Bicycle culture

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  • Опубликовано: 14 фев 2012
  • Cyclists in Copenhagen travel a total of 1.2 million kilometers by bike every day. This is the equivalent of cycling to the moon and back -- twice!In Denmark bicycling is not a matter of age or social status, but a common and often preferred use of transportation among the population.

Комментарии • 37

  • @twilwel
    @twilwel 12 лет назад +3

    Cycling in the city has many benefits. I live in Groningen (Netherlands) and I see no need to own a car at all. Very economic, healthy and I can get everywhere. While drivers are still looking for a parking space, I can park my bike right outside the shop.

  • @RosovaEva
    @RosovaEva 12 лет назад +3

    Danish people ride bike in every weather - snow, rain, hot, cold...

  • @chillywilly7299
    @chillywilly7299 5 лет назад +3

    I love this place ! I want to move there.

  • @yesenialopez7952
    @yesenialopez7952 11 лет назад +3

    I love Denmark!! I would like to go there!!

  • @drewsteps
    @drewsteps 11 лет назад +14

    Nope, I'm American but I've lived in 4 continents and been to every Western European country except Portugal, Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland, and USA is NOT rich. A country isn't rich when all the poor own cars, a rich country is where the wealthy bike or take public transport. If the States were rich, there wouldn't be so many cars and the trains would be cleaner and world-class.
    That's my spiel.

    • @user-sq1gk3fr4i
      @user-sq1gk3fr4i 5 лет назад

      Absolutely. Greetings from Switzerland. Come and live
      in central Europe.

  • @alertarya5449
    @alertarya5449 Год назад

    I love ❤️ Denmark 🇩🇰

  • @wolfdar2009
    @wolfdar2009 7 лет назад +3

    Pretty nice when you live on flat land and don't have a 40 to 50km drive to work.

  • @drewsteps
    @drewsteps 11 лет назад +1

    Lived in Japan for 2 years without a car and only a bike and subway/train ticket year-pass. Biking is ubiquitous in Japan I admit, I witnessed it, but it is not like the Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia where they have an infrastructure devoted to bicycles, in Japan you have to bike on narrow sidewalks everywhere.

  • @bhishmaprasadthakur9741
    @bhishmaprasadthakur9741 3 года назад

    I like the country.

  • @ObnoxiousPelican
    @ObnoxiousPelican 12 лет назад

    I live in Australia, so when I went to the UK it was quite good compared to what I am used too.

  • @Zoza15
    @Zoza15 12 лет назад +1

    Just like us Dutch people.. This is basically pretty much the same like us.

  • @Mat_cp
    @Mat_cp 12 лет назад

    you should master the sound !!

  • @BoynamedMagnus183
    @BoynamedMagnus183 Год назад

    What other Danish cities are good at cycling?

  • @DasBeatz
    @DasBeatz 11 лет назад +4

    The only people who claim it to be "Shangri-La" are people who've never lived here or are from third world countries. It's far from that, but not having a car in the US is occupational suicide.
    Places like Philly, San Diego, and New York can get away with bikes transportation but not anywhere else.
    For example: It's 101 degrees outside right now. I would burn or dehydrate on a bike.

  • @rogeriojunior9459
    @rogeriojunior9459 3 года назад

    I wanna be a part of this

  • @CondalitarTube
    @CondalitarTube 12 лет назад

    What manner of futuristic science fiction is this?

  • @steffensparvath
    @steffensparvath 12 лет назад

    @TheNickjan same thing at 3:22

  • @c15688
    @c15688 12 лет назад

    We need this ideas in El Salvador.

  • @twilwel
    @twilwel 12 лет назад +1

    @TheNickjan what law is broken then.... and who needs a helmet when you participate in the safest way of transport there is. A ladder is way more dangerous, but nobody would think of wearing a helmet then right? It makes more sense to wear a helmet in a car.

  • @Skrintha
    @Skrintha 4 года назад

    God bless Danmark!

  • @liontri7
    @liontri7 12 лет назад

    Very similar to the Dutch culture.

  • @millsathn
    @millsathn 12 лет назад +1

    Saying European is even a little to generous unfortunately. The UK is terrible when it comes to cycling.

  • @johnerlingjeelaniurdunewse9277
    @johnerlingjeelaniurdunewse9277 7 лет назад +2

    Great state Great nations danish well come

  • @Antiw123
    @Antiw123 11 лет назад

    Well, in Denmark and Netherlands for instance, we can have very bad weather any day, all around the year, but i still see ALOT of people using bikes to travel, including myself.

  • @drewsteps
    @drewsteps 10 лет назад

    I've biked in 105, but it was 50% humidity, and hardly broke a sweat. Why? It was just to the pool a mile away, so if cities were built more compact so you didn't have to bike more than 2 miles on level terrain, biking would be feasible in ANY environment. Cities in America should center population around rail lines. You bike to the rail station and use the train to get around further and rent a bike at the station you get out at. It would take decades of redevelopment, but it's feasible.

  • @najor666
    @najor666 8 лет назад

    What a lovely bicycle culture. Foot rest on traffic lights and free city bicycles!

  • @drewsteps
    @drewsteps 11 лет назад

    LOL not an excuse. For American to be the "Shangri-La" people claim it to be, there would be a more Danish lifestyle.

  • @xdreamful
    @xdreamful 12 лет назад +1

    Denmark have s shitty weather!!:O

  • @DasBeatz
    @DasBeatz 12 лет назад +2

    Well, most US cities have shitty weather which really makes a car useful.

    • @mathieugoedhart8656
      @mathieugoedhart8656 3 года назад

      Don't you think that Denmark, the netherlands has bad weather aswel..?

  • @Jrhynie
    @Jrhynie 12 лет назад +2

    No wonder so many people in the UK look over weight and unhealthy. Very few adults cycle.

  • @ObnoxiousPelican
    @ObnoxiousPelican 12 лет назад

    Should be like this everywhere. Unfortunately European countries are the only ones smart enough catch on.

  • @MrSEKHDUDE
    @MrSEKHDUDE 12 лет назад

    the guy at 1:00 looks like a woman at first!!

  • @geraldsiahaan5991
    @geraldsiahaan5991 5 лет назад

    I think Denmark is the best place for European, not Asian

  • @signalfire6
    @signalfire6 12 лет назад +1

    Wow! Nobody's fat! This will never catch on in most US cities until the oil runs out and then most will just scream about that. It's way too sensible for Americans who feel entitled to a life of oil burning and religious stupidity.