? 🤗🤗🤗 I didn't know someone would notice😆 but he was so happy. And after the bridge closed, he started clapping 😆

[@har3036]

@@josphineogugua It just shows that kids are kids, happy with the most simple of things.

[@yetundelijoka3586]

Your son is sooooo cute

[@nachbarslumpi7093]

Goed gedaan.

[@mentos93]

Saw alot of bread from the store, you should try bread from the bakker. Costs a little more but once you had it you can never go back to supermarket bread.

[@josphineogugua]

Thanks for suggesting this. I’m no t big on bread but it will be nice to taste a different type and see what we’ve been missing🙃

[@bluesmoke8714]

Looks like a lot more fun than being strapped into a carseat in a stinky car where it's loud and you cant see anything, best part is instead of swearing at stupid drivers mommy giggles.

[@josphineogugua]

Definitely so much fun😊😊😊😊

[@ralfhamstra9631]

Luv

[@Boadicea6]

I also just came across your channel and it was so fun to watch, it gives you a better picture of what it's like for foreigners, who came to live here, by choice or bc they had to. If you don't mind it, I would like to ask you something. I live in a small town and it used to be a prodominantly white neighbourhood, but in the last decade or so, more families of African decent, also from other places ofcause came to live here and their children play with white kids, but you still see little to no interaction between the adults, not on a level that you can go to their home or vice versa. What's your experience and do you have some advise for me, because I love to know them and maybe I can help in ways that you mentioned in a former video post, like babysitting, help with the language or just talk English, so they can ask me things, they may not dare to ask to someone they hardly know. Thank you so much, I hope more foreign mothers here see this content, I will give you a shout out on Twitter, huge following there, not Dutch though, mostly American, my other home. You have a lovely family, your son, what a cutie🙏🏼 Have you eaten more Dutch dishes since your post with your husband, who's a cute father btw, and if so, do you like it? I mash everything and put lots of gravy on it! 🤗 Nice meeting you and your family.

[@josphineogugua]

Hi Monique, First I want to say, Thank you so much for your comment, for being so kind. I mean to even think of ways to better communicate with your neighbors just shows your heart and thank you for that🤗. My suggestion would be to maybe speak to them first. I think they might not want to start a conversation but once you kick off the conversation, there are chances they will respond and warm up. Maybe conversations about the kids and how lovely they are and maybe how you're open to hang out with the adults too and maybe visit an exciting place in the city together? I think once you ask, they will at least respond and it could be the start of friendships 🤗. I hope this helps

[@Boadicea6]

@@josphineogugua It does, thank you so much. Glad to see more ethnicities in my neighborhood. I will try to talk to them, maybe start with their kids, when the parents are around, but most kids play outside without their parents worrying and huffering over them. I will find a way though .... ♏🌹🍀

[@LadyALIdrissi]

This reminds me of my home Morocco

[@Jfat69]

for having a person on the backside of your bike, you need to work together. The person who jumps on the back seat will have to give you a little push, or he has to wait until you make some speed.

[@josphineogugua]

Hi hi, I’ve been told this a few times. I’m just here wondering how I will react once a full grown adult jumps on my bicycle. I dunno but I keep seeing myself on the floor 🤣

[@tirzanieuwenhuis-kruiver946]

@@josphineogugua 🤣🤣🤣 Tip: Practice this without lugage on the bike

[@Arielle534]

Love the vid ❤ where do you shop your clothing?

[@josphineogugua]

Thank you Harriet. I shop from SHEIN, Bershka and a few other stores

[@cennysworld]

Hi sis, How's education for the kids? Are they thought in English or Dutch? I'm a new subscriber. Thanks for making these videos. 🙏🏼💞💞

[@joebloggs2473]

I really enjoy ex-pats comments especially from North America. You like so many have been influenced by the Dutch life style. I have lived here 50 years and I am Dutch but unfortunately my health is pretty bad but what a country to be sick in! I have a whole team looking after me. My nurse phones up every week just to ask how it is going.

[@josphineogugua]

Hi Joe, Thanks so much for sharing your experience 🤗. I do genuinely enjoy some of the Dutch lifestyles and culture. So I'm glad to keep trying out new things and explore. I'm also glad you're getting the care you need at this trying time. I'm sending you hugssss🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@bobbieboothroyd8531]

I was going to suggest getting one of them bags you see them Ubet eat and deliveroo bike riders have on their back but you had a rucksack so your OK. Maybe a bike trailer would be Helpful but I'm sure your used to it I'm just thinking of ways you could ride without to many obstacles on your bike.

