Getting off the train, Virginia met this remarkable lady (believe it or not who is 86) and asked if she should get a taxi.   The lady replied "Why? Put your rucksacks on the basket at the back. I'll cycle home and you walk." Virginia thoroughly enjoyed the 2km walk, as she had been sitting most of the day.
 

Residents' cycles 'parked' outside a block of flats. Very few cases of theft.
 

Rental bikes in Karlstad, a city less than half the size of Norwich.

More rental bikes in Karlstad plus children carriers.

Bikers on one of the many pedestrian/cycling bridges in mid-afternoon

One of 3 bike parking areas at the station in Vasteras, a city of 107,000 inhabitants