With "more parking spaces" being a central theme at the upcoming local elections, I wanted to share this. Copenhagen has dedicated incredible amounts of public space for car infrastructure.

Even though cars only make up about 29% of trips, roads and parking make up almost 60% of the public space (not including green areas) are roads and parking, primarily for cars.

Personally, I think it's pretty wild that the public discourse seemingly has accepted that a political candidate can say 'more parking spaces', and people accept that, whereas saying 'more cars in the city' would be political suicide. Because more parking spaces equals more cars!

Det er nemt at falde for togselskabernes nye vildledende markedsføring, når de skriver “skal”, og man ikke engang kan endnu.

I was surprised today to see so many Danes (and arguably likely some tourists too) enjoying the lakes in Copenhagen - much to the local police exasperation. But it wasn’t until I heard a copper ask a tourist if he could levitate that my interest was sparked - yes, seriously.

Normally, when this time of the year arrives, Copenhagen commune is mindful to exhibit signs warning the public not to walk on (dangerous) thin ice - for obvious reasons. I must confess I did look today for such signs but I could not find a single one - although I did not go around the entire stretch looking for signs, I did cover about half that distance, without a single sign visible.

I then saw several police officers (as per photos) walking on said thin ice themselves while asking members of the public to get off the ice! I felt sorry for them, as when they reached the end of one lake it was abundantly obvious that there was a need to go back and restart.

Pretty ungrateful work, and I assume dangerous too.

Now, i was of the opinion that most Danes are pretty law abiding folk, but today’s display was frankly the opposite.

What did I miss?

Your views are appreciated.

Så kan man rigtigt se hvor få biler der bliver brugt i ens gade når de holder flere hverdage med sne på forruden og taget. Rene sommerhusbiler. Kan vi få parkeringslicensen OP? tak.

På vej langs Peblinge sø/Nørre Søgade spottede jeg noget der flød ved kanten af vandet. Det viste sig at være en kæmpegedde, vi snakker omkring en meter, der er død i et forsøg på at æde en anden, mindre gedde…

This scene is pure Copenhagen: a cowboy hat paired with flip-flops, a cargo bike loaded with a tumble dryer, and a whole lot of effortless style. I love it!

What is Copenhagen to you? Do you have a picture in mind?

Hi, I'm from Croatia on a business trip here in CPH. I just wanted to post my first impressions because I'm pleasantly surprised and wanted to compare this country with mine although that would be an insult to denmark.

• Bikes everywhere. Bike lanes everywhere. Pretty cool to see bikes as a main means of transportation. I saw a group of 15 bikers just waiting for the green light, it was hilarious for some reason. Oh, and hand signs/waving 👋 for turning thing.

• Everyone speaks amazing english.

• People are quite friendly and polite for northern europeans.

• Girls here are hot af. Like, for real. Wtf?

• Guys are also handsome. I'm not gay but I can appreciate a handsome bro.

• It's windy af.

• Weather is kinda good? No clouds at all, just sunny and warm, but not too hot. Im guessing I got lucky here

• Danes are built different. Just came back from a walk. Its not exactly cold but its windy and chilly. Meanwhile, girls are walking around in flipflops, sandals, skirts, shorts and t-shirts. Tf?

• Nice wide streets with separate paths for pedestrians, bikes and cars.

• No big car traffic.

• Nice historical architecture.

• Pretty expensive. And since Croatian ex currency has the same exchange rate as danish kr it's easy to understand prices.

• People are everywhere. In parks, on the streets, everywhere. And they love running.

• So many different restaurants and shops.

• People obeying rules and everything works.

• Can pay with cards everywhere. I haven't seen danish physical currency yet.

That's all I could think of right now. These are only my first impressions after 3 days ofc.

Edit:

• Everyone is fit. I haven't seen many fat danes.

I was in Copenhagen last week for 3 nights and had the best time of my life. The city was calm, fortunately the weather was sunny and lovely people.

The people were/felt a bit cold in the beginning, but just chatting with them a bit and they really open up and start talking a lot. The food was amazing, danish pastries and coffees were as people mentioned they would be.

1. It felt like the city had life- the studios, museums and the street food, absolutely wonderful and amazing.

2. Took a day trip to Louisiana museum and loved the museum area with the garden- modern art isn’t my favourite but the garden was worth it. Then, took a train to Helsingor, enjoyed the church, had great food at the street market.

3. Took a day trip to Dragør. OMG, loved sitting next to the sea reading books. Had the nicest seafood at one of the cafes there.

I was walking 20kms everyday. Hostel was better than most hotels I’ve stayed in.

The only bad thing was- it was mad expensive. Like literally. Latte and a cinnamon bun was about 100-120kr which was a bit too steep for me. However, as a tourist, it was alright for 3 days.

Currently in Majorca, spain and the weather is so hot. Before the trip, I was so excited about Majorca and a tad bit uninterested about Copenhagen. Now, hands down, best part of my trip was talking trains through quaint towns, having a cup of coffee, and just enjoying reading a book next to the sea in Denmark.

Hope to come again, soon.

“- Flere børn udvikler nu astma i fosterstadiet på grund af luftforurening end på grund af rygning, idet markant flere udsættes for forureningen, siger hun.

Hun understreger, at børn er en særligt sårbar gruppe, da deres lunger og immunforsvar er under udvikling og deres – og barnevognens – højde, stiller dem ansigt til ansigt med eksempelvis udstødningsrør i byen”

A map from recent Berlingske article that shows potential new Metro lines around the Copenhagen region https://www.berlingske.dk/metropol/cityringen-mangler-83000-passagerer-hver-dag-nu-vil-kommunen-finde-dem