[@josphineogugua]

Thanks so much Bobbie for your comment. I think the sack is a great idea. I do intend to get one for myself, so I can have better load distribution.

[@louwnajoubert4352]

where does one by a bicycle in the Netherlands and what does a bicycle typically cost?

[@nonexistingvoid]

As others have already mentioned, I would strongly suggest bike bags on the back of your bike for better weight distribution and better balance. It makes it safer to ride your bike, and you'll have more storage space, in case you need to buy more than usual. Also: Never tie your bags to your steering rod!

[@Freya76]

Do agree with the fietstassen but hanging stuff from your handlebars is something I have always done. As long as you are careful nothing gets in-between the spokes of your front wheel. I used to go grocery shopping with one child up front, one child on the back with fietstassen and double shopping bags at the handle bars 😅

[@nonexistingvoid]

@@Freya76 it messes with your balance, so still: don't tie bags to your handle bars

[@catchingfeelings2691]

Is it more difficult to control the handles with all the groceries in the basket?

[@mambofornasa]

Practicality!!!!No gaining excess weight cause you do some formof exercise regularly. Great lifestyle

[@driewiel]

You're a real Kaaskop.

[@priyankadesilva9046]

Jason is cute boy.hi jason.🤾‍♂️

[@josphineogugua]

Hi Hi 🤗🤗

[@timothykelechi8681]

Good morning dear, like to get some updates from you

[@josphineogugua]

Hi Timothy, Please send me a dm on Instagram @phinfair

[@asantemanuella8320]

Pls wat is the proof of funds for Netherlands visa because am confused pls help me out

[@louwnajoubert4352]

Beautiful boy

[@norajazzypoppy9043]

🚲👍😊Jason is so cute ♥️💙

[@josphineogugua]

Thanks so much Nora🤗

[@jaz2relaklaang586]

Wearing headphones.while biking is not good...will.cause accident😎

[@petersteinmeijer519]

I admire your bravery, but it doesn't seem very safe. Especially those bags hanging from the handlebars. Don't they make steering difficult and dangerous ? You could try panniers for better balance. Also called ' fietstassen ' in Dutch.

[@YasinNabi]

A worth watching Video, I appreciate and SUBBED ! a fellow creator

[@josphineogugua]

Hi Yasin. Thank you so much. I will check out your channel as well.🤗

[@joebloggs2473]

The sound is too loud love.

[@josphineogugua]

Noted Joe. Will make it better next time🤗

[@marceldancona3601]

and the boat you see is full with gas from the u.s.a

[@nimwey7701]

btw i see you wearing a headphone while cycling, which is not actualy allowed, neither is using your phone on your bycycle so you know 😊

[@josphineogugua]

Thanks Nimway for pointing it out. I don't use my headphones for music while cycling. I mostly use it as a microphone for filming.. I also have a lot of bike mounts for my phone and camera which I use to film while cycling.

[@nimwey7701]

@@josphineogugua Using your camera and such in not ilegal, but headphones can mute the sound of other traffic, so its dangerous, same as using your phone or text on the bike, then you don't have your eyes on the traffic :) Just a tip

[@snoopyloopy]

@@nimwey7701 people with hearing impairments are also allowed to cycle so I've never understood the paranoia about people wearing headphones while biking, especially since most modern cars have massive amounts of sound insulation which block out way more sound than many headphones do.

[@nimwey7701]

@@snoopyloopy I know, but that is our government :( Idc either cuz i did it myself, but i am not gonna risk a ticket now for using them, waist of money

[@realmrpoopybutthole7587]

I always have headphones on when I cycle. I cycle half an hour to work, which is so much more enjoyable wearing headphones. It's pretty safe if you just use your eyesight properly. Always assume something might be coming from somewhere you can't see properly, and approach crossings like that slowly. I've also never been stopped by police officers or anything. Wearing headphones in traffic is pretty common.

[@TEWMUCH]

Yall eat alot of bread.!

[@MeMe-mh8lp]

He needs a helmet please!!

[@josphineogugua]

Thanks for suggesting 🤗