Danish Bicycle Culture

 LET'S REINVENT THE WHEEL FOR A CHANGE

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 With increasing international interest in Denmark as a ‘biking’ nation, the world’s first cycling embassy opened here in 2009.  

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  THE BIKE SCHOOL

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    Bikes play an integral part of a Danes working day, though not everyone is confident of riding a bike. 

                                                     




GREEN BICYCLE LANES IN COPENHAGEN

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 With Copenhagen being one of the best cycling cities in the world there are now plans to build even more bicycles lanes to keep the cyclists smiling.




COPENHAGEN - CITY OF CYCLISTS

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The first ever bike lane was established back in 1920. Today there are 390 kilometres all across Greater Copenhagen.

  


KAMILLA STOFFREGEN REPORTING FROM THE BICYCLE LANES

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  Local Copenhagener Kamilla loves her bike and describes what it’s like to be a cyclist in Copenhagen.

  



BICYCLE ROUTES > MEET THE CITY ON YOUR BIKE

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See for yourself Copenhagen by bike. Here you can access five different cycling routes to take throughout the city.

 



CYCLING EMBASSY OF DENMARK

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Cycling Embassy of Denmark is a great place to find everything you need to know about cycling in Denmark.

 



WHAT NEW YORK LEARNED IN COPENHAGEN

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Danish Architect Helle Søholt describes how New York has been inspired by Copenhagen’s bike culture.

  



THE BIKEMAN

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO! It IS the Bikeman!
Everyday 18 year-old Jakub takes his rolling repair shop into the streets of Copenhagen to fix our bikes!




Did you know?

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• In Denmark there are over 10,000 km of cycle routes
• The city-bike – the world’s first free bicycle scheme was launched in Copenhagen in 1995
• Today, 37% of Copenhageners cycle to work and the target is 50% by 2015
• It is estimated there are over 4 million bikes in Denmark
•  ‘Copenhagenizing’ is now a term used by other cities to promote a better city bike culture
• Copenhagen is one of only a few places in the world where you will find traffic lights specifically for cyclists

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Velo-city Global 2010 
As part of Velo-City Global 2010, almost 2000 conference goers and Copenhageners joined together for a bike parade through the streets of Copenhagen.
 
Cycling Cities
A special edition about cycling in Copenhagen from Fietsersbond, the Dutch Cyclist’s Union.

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