True. Compared to many other places, Copenhagen may be a bit special and a whole new experience to people who are not used to a place like Copenhagen. I grew up in Copenhagen in the 1960's and 19'70's. I have lived all over the world since 1990 and I am currently only visiting Denmark once per year. I am a little bit surprised about how much Copenhagen has changed from the city I grew up with and left in 1990. A lot of things have become a lot better but from personal experience, I am sad to say that some things have also developed in a wrong direction if I have to be blunt. However, all included, Copenhagen is still a wonderful city but any foreigner visiting Denmark should definitely try to cover more than just Copenhagen. Denmark is in many ways a beautiful country.
in denmark it's all over the country, even the countryside think this model in while planing. in the countryside its the curragh of being rural, and not. a city. urban sprawl destroyed the countryside. and take away its beauty, we akturly have laws prohibiting building on beaches building in the forests and so forward, yes we open a cat door opening to allow some building but under control NO highrising allowed ........ no nay never in denmark....... only cities can bild high rising and limed places. urban planning is also about the rural areas being rural with mean no urban sprawl, the danich land value tax system makes urban sprawl imposibil... land is not for free. and natur has its value for being natur. i live in the countryside in denmark, and love the pureness of the danish natur
I have been living in Copenhagen for 2 years, and before I came was in love with bicycles which I have been riding almost every day, long distance rides, and now I am like at the place that suits me perfectly...great city, nice culture, history and people.I would recommend everyone to visit it.
Wonderful Copenhagen,a city where I've lived for almost 28 years,every thing you said in your video are true,A place I recommed to visit on your next vacotion.
A stupid fucking drunken nation! Happy people? Happy Drunk! That is why they may appear happy! The regime give free money and get them as drunk as possible and ''happy'' A rotten regime.Scandinavian social democracy.The only one since the end of WW2 . Two Danes working paying Tax to support three doing nothing the whole life. Probably the highest anti depressant abuser in the world. Denmark has millions animals locked in cages for the pleasure of meat. The meat is sold to Japan. They eat shit and keep the bones for themselves . Just like the Ceausescu regime. Danes are not allowed to own money . The regime keep them with all the same income.
Coloumbus never set foot on America and something technical is gravely wrong in this video because at the half, the audio suddenly starts from the beginning.
The is some repetition in the soundtrack halfway through the video. Otherwise lovely video - my hometown, that I will be visiting in two months (I live in the US). Good job!
Very good description of the Copenhagen (and Danish) combination of environment, function and design. Perhaps they focused a little bit too much on the bloody bicycles, but that's ok I guess - seeing it I even missed the place a little bit :-)
Im sorry to be the history grinch here, but the Danish vikings never went to the US, the norwegian vikings did. So no vikings from any copenhagen harbour ever went to the states. We did however invade the UK and went as far as france. And the Swedes, well, they where the non violent ones and made a lot of songs...*LOL*
@@MarjanTrajkovski In scandinavian sagas, and passed on tales of the beginning of time. Denmark is named by name, and it describes why Denmark was named Denmark. This is indeed a saga, and can not be accepted as true history, but this was way before the vikings. The Scandinavian borders where a little different, but the names of those regions was very well known, so yes, our countries did have names. and No they were not pore. The lands where just not as fertile as England as an example. and this is why they went rading.
@@simonbannow3905 The language of the Viking is called old norse, and it sound much like Icelandic today, so no, the scandinavian clans all spoke with their own dialect, but they understood each other because of the same origin.
@@MarjanTrajkovski No they did not, not at all at that scale. But if you are trying to historically but Scandinavia in its place because they did not have cities like Athens or Rome, then let me sent the question right back at you. How is your society running today? Both Athens and Rome are leeches on EU bill.
@@MarjanTrajkovski I have no doubt that the people of the mediterranean are happy, but the Scandinavian countries come out on top every year of the annual International happiness study. It is based on safety, health and trust. So yes, you might have nice beaches, but your governments does not take care of you. Most countries in the mediterranean are corrupt. We also have summer, and we have beautiful forests and mountains and actually some of the world's most amazing natural scenery. And obviously we have better education as well, your english is almost unreadable...
I worked with a group of Danes and they took endless delight in me trying to say "Rød grød med fløde". I got back at them with getting them to pronounce "refrigerator". They cannot do it.
