Young and old could walk freely in the car-free streets in the centre of Paramaribo on Saturday. While one child focuses on jumping over a buck another one is skateboarding, hula hooping, enjoying tennis, playing soccer or cycling in downtown Paramaribo. District Commissioner Mike Nerkust who is deputizing for his colleague Mohamad Kasto says that the first car-free day is the start of a paradigm for Paramaribo. Many visitors share Nerkust’s opinion. They even think that downtown Paramaribo should be made car free permanently…[+]