Cycling in Copenhagen
I have visited Copenhagen to cycle around and study the cycling climate in the city. More information in the blog post:
Cycling Copenhagen, Through North American Eyes
How to Bike in Copenhagen
You are heading to Copenhagen to study abroad and you want to bike like a local. Learn all about Danish biking rules - from what to do...to what not to do...with Benji as he bikes you through Copenhagen.
Special Thanks
This video was filmed and edited by Fall 2016 DIS Alumnus Benji Cooper: benjicooper.com.
Additional filming and acting by Zachary 'Reggie' Sanderson and Eric 'thicc' Kil.
Music by enoe: Advanced Basecamp, 2011 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)
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Bicycle route The Green Path in Copenhagen, Denmark
Watch me ride the most interesting 3.3 km of the 9 km long dedicated bicycle and pedestrian path called The Green Path (Den Grønne Sti) in Copenhagen, my home town.
This is like a ring road for bicycles, as it follows a former rail line circumventing the city about 3 km from the center. The bicycle route connects the neighbourhoods Valby (West Copenhagen) with Frederiksberg, Nørrebro and Hans Knudsens Plads (North Copenhagen). My ride in this video is from Frederiksberg towards Hans Knudsens Plads.
Enjoy the nice and varied parks along the way - especially the last one, Superkilen (12:10), which is an award-winning park celebrating cultural diversity with design elements from 60 different nations!
The video is filmed with a hand-held GoPro Hero4 camera mounted on a Zhiyun Rider-M stabilizer.
The bicycle route is available on Google Maps here:
Danes take the bike in Copenhagen even when it is snowstorm P1080861.MOV
Danes take the bike in Copenhagen even when it is snowstorm
Red counter: Today 3.360 cyclists have passed on this bicycle track in this direction
Blue counter: Total this year has 221.401 cyclists have passed on this bicycle track in this direction
News: DK-Update.dk
Bike Friendly Cities: Copenhagen
Where better to start our series on Bike Friendly Cities than in Copenhagen - a city with over 215 miles of bike paths that was declared the world's best city for cycling a few years ago?
We talked with everyone who is anyone in the world of cycling, starting with urban mobility expert Mikael Colville-Andersen, who advises cities across the planet and Morten Kabell, head of Copenhagen's Technical and Environmental Administration. We even found the beautiful lady who ferries sperm samples to fertility clinics around Copenhagen on a sperm-shaped cargo-bike.
And of course we could not leave out the friendly wizards from the bike repair shops. For a number of days we researched whether Copenhagen really is paradise on Earth for cyclists. You can find the answer in our report.
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Bicycle Rush Hour in Copenhagen
Enjoy an hour of rush hour in Copenhagen. From 08:30-09:30. Speeded up. The loveliest ebb and flow in transport.
63% of Copenhageners cycle each day.
Exploring Copenhagen by Bike - An American Perspective
We had a brief layover in Copenhagen on our way to Eurobike in Germany. It was our first time in Copenhagen so I was just talking through what we were seeing as we rode through the cities infrastructure.
I was really impressed and although we were only here for a brief time the impact on my perspective was quite dramatic. Copenhagen is clearly a setting a trend for other cities to follow.
Biking culture in Copenhagen
Developing cycling highways in Greater Copenhagen (Denmark)
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Cycling in Copenhagen
Here is a short video I did as a trial to train for my futur trip. It is not perfect but it is a beginning. I hope you will like it!
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Denmark Cycling Holiday - Copenhagen and Beyond
In May, our Chairman Richard Rice and his family cycled the beautiful surroundings of Copenhagen, experiencing many cultural delights and staying at the same hotel in the Danish capital each evening. View this tour:
Richard said about his tour: We found this to be a great city break with a difference. The kids loved the easy-going rides, especially if there was an ice-cream shop within range! When you reach your destination for the day, you jump on a train with their excellent bike carriages and head back to Copenhagen. We had an extra day exploring the city, seeing the sights, riding past cool coffee shops and enjoying a couple of swimming spots. It was great to be able to walk around the city in the evenings. The Tivoli Gardens were a highlight.
Danish Adventure - biking like a real Copenhagen'er
Seeing I bought a bike Copenhagen, I attempt to be a real Københavner (Copenhagen'er) and use it rain, hail or shine! Remember to wear the right clothes... More on Danish language and culture - cultureunlock.com/danish-lessons
Cycling in Amsterdam and Copenhagen
It is hard to explain the numbers of bicycles in Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Sit back and relax on a little tour around these amazing cities.
Cycling Copenhagen with Children, Canines & Couples as Cargo
I was sitting in my hotel room after two days of shooting a few videos in Copenhagen and realized I had unconsciously become more fixated on capturing more on people riding with their children (and pets!) than in past trips. It could have something to do with the fact that I have a young son now.
