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#4 Copenhagen, Denmark: Great Bicycle City Photo Tour

November 11, 2009 By 10 Comments
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Home of the upcoming climate change conference, Copenhagen is #4 in this great bicycle city photo tour series. With about 55% of trips being by bicycle, Copenhagen is an amazing place to visit or live if you like bicycling.

The photos to follow give you a taste of this great bicycle city. From dogs on bikes to bikes on bikes, from bikes in ice to bike counters, enjoy these great bicycle photos.

The Greater Copenhagen area has about 500,000 people bicycling everyday. Approximately 55% of all trips and 37% of commuter trips (to work or school) are by bicycle. This city has to be an option when choosing the best bicycle city in the world. You can get a feel for the atmosphere of this city from the photos below, but to really experience it, maybe visit the city and promote a strong international commitment to address climate change at the upcoming climate conference in December!

If you missed the previous bicycle photo tours, they were #5 Paris (France), #6 Groningen (the Netherlands), #7 Berlin (Germany), #8 Barcelona (Spain), #9 Bogota (Columbia), and #10 Basel (Switzerland).

For a review of some of the environmental reasons why this bicycle photo tour is on EcoWorldly (as well as some health and wellness reasons), read the intro to the Barcelona bicycle city photo tour.

When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. ~H.G. Wells

Image Credit 1: Negu. | Alberto Rey via flickr under a Creative Commons license
Image Credit 2: Guille. via flickr under a Creative Commons license
Image Credit 3: mobil’homme via flickr under a Creative Commons license
Image Credit 4: elsamu via flickr under a Creative Commons license
Image Credit 5: Coolville via Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons license
Image Credit 6: DavidDennisPhotos.com via flickr under a Creative Commons license

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Comments

  1. cm photography says:
    November 11, 2009 at 11:49 pm

    love seeing people caring about the environment.

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  2. Three Wheel Bicycle says:
    March 7, 2010 at 6:36 pm

    I love going out to ride my bicycle and feel the sun and the wind in my face. That is the perfect life.

    Reply
  3. bike shorts says:
    April 16, 2010 at 5:35 am

    My favorite city bike tour ever was in Berlin 6 years ago. Sounds like I need to add Copenhagen to my list!

    Reply

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  1. #3 Portland, Oregon: Great Bicycle City Photo Tour : EcoWorldly says:
    November 19, 2009 at 5:49 pm

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  2. #2 Beijing (Peking), China: Great Bicycle City Photo Tour : EcoWorldly says:
    November 27, 2009 at 11:34 pm

    [...] you missed the previous bicycle photo tours, take a look: #3 Portland, Oregon (USA) #4 Copenhagen (Denmark) #5 Paris (France) #6 Groningen (the Netherlands) #7 Berlin (Germany) #8 Barcelona (Spain) #9 Bogota [...]

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  3. International Bike Conference in Copenhagen (Velo-City Global 2010) : Planetsave says:
    July 21, 2010 at 3:02 pm

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    September 9, 2010 at 5:41 pm

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    August 10, 2011 at 9:07 am

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    November 7, 2011 at 11:02 am

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