Off the stoop: limping along Leiden’s overcrowded pavements (opens in new tab)

Negotiating Dutch pavements, cobblestones and bikes can be a bit of a nightmare and that’s for people with two good feet, instead of one, as Brandon Hartley found out. I live in the centre of Leiden, a prime example of a “15-minute-city”. For those unfamiliar with the term, it describes a community where a resident can get everywhere they need to go within that amount of time on foot, by bike or via public transport. After dumping untold thousands of...