Almost a joke I tweeted to Streetfilms fans asking if I put together a montage of kids and dogs being ferried about in Copenhagen would they watch it. I got over two dozen likes and plenty more replies in a very short time. So while at the airport waiting for my flight to Oslo and also using the flight time and bus ride to hotel, I put stitched this lovely bike poem together.
I hope you like it. Especially because I almost never use slow-mo. Why? I see people that lean on it all the time as a style. For me, I think it's best to use it sparingly. I've used slow-motion maybe twice in 700 Streetfilms. But this time it felt so right. Enjoy.
Cycling Copenhagen: Morning Commute
My exciting morning ride to work. Shot with a chest-mounted GoPro Hero 5 Black.
Biking in Copenhagen
A footage of cyclists in Copenhagen. Copenhagen is one of the most bicycle-friendly capitals in the world. One of the reasons why is that the cycling lanes are quite broad.
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Wonderful Copenhagen by Bicycle
Home sweet home :-) Watch me set off from my childhood home in the heart of Copenhagen and bicycle 5.3 km through the charming bicycle-friendly city center doing two errands.
Along they way, I give some historic background for selected locations, though, I don't claim to be a tourist guide. Some highlights of the video include:
0:08 Beautiful spiral staircase of the 4-storey 200 year old house I grew up in
0:44 Space efficient bicycle parking hanging by the front wheel
3:05 My favourite square Gråbrødretorv incl. the historic connection with the traitor Mr. Corfits Ulfeldt (1606-1664)
5:19 Some interesting historical facts about the Danish astronomer Ole Rømer (Ole Romer), the first to measure the speed of light. He also assisted in inventing the Fahrenheit temperature scale
7:57 Useful chart for Bicycle Path planning
10:58 Charming Krusemyntegade with copplestones, small houses and trees
15:41 Crossing Strøget, the 1.1 km long main pedestrian promenade influencing city planning domestically and internationally
19:00 Nyhavn, charming new harbour from 17th century
19:14 House of Hans Christian Andersen, where he lived for 16 years and wrote many of his fairy tales
19:25 Bicycling across the nice Inner Harbour Bridge (also called the kissing bridge / kyssebroen) from year 2016 and built only for pedestrians and cyclists
20:18 Copenhagen Opera as seen from the bridge. Also notice the nice Omnium cargo bike zooming by in the opposite direction :-)
24:24 Arriving at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation.
Enjoy the ride!
GREGERS
PS. The video was filmed with a GoPro Hero4 camera place on a gimbal stabilizer and handheld on a short pole. As such, I was bicycling with one hand, not ideal, but handy when wanting to point the camera in different directions.
PPS. The google map link of the route can be viewed here:
PPPS. Just learned today (23 October 2018) that Lonely Planet's top recommendation for a place to visit in 2019 is Copenhagen, so my video title of Wonderful Copenhagen was quite apt:
A journey around Copenhagen's bicycle innovations
This tour shows the latest bicycle innovations in Copenhagen: a wonderful new bridge (the Cycle Snake); the Green Wave, where cyclists going 20 Km/hr get the green light and might never have to stop because green LEDs are built into the road beside the bike lane; or bins inclined at a comfortable angle for cyclist to deposite trash without stopping his journey. The result of that is a 5% increase to 42% share of trips into the city and a lot fewer cars.
In words of Clarence Eckerson, Jr:
Copenhagen just keeps finding new ways to make it easier and more convenient to bike. Recently I had the chance to take a tour with Mikael Colville-Andersen of Copenhagenize and see some of the innovations that have changed the city's streets since I was there four years ago.
First off, if you've seen my 2010 Streetfilm about Copenhagen's bike infrastructure and culture, the busiest bicycle street in the world has changed: The Knippelsbro Bridge now boasts 40,700 riders per day! And speaking of bridges, Copenhagen is building six new crossings exclusively for biking and walking to help its citizens get around.
Last month another cool bridge debuted -- the Cykelslangen (Bicycle Snake). You'll see loads of footage as we traveled back and forth. It is truly a handsome piece of infrastructure. Even going uphill seems pretty easy!
You'll see lots of other things that will make you happy (or angry your city isn't doing more!), including waste baskets angled for cyclists, LED lights that indicate whether riders have to speed up to catch the green wave, and a cool treatment for cobblestone streets that helps make biking easier.
+info: STREETFILMS (
See it and more at MORE THAN GREEN:
Copenhagen, Denmark - 'City of Cyclists' Music Video
A promotional music video I made for the City of Copenhagen's Bicycle Office.
Aimed at promoting Copenhagen's fantastic, unique bicycle culture where 500,000 people choose the bicycle for transport each day. 36% of the population.
This video highlights who they are and what they do. It was shot over a period of four months.
Directed, Edited, Filmed by Mikael Colville-Andersen for the City of Copenhagen.