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Hefty knows!
I've got a two wheeled Christiania. I tried loads of bikes (2 and 3 wheelers) whilst trying to make my mind up. Personally I prefer a two wheel cargo bike as I've cycled my whole life and like the cargo bike to still feel like a bike.
Depending on how much stuff or how many kids you may need the extra space of a three wheeler.
My next door neighbour has a three wheeled Christiania (and we're in the UK!) and the box is quite a bit bigger.
If you're in London I can recommend London Green Cycles. They're really helpful and friendly.
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So much this, it makes the ride so much more friendly being able to natter to them. Some of the best chats I have with the kids are on the bike.
I wanted the 2 wheel Bakfiets: http://bakfiets.nl/eng/modellen/cargobike/long/ because speed.
But Mrs Hefty liked the idea of a the stability of a 3 wheeler and eventually it was the ability to take 4 children that swung us to the Nihola 4.0: http://www.nihola.com/products/letvaegtsladcykeltilboernefamilier.html
We've put another kiddie seat on the back and regularly transport our 3 and 2 friends, or sometimes the three kids and the wife, which brightens the day of passers-by. I moved a fridge freezer on it a couple of weeks ago. Also because it's a trike you can do amaze skids when you park it up.
I'd rather it had a full chain guard, and the rear cantis wear out within a few hundred miles, but otherwise it's the best thing we own. I'd get rid of the family car before the Nihola.