The biles are workhorses. If you don't need to bike more than maybe 5-6 km each way from home to work, through the city with more stops and slower pace - you will often go for a more comfortable "old fashioned" bike. If you bike far - from other cities and into Copenhagen - people will often buy more modern sports bikes.
@@chrisbobla6456 old fashioned bicycles are actually in fashion in Denmark especially for women and many young ladies chose that-20 years ago it was the opposite
If you look at the credits, you can see that the people who produced this program all have french names. They say that the program was made together with an TV channel from Quebec which is the french speaking part of Canada. So my guess as to why Claus Meyer is speaking french, is that the producers found out that he spoke french and was happy to have someone in the program, who they didn't have to dub in french, when they showed it on a french speaking channel.
Amsterdam is now bicycle city no. 1 in the world, and we won't give it up! I really like Copenhagen and Amsterdam, they look very much alike (except the old architecture but the other parts are the same). I think you kind of stole our bike thing but ok... I think Dutch people have a connection with the Danes (and Swedes) because we also are making cities for the people and not for the cars. It is really fun to see that we've thought of the exact same thing! PLEASE DO A VIDEO ON AMSTERDAM!!! P.S. is Emelia van Hauen Dutch? Every name with van in it is a dutch name P.P.S. This "Hüge" word (39,20) in Danish is the only language I know that has a translation to the Dutch "gezellig".
Some people in Denmark have names from other parts of Europe (and the world). This is probably due to the fact that migration, for several reasons, has always been a thing. Part of my name, f.ex. is German; "Richter". I feel strong connection to the dutch as well. I think we have much in common. So much in fact that Holland could be a part of Scandinavia if those pesky Germans didn't reside inbetween :P
Do you realize this is a series on waterfront cities around the world? Having it focusing on Copenhagen makes perfect sense. Showing the rest of Denmark, not so much, well maybe Århus, but it should be its own video.
I think it is great about the bikes, but I think one of the major reasons that it works so well is that the city is very flat... I'm not sure it would work in a city with not so level terrain...
To that i can say it does... Copenhagen is not "unique" as a danish city with bikes... All Danes bikes (very few does not) no matter where you live and some cities are with a lot of uneven terrain and yet bikes are there as well... I am born and raised in a 50'000 village/town and biking there is just as normal as in Copenhagen (where I live now). In Copenhagen the traffic is more dense so they/we need to be aware of such, where as the rest of Denmark might just settle for less when the density is less (or learn from Copenhagen when needed)... i was 7 when i started biking to the public inside pool 6 kilometers away (roughly 4 miles) with other kids my age and with no parents... It was simply not needed to have the supervision for the ride nor at the pool seen from our parents points of view, it still isn't. As we are brought up with bikes, we all know how bicyclists behave and have an easier time with em when we travel by car, we do not get (that) annoyed with em as we would if we where American =) But to be happy only because we bike is not all it takes, it is just what other countries like to see... I remember 15 years ago a parent from Denmark got arrested in NY for leaving her baby outside a cafe, how ever, that is still norm here as we think the infants need all the fresh air they can get and if they sleep we do not need to sit right next to them... So happiness is also about how relaxed we are with many things where some other parts of the world would go mental...
In Denmark, biking and walking have always been very normal ways of getting around. Walking 1-2 km to get from point A to point B has never been considered a big problem. Riding 10-15 km to work on a bike has also never been considered a huge problem. The climate is perfect for biking and walking in general. That kind of transport culture would not work very well in tropical countries though.
Biking is a great idea in a area that is mostly flat with decent weather. However biking in a area that is mostly hilly with steep grads and not so great weather is a nightmare. I liked biking but with a mix of overly aggressive car drivers and mostly hilly terrain its just not practical.
And hurry up, because if you don´t do it before you reach the age of seventies, you end up in a powered scooter for having driven too much cars in your younger years instead of biking.
lol, no danes think its a human right to have a sailboat :-) I know it was said in fun but the percentage of people owning a boat must be around 1 or 2% so the statement is still stupid.
She meant the time of the documentary takes much time with bikes, where they could have talked about upbringing or something else then "just" traffic... We are not the happiest nation mostly because we bike... It might have a small part but not as big a part as this documentary takes time off to explain...
