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22. Copenhagen - City of Cyclists
7 months ago
This is a video showing Copenhagens unique bicycle culture as it looks in the beginning of the early 21st century.

A monumental motion of everyday people transporting themselves from A to B by pure pedal power.

-Each day 37% of everybody in Copenhagen arrives at work or education by bicycle.
-25% of all families with two kids in the city own a cargo bike.
-And the 519,000 inner city copenhageners own 560,000 bicycles!

This video highlights who Copenhageners are and what they do. I shot it over a period of four months.

Dur: 3 min 26 sec.

kk.dk/cityofcyclists

Directed, Edited, Filmed by Mikael Colville-Andersen for the City of Copenhagen.
060509-7922

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  • Renacer 7 months ago
    Excellent video. Thank you for sharing :)
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  • dan lenik 7 months ago
    Excellent video footage! I could watch this for hours and see new things each time! Great musical score, as well! Lots of people in and around Copenhagen will be singing this song in their best techno voice! I am absolutely thrilled with this video!
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  • FrauLehmann 7 months ago
    Every time I see your videos I miss Copenhagen so much. The only thing that reminds me on Copenhagen is my bike.

    Thank you so much for this impressions and the way you make and cut your movies.

    Knus - FrauLehmann
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  • Bill Edmonds 7 months ago
    Excellent, excellent video. The most important thing this video shows me, as a working guy from Pittsburgh, PA, USA (and will show others) is that Copenhagen is not some weather paradise or postcard city, it is a real working city, people go to jobs, take the kids to school, do the shopping, and occasionally kick back and have fun, on bikes. And it could happen here. Thanks.
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  • Copenhagenize plus 7 months ago
    thanks so much everyone!
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  • D.M Hughes 7 months ago
    Excellent... Great editing... I liked the little reverses, myself.

    What did you shoot this on?
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  • David Whitmon 7 months ago
    That was Awesome!

    Living in America I have raised my children to see cycling as the norm in a country that revolves around the automobile

    Many thanks for you wonderful videos.
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  • Hubert Simard plus 7 months ago
    It is springtime in Magog (Québec, Canada). We had our first meeting of our bicycling club and I feel like I had a great ride in Copenhagen. Thank you.
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  • Spencer Boomhower 7 months ago
    Great work! Really beautiful compositions. The flocks of bikers are something to see from up high, and I love the little personal moments. Gives cities in the U.S. something to shoot for.
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  • Copenhagenize plus 7 months ago
    thanks, everyone! I shot it on a Sony HDV over a few months. It was colour-graded at the end of the editing process. 9 hours of raw material boiled down to 3 minutes and 20 seconds. Quite a challenge.
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  • Greg Cantori 7 months ago
    You have creatively summarized a very realistic vision for us in the States. Cycling can and should be a major component in reducing fossil fuel use and wasted time in congestion, fighting our obesity epidemic, clearing the air and generating happiness! :)
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  • Copenhagenize plus 7 months ago
    Thanks so much!
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  • Joe Mizereck 7 months ago
    Bravo.

    Joe Mizereck
    joe@3feetplease.com
    Tallahassee, FL USA
    Saving cyclists' lives.
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  • Quinton Diets 6 months ago
    Awesome video! Very inspiring and has me wishing America was a bit different. Inspired me so much so I had to blog it triphamr.com/2009/05/18/when-it-rains-it-pours

    Thanks for the video!
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  • Copenhagenize plus 6 months ago
    thanks for the comments!
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  • S R 6 months ago
    Thank you for sharing this great job!
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  • Nagaraj Pudukotai 4 months ago
    Fantastic job Mr. Andersen. I most enjoyed it. How I wish my city planners (Bangalore, India) here have a look at this and make better provisions for bicycling here and make it a bicycle friendly city.

    Once again thanks very much for sharing.

    Cheers
    Nagaraj
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  • Copenhagenize plus 4 months ago
    thanks so much!
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  • James Davies 1 month ago
    Great, inspiring, wish Australia could be like that
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