It could be worse. It can always be worse.

Or, well, once a friend of mine and I, as a sort of thought experiment, tried to think of a situation when it couldn't actually be worse. Did we succeed? Of course we did - we're Nordic! If there is one thing that we Finns and Swedes excel at it is thinking about dark, heavy topics. (But interestingly enough, and contrary to popular belief, we're not in the top of the "suicide list". According to a quick search on the internet (thanks Wikipedia!) Finland is at place 21 and Sweden at place 35.)

But lately, when we have been thinking about the traffic situation in Gothenburg, we are reminded of a short film that we saw on Vimeo: Brussels Express

(We borrowed the picture from Vimeo. Hope that's OK!)

We love Belgium and Belgians, we really do, but the traffic situation in Brussels just seems insane. According to the film only 4% of the travelling in Brussels is done by bicycle. Here in Gothenburg, despite the rain, wind, the snow and the "automobile mafia" it's 7%. It's not that much more, but the city of Gothenburg wants to increase that share and is constructing new bicycle lanes, constantly improving the situation for the bicyclists. A lot remains to be done but... hey, it could be worse.

And check out the film - it's definitely worth it. Besides, it's only 19 minutes long. Here it is!

Ride safe!