I guess the whole program was from the beginning more focussed on explaining Copenhagen as a bike city than making a full covering program about Copenhagen in general. The primary focus of this program was the bikes, second was the architecture and finally the food. A realistic review of Copenhagen would probably have focussed much more on the history and development of the city as well as the little known fact that it is one of the places in Northern Europe with the largest amount of museums etc.
Yeah that stood out somewhat, I didn't get that memo! Owning a boat or a car in Denmark is too expensive! Always been a bit jealous watching Swedes, Germans, Dutch and Norwegians travel Denmark by boot or overly expensive cars.
Biking can be health hazard too especially with diesel emission from cars or trucks particles from diesel engine are really thin and go deeper in lungs are harder to treat
I like this program but this is too much about bicycle well half this show.......and I am sure that Holland is the capital for bicycle not Copenhagen. BTW love this show!
Holland is a country :] But you are right. Holland on the whole is probably better, but I consider Copenhagen a better city for biking than Amsterdam. We've overtaken Amsterdam the last 5 years and It's not stopping. So yes, in my opinion Copenhagen is definitely the bicycle capital of the world.
Copenhagen has made it into an advertisement word. Sort of like our country keeps pretending like 'Hygge' is a unique Danish feeling, which is obviously bullshit. The word may be Danish, but the feeling isn't. Sure, there's a lot of infrastructure for bikes in Copenhagen, but I still consider most other places in Denmark safer. The other places simply don't need the same amount of infrastructure, cause there's less traffic or because there's more space to work with. In the Danish country side you may not instantly see the bike path at the side of the highways etc. but they're there. They're just usually a bit further back instead of being right up against the road like in the cities. 'Copenhagen is the bike capital of the world.' is just better for advertising the city than 'Copenhagen is one of the bike capitals of the world.' I wouldn't read too much into it. It's just marketing. As a Dane the most unsafe I've ever felt riding a bike was in Copenhagen. I don't care how many blue stripes and shit they add. Much less traffic will always be safer and a more pleasant experience. ;)
Fail fail fail fail fail a trillion times fail. The vikings landed in New Foundland, Canada. Denmark is the oldest monarchy, not just in Europe, but in the entire world. And Copenhagen is København, which directly translatred is Buy/Purchase A Harbor
+bluedimonddust København betyder ikke køb-en-havn. Byen hed "Køpmannæhafn" på gammeldansk, altså "Købmandshavn". Og med "Amerika" mener hun nok kontinentet, ikke landet. Og Japanerne har verdens ældste monarki. :)
Frederick Jenkins That wasn't meant to sound racist. The small northern Scandinavian countries got most of their colonization out of their systems with the Viking invasions centuries ago, (except for Denmark which had some small African colonies which it disassembled a 100 years ago). France, the UK, the Netherlands... on the other hand were bold colonizers until recently, and have had a lot of immigration from these colonies as a result. Finland is mostly Finnish for the same reasons that S. Korea is mostly Korean, not because of racist immigration policies, but because it's seldom come up. I have Danish friends however who believe their gov't is racist, and who would like to see more immigration and better support for existing immigrants, but there are certainly those who do not. But in my experience the Danes are very open minded and are generally disapproving of racist views, even if many would prefer it if Denmark stayed traditionally Danish.
+Ronnie I agree with you. It is absolutely the case that Danes would be shunned and discriminated against in many parts of the world. Asian countries, Persian countries, Muslim Countries - it is the rare exception that a white person would be accepted into these cultures as anything other than a visitor, and as long as they intend to leave. And do not even think of marrying our daughters. I personally don't think there is anything wrong with wanting to keep a country like Denmark...Danish!
I'm homesick for a City I have never been to. Great show.
As an Urban Planning student, I am in love.
Take a semester here then =) (just remember it might be a bit expensive, but you will see Copenhagen first hand)
True. Compared to many other places, Copenhagen may be a bit special and a whole new experience to people who are not used to a place like Copenhagen.
I grew up in Copenhagen in the 1960's and 19'70's.
I have lived all over the world since 1990 and I am currently only visiting Denmark once per year. I am a little bit surprised about how much Copenhagen has changed from the city I grew up with and left in 1990. A lot of things have become a lot better but from personal experience, I am sad to say that some things have also developed in a wrong direction if I have to be blunt.
