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I live in Malmö and I think that bike lanes are very important in a city, so more people can choose the bike instead of the car (better for the environment).
We have many and more are planned.
Alright. I've got a confession to make. I spent way, way, way too much money in Denmark on my new favorite food----The Ristet Hot Dog!
Sold by street vendors in public squares all over the city, the Ristet Hot Dog is a thing of beauty. It's a foot-long roasted hot dog covered with mustard, remolade (an interesting sauce made of cauliflower and cucumber), onion bits and pickels. The best part is that the hot dog is about six inches longer than the bun.
How cool is that?
So how much does one have to shell out for the food of the Gods?
About 20 Danish Kroner. You figure out what that is in good ol' Greenbacks!
It's impossible to go very far in Copenhagen without stumbling across a statue or carving of one of the nation's most famous Catholic leaders, Bishop Absalon. Absalon lived during the 12th Century and served the Danish King Valdmar the Great.
Valdemar---who enacted Denmark's first written laws called the Jutland Code---was an ambitious guy who wanted to conquer new lands. Recognizing the power that Bishop Absalon---like many Catholic leaders during the Middle Ages---had over the people, Valdemar enlisted his support for a series of military missions against regions of northern Germany and Estonia.
Turns out that Absalon was a pretty good fighter and Valdemar's military missions were successful! Together, they made Denmark one of the most powerful nations in Europe during the 12th and 13th century.
This statue, found in the center of one of my favorite squares, celebrates Absalon as a military leader. He is wearing light armor, riding a mighty steed and holding one seriously HUGE ax! While that may seem strange for religious leaders today, it was not uncommon during a time when the Catholic church was the most powerful organization in the world.
Because there are so many bikers in Copenhagen, most streets have built in bike lanes. Big roads have entire lanes---just as wide as the lanes for cars---that are clearly marked for bikes. What's even more interesting is that the lanes are almost always full!
Imagine an entire lane full of bikers? Crazy, huh?
What's even crazier is when you wander out into one of these as a tourist without paying attention! Thousands of bells start to ring, people use naughty words in Danish, and your just plain likely to get run down.
I felt a whole lot more comfortable after arriving in Copenhagen and finding out that our hotel was directly across the street from the main police station. This rather impressive ride is labelled with the Danish word for police--Politi.
The interesting thing is that I never felt threatened at all while in Copenhagen---despite the fact that I was out quite late at night and the city is a pretty busy place. There were very few homeless people on the streets and most of the sections of the city were clean and well lighted.
Granted, there are always criminals and thieves in every major place...I just thankfully didn't see any on my travels, and that was a good thing!
I thought this was a pretty interesting site. It's a Danish version of a tractor trailer that I saw on a bridge connecting the island of Zeland (on which Copenhagen sits) to the island of Funen (on which Odense sits).
What's different about the Danish version of a semi and American tractor trailers?
Cars in Denmark are far smaller than the average car in America. This is for many reasons.
Most importantly, the Danish Government taxes cars at 180%. That means that cars cost nearly 3 times as much in Denmark as they do in the United States. This car---which would be an average size auto---would have cost nearly $45,000 in Denmark!
Why do you think a government would place such a large tax on cars? What advantages would there be to taxing cars at such a high rate? Would there be disadvantages?
One of the things I was always amazed by was the number of bicycles that you'd find parked outside of train stations in Denmark.
People would regularly ride their bikes to the train station, where they would hop on a train to go to work. Then, they'd ride the train back to the station, hop on their bikes and go home!
Would that kind of travelling to work ever happen in America on a large scale?
This picture was taken in Malmo, Sweden--a town found just across the Oresund Bridge from Copenhagen, Denmark.
Like Copenhagen, bikes are an incredibly common mode of transportation in Malmo. In fact, there were so many bikes in this section of town that there were double decker bike racks!
Would your town ever need double decker bike racks? Why or why not?
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I live in Malmö and I think that bike lanes are very important in a city, so more people can choose the bike instead of the car (better for the environment). We have many and more are planned.
Alright. I've got a confession to make. I spent way, way, way too much money in Denmark on my new favorite food----The Ristet Hot Dog!
Sold by street vendors in public squares all over the city, the Ristet Hot Dog is a thing of beauty. It's a foot-long roasted hot dog covered with mustard, remolade (an interesting sauce made of cauliflower and cucumber), onion bits and pickels. The best part is that the hot dog is about six inches longer than the bun.
How cool is that?
So how much does one have to shell out for the food of the Gods?
About 20 Danish Kroner. You figure out what that is in good ol' Greenbacks!
It's impossible to go very far in Copenhagen without stumbling across a statue or carving of one of the nation's most famous Catholic leaders, Bishop Absalon. Absalon lived during the 12th Century and served the Danish King Valdmar the Great.
Valdemar---who enacted Denmark's first written laws called the Jutland Code---was an ambitious guy who wanted to conquer new lands. Recognizing the power that Bishop Absalon---like many Catholic leaders during the Middle Ages---had over the people, Valdemar enlisted his support for a series of military missions against regions of northern Germany and Estonia.
Turns out that Absalon was a pretty good fighter and Valdemar's military missions were successful! Together, they made Denmark one of the most powerful nations in Europe during the 12th and 13th century.
This statue, found in the center of one of my favorite squares, celebrates Absalon as a military leader. He is wearing light armor, riding a mighty steed and holding one seriously HUGE ax! While that may seem strange for religious leaders today, it was not uncommon during a time when the Catholic church was the most powerful organization in the world.
Because there are so many bikers in Copenhagen, most streets have built in bike lanes. Big roads have entire lanes---just as wide as the lanes for cars---that are clearly marked for bikes. What's even more interesting is that the lanes are almost always full!
Imagine an entire lane full of bikers? Crazy, huh?
What's even crazier is when you wander out into one of these as a tourist without paying attention! Thousands of bells start to ring, people use naughty words in Danish, and your just plain likely to get run down.
I felt a whole lot more comfortable after arriving in Copenhagen and finding out that our hotel was directly across the street from the main police station. This rather impressive ride is labelled with the Danish word for police--Politi.
The interesting thing is that I never felt threatened at all while in Copenhagen---despite the fact that I was out quite late at night and the city is a pretty busy place. There were very few homeless people on the streets and most of the sections of the city were clean and well lighted.
Granted, there are always criminals and thieves in every major place...I just thankfully didn't see any on my travels, and that was a good thing!
I thought this was a pretty interesting site. It's a Danish version of a tractor trailer that I saw on a bridge connecting the island of Zeland (on which Copenhagen sits) to the island of Funen (on which Odense sits).
What's different about the Danish version of a semi and American tractor trailers?
Cars in Denmark are far smaller than the average car in America. This is for many reasons.
Most importantly, the Danish Government taxes cars at 180%. That means that cars cost nearly 3 times as much in Denmark as they do in the United States. This car---which would be an average size auto---would have cost nearly $45,000 in Denmark!
Why do you think a government would place such a large tax on cars? What advantages would there be to taxing cars at such a high rate? Would there be disadvantages?
One of the things I was always amazed by was the number of bicycles that you'd find parked outside of train stations in Denmark.
People would regularly ride their bikes to the train station, where they would hop on a train to go to work. Then, they'd ride the train back to the station, hop on their bikes and go home!
Would that kind of travelling to work ever happen in America on a large scale?
This picture was taken in Malmo, Sweden--a town found just across the Oresund Bridge from Copenhagen, Denmark.
Like Copenhagen, bikes are an incredibly common mode of transportation in Malmo. In fact, there were so many bikes in this section of town that there were double decker bike racks!
Would your town ever need double decker bike racks? Why or why not?