However, all included, Copenhagen is still a wonderful city but any foreigner visiting Denmark should definitely try to cover more than just Copenhagen. Denmark is in many ways a beautiful country.
TainDK , Working on applying to Masters programs in Urban Planning there, as well as Aalborg. :-)
in denmark it's all over the country, even the countryside think this model in while planing. in the countryside its the curragh of being rural, and not. a city. urban sprawl destroyed the countryside. and take away its beauty, we akturly have laws prohibiting building on beaches building in the forests and so forward, yes we open a cat door opening to allow some building but under control NO highrising allowed ........ no nay never in denmark....... only cities can bild high rising and limed places.
urban planning is also about the rural areas being rural with mean no urban sprawl, the danich land value tax system makes urban sprawl imposibil... land is not for free. and natur has its value for being natur.
i live in the countryside in denmark, and love the pureness of the danish natur
I have been living in Copenhagen for 2 years, and before I came was in love with bicycles which I have been riding almost every day, long distance rides, and now I am like at the place that suits me perfectly...great city, nice culture, history and people.I would recommend everyone to visit it.
Copenhagen - one of my fav. eco - creative cities :)
Love this people and this country
Thank you =)
Thank you very much Mr. Hicham
Wonderful Copenhagen,a city where I've lived for almost 28 years,every thing you said in your video are true,A place I recommed to visit on your next vacotion.
Love these cleverly placed in-screen annotations in this series!
Extremely educational, informative and fascinating. Thank You very much for this excellent program. What a marvelous society.
A stupid fucking drunken nation! Happy people? Happy Drunk! That is why they may appear happy! The regime give free money and get them as drunk as possible and ''happy'' A rotten regime.Scandinavian social democracy.The only one since the end of WW2 . Two Danes working paying Tax to support three doing nothing the whole life. Probably the highest anti depressant abuser in the world. Denmark has millions animals locked in cages for the pleasure of meat. The meat is sold to Japan. They eat shit and keep the bones for themselves . Just like the Ceausescu regime. Danes are not allowed to own money . The regime keep them with all the same income.
alberto cassinelli Go home. You are drunk.
I am never drunk! I have as much alcohol as I need but don't drink it. it is a part of the Italian house beautiful furnitures
alberto cassinelli I get a feeling that nobody would mind if you just stay at home with your alcohol and your beautiful furniture. Ciao.
@@albertocassinelli1218 How are things going in Italy? Need EU to bail out your broke ass country?
Copenhagen...
My Home My City My Birthplace
I LOVE YOU!!
Refugee from Chilé?
Coloumbus never set foot on America and something technical is gravely wrong in this video because at the half, the audio suddenly starts from the beginning.
Living nicely
I miss riding bicycle around town with my cousins.
Ah those were simpler times.
The is some repetition in the soundtrack halfway through the video. Otherwise lovely video - my hometown, that I will be visiting in two months (I live in the US). Good job!
Very good description of the Copenhagen (and Danish) combination of environment, function and design. Perhaps they focused a little bit too much on the bloody bicycles, but that's ok I guess - seeing it I even missed the place a little bit :-)
love this town.. hope i ll b able to go back and stay for a little while. CHRISTIANIA
I love my city and my city loves me. My city always lets me in for free. COPENHAGEN#1
Great series, is there any new episodes of this available?
Social currency is the key; knowing how to create it and distribute it.
Im sorry to be the history grinch here, but the Danish vikings never went to the US, the norwegian vikings did. So no vikings from any copenhagen harbour ever went to the states. We did however invade the UK and went as far as france. And the Swedes, well, they where the non violent ones and made a lot of songs...*LOL*
oddly enough they all spoke the "Danish tongue"
@@MarjanTrajkovski In scandinavian sagas, and passed on tales of the beginning of time. Denmark is named by name, and it describes why Denmark was named Denmark. This is indeed a saga, and can not be accepted as true history, but this was way before the vikings. The Scandinavian borders where a little different, but the names of those regions was very well known, so yes, our countries did have names. and No they were not pore. The lands where just not as fertile as England as an example. and this is why they went rading.
@@simonbannow3905 The language of the Viking is called old norse, and it sound much like Icelandic today, so no, the scandinavian clans all spoke with their own dialect, but they understood each other because of the same origin.
@@MarjanTrajkovski No they did not, not at all at that scale. But if you are trying to historically but Scandinavia in its place because they did not have cities like Athens or Rome, then let me sent the question right back at you. How is your society running today? Both Athens and Rome are leeches on EU bill.
@@MarjanTrajkovski I have no doubt that the people of the mediterranean are happy, but the Scandinavian countries come out on top every year of the annual International happiness study. It is based on safety, health and trust. So yes, you might have nice beaches, but your governments does not take care of you. Most countries in the mediterranean are corrupt. We also have summer, and we have beautiful forests and mountains and actually some of the world's most amazing natural scenery. And obviously we have better education as well, your english is almost unreadable...
copenhagen ❤
I hope you also cover Oslo ,Norway or Trondheim Norway
I worked with a group of Danes and they took endless delight in me trying to say "Rød grød med fløde". I got back at them with getting them to pronounce "refrigerator". They cannot do it.
Hey! Great video! I have another view on Copenhagen! Nyhavn, exhibitions and parks, a weekly show:
Copenhagen Live, Episode 5
Looks really good, wish the UK was like this. One thing though, the bikes look really old fasioned.
The biles are workhorses. If you don't need to bike more than maybe 5-6 km each way from home to work, through the city with more stops and slower pace - you will often go for a more comfortable "old fashioned" bike. If you bike far - from other cities and into Copenhagen - people will often buy more modern sports bikes.
@@gunillavesterberg4174 I understand the logic. The Copenhagen wheel is quite famous.
@@chrisbobla6456 old fashioned bicycles are actually in fashion in Denmark especially for women and many young ladies chose that-20 years ago it was the opposite
What a shame that the editorial team completely fked up the audio in the middle.
50% cycling to work/school here in 2021.
Is there dancing and good music?
great vid
cool video
Then you become a little bit proud to be a Dane :-D
This is a really good video. Can you change this into a sublined-abled vedio?
Why is Claus Meyer speaking french?
because hes a chef and the presumption is that its finer
peterperb
and speak perfect english as well. just beeing a finer human, at least in hes terms
If you look at the credits, you can see that the people who produced this program all have french names. They say that the program was made together with an TV channel from Quebec which is the french speaking part of Canada. So my guess as to why Claus Meyer is speaking french, is that the producers found out that he spoke french and was happy to have someone in the program, who they didn't have to dub in french, when they showed it on a french speaking channel.
>>50 years ago this was part of Copenhagen where you would only meet drunken sailors and light-footed ladies
where all the ladies gone? =(
Istedgade, Skelbækgade and Colbjørnsensgade in Vesterbro
Wow.. "the city focuses on the needs of its inhabitants"... shouldnt that be all city? unfortunately i understand its not..
Politicians are frightened of the auto lobby.
Amsterdam is now bicycle city no. 1 in the world, and we won't give it up! I really like Copenhagen and Amsterdam, they look very much alike (except the old architecture but the other parts are the same). I think you kind of stole our bike thing but ok... I think Dutch people have a connection with the Danes (and Swedes) because we also are making cities for the people and not for the cars. It is really fun to see that we've thought of the exact same thing! PLEASE DO A VIDEO ON AMSTERDAM!!!
P.S. is Emelia van Hauen Dutch? Every name with van in it is a dutch name
P.P.S. This "Hüge" word (39,20) in Danish is the only language I know that has a translation to the Dutch "gezellig".
Some people in Denmark have names from other parts of Europe (and the world). This is probably due to the fact that migration, for several reasons, has always been a thing. Part of my name, f.ex. is German; "Richter". I feel strong connection to the dutch as well. I think we have much in common. So much in fact that Holland could be a part of Scandinavia if those pesky Germans didn't reside inbetween :P
You do realize there is more to Denmark than just Copenhagen yeah?
Do you realize this is a series on waterfront cities around the world? Having it focusing on Copenhagen makes perfect sense. Showing the rest of Denmark, not so much, well maybe Århus, but it should be its own video.
I think it is great about the bikes, but I think one of the major reasons that it works so well is that the city is very flat... I'm not sure it would work in a city with not so level terrain...
To that i can say it does... Copenhagen is not "unique" as a danish city with bikes... All Danes bikes (very few does not) no matter where you live and some cities are with a lot of uneven terrain and yet bikes are there as well... I am born and raised in a 50'000 village/town and biking there is just as normal as in Copenhagen (where I live now). In Copenhagen the traffic is more dense so they/we need to be aware of such, where as the rest of Denmark might just settle for less when the density is less (or learn from Copenhagen when needed)... i was 7 when i started biking to the public inside pool 6 kilometers away (roughly 4 miles) with other kids my age and with no parents... It was simply not needed to have the supervision for the ride nor at the pool seen from our parents points of view, it still isn't. As we are brought up with bikes, we all know how bicyclists behave and have an easier time with em when we travel by car, we do not get (that) annoyed with em as we would if we where American =)
But to be happy only because we bike is not all it takes, it is just what other countries like to see... I remember 15 years ago a parent from Denmark got arrested in NY for leaving her baby outside a cafe, how ever, that is still norm here as we think the infants need all the fresh air they can get and if they sleep we do not need to sit right next to them... So happiness is also about how relaxed we are with many things where some other parts of the world would go mental...
In Denmark, biking and walking have always been very normal ways of getting around. Walking 1-2 km to get from point A to point B has never been considered a big problem. Riding 10-15 km to work on a bike has also never been considered a huge problem. The climate is perfect for biking and walking in general.
That kind of transport culture would not work very well in tropical countries though.
Biking is a great idea in a area that is mostly flat with decent weather.
However biking in a area that is mostly hilly with steep grads and not so great weather is a nightmare.
I liked biking but with a mix of overly aggressive car drivers and mostly hilly terrain its just not practical.
Shivers* "The Hygg." it's Hugg-EH lady. Sheesh!
The opera is probably the ugliest opera house in the world.
An eyesore.
I'm born and raised in Copenhagen and love opera/classical music
People must be paid by benefits and not by money.
Jan Gehl når han snakker engelsk >.
I am from Holstebro.
langbo9999 ok
A fantastic place for a bicycle thief.
I want to move to Copenhagen but i swear all you hear about it is "Bicycle bicycle" So maybe not so much
Danish girls have nice firm butts, thanks in part to them biking :]
No complaints here.
have beer too!!!!!
And hurry up, because if you don´t do it before you reach the age of seventies, you end up in a powered scooter for having driven too much cars in your younger years instead of biking.
Maybe you should do a visit first instead of deciding by youtube videos..?
Claus Meyer speaking french? 41:38
Why does a dane need 2 speak french 2 an english speaker?
it was produced by french people
Even cows do not eat soil.
vikings ftw
lol, no danes think its a human right to have a sailboat :-) I know it was said in fun but the percentage of people owning a boat must be around 1 or 2% so the statement is still stupid.
Cargobikes are the mother of all evils! However - perfect for the egocentric antisocials.
they spent too long about the damn bikes.
better than brathing car fumes
It is faster than driving in car!!
She meant the time of the documentary takes much time with bikes, where they could have talked about upbringing or something else then "just" traffic... We are not the happiest nation mostly because we bike... It might have a small part but not as big a part as this documentary takes time off to explain...
I guess the whole program was from the beginning more focussed on explaining Copenhagen as a bike city than making a full covering program about Copenhagen in general.
The primary focus of this program was the bikes, second was the architecture and finally the food.
A realistic review of Copenhagen would probably have focussed much more on the history and development of the city as well as the little known fact that it is one of the places in Northern Europe with the largest amount of museums etc.
Do you guys know and would keenly recommend any other documentaries/books about Copenhagen/ Danmark or let's call it "danishness"?
Fantastic city. Pity about this video. Poor filming, extremely poor editing, and what the fuck happened with the voice over?!?! Very sloppy!!!
is there any homeless in copenhagen?
+fym 80 Almost none, compared to other major cities like Hamburg, LA, Madrid etc.
The answer would be yes and no.
Homeless people do have the opportunity to get themselves a home and money.
we don't think it's a human right to have a boat....just saying
Yeah that stood out somewhat, I didn't get that memo! Owning a boat or a car in Denmark is too expensive! Always been a bit jealous watching Swedes, Germans, Dutch and Norwegians travel Denmark by boot or overly expensive cars.
Biking can be health hazard too especially with diesel emission from cars or trucks particles from diesel engine are really thin and go deeper in lungs are harder to treat
Trucks are not allowed in the city between certain hours.
*købehavn
I like this program but this is too much about bicycle well half this show.......and I am sure that Holland is the capital for bicycle not Copenhagen. BTW love this show!
Holland is a country :] But you are right. Holland on the whole is probably better, but I consider Copenhagen a better city for biking than Amsterdam.
We've overtaken Amsterdam the last 5 years and It's not stopping. So yes, in my opinion Copenhagen is definitely the bicycle capital of the world.
Yah! Yr probably right...
nope, more people use bikes in denmark than holland compared...
Copenhagen has made it into an advertisement word. Sort of like our country keeps pretending like 'Hygge' is a unique Danish feeling, which is obviously bullshit. The word may be Danish, but the feeling isn't.
Sure, there's a lot of infrastructure for bikes in Copenhagen, but I still consider most other places in Denmark safer. The other places simply don't need the same amount of infrastructure, cause there's less traffic or because there's more space to work with.
In the Danish country side you may not instantly see the bike path at the side of the highways etc. but they're there. They're just usually a bit further back instead of being right up against the road like in the cities.
'Copenhagen is the bike capital of the world.' is just better for advertising the city than 'Copenhagen is one of the bike capitals of the world.' I wouldn't read too much into it. It's just marketing.
As a Dane the most unsafe I've ever felt riding a bike was in Copenhagen. I don't care how many blue stripes and shit they add. Much less traffic will always be safer and a more pleasant experience. ;)
Gnawer Shreth Claim your right as the cyclist. Spit on the wankers if they disagree.
I am sick and tired of Copenhagen >: (
P.S I AM FROM DENMARK!
+langbo9999 Get the fuck out then.
+langbo9999 Why? Looks almost as amazing as Melbourne :P
i don't hate Copenhagen.
Så skrid ud til Brøndbyøster, bums.
Low building/low population city center - not globally competitive. Note lack of 1st storey commercial activity.
Fail fail fail fail fail a trillion times fail. The vikings landed in New Foundland, Canada. Denmark is the oldest monarchy, not just in Europe, but in the entire world. And Copenhagen is København, which directly translatred is Buy/Purchase A Harbor
+bluedimonddust København betyder ikke køb-en-havn. Byen hed "Køpmannæhafn" på gammeldansk, altså "Købmandshavn". Og med "Amerika" mener hun nok kontinentet, ikke landet. Og Japanerne har verdens ældste monarki. :)
+bluedimonddust Godt gået... Du har ikke tjekket en eneste af de ting du har sagt.
+ParadoxNinja Got em'
is bad
cheap harbor . . . Lego
Dam is there ANY black people over there??? Copenhagen, Stockholm somewhere??? Or did they send all their "immigrants" to Liberia
Frederick Jenkins
Are there any Danes in Liberia?
Frederick Jenkins
That wasn't meant to sound racist. The small northern Scandinavian countries got most of their colonization out of their systems with the Viking invasions centuries ago, (except for Denmark which had some small African colonies which it disassembled a 100 years ago). France, the UK, the Netherlands... on the other hand were bold colonizers until recently, and have had a lot of immigration from these colonies as a result. Finland is mostly Finnish for the same reasons that S. Korea is mostly Korean, not because of racist immigration policies, but because it's seldom come up. I have Danish friends however who believe their gov't is racist, and who would like to see more immigration and better support for existing immigrants, but there are certainly those who do not. But in my experience the Danes are very open minded and are generally disapproving of racist views, even if many would prefer it if Denmark stayed traditionally Danish.
Frederick Jenkins i live in Copenhagen and there are few but very little black people in Denmark, but no much. Denmark is a great country.
+Ronnie
I agree with you. It is absolutely the case that Danes would be shunned and discriminated against in many parts of the world. Asian countries, Persian countries, Muslim Countries - it is the rare exception that a white person would be accepted into these cultures as anything other than a visitor, and as long as they intend to leave. And do not even think of marrying our daughters.
I personally don't think there is anything wrong with wanting to keep a country like Denmark...Danish!
+clueless duke
Sounds like the women are annoying little princesses and the men are douches.