I live in Denmark and find it fascinating to have foreigners tell me how things work in my country. Public transportation works fine in the bigger cites but absolutely not in the rest of the country. The cheapest, easiest and fastest way to get from my place to Copenhagen is by plane, secondly by car and thirdly by train. (it's about 400 km each way)
@@krede99 Then add time to get to the airport, security, check in time and rhe gates also closes 20-25 minutes before departure. In the other end you have to add taxiing to the gates, and perhaps also waiting for your luggage a d then travelling into downtown Copenhagen.
I live in the provinces, and work in a town 20km away, it's not possible for me to always use public transport to get to work, and I can't use it to get home after about 11pm. Public transport works fine in the cities and larger towns, but not out in the sticks! Since the Storebælt bridge opened we can't get to Copenhagen by plane, but by train it's about 3.5 hours. This is about Copenhagen not about the country as a whole! Space is not at a premium in the rest of the country, just look at the number of single story new houses that are built.
It's funny how most of the people watching this is probably danish since us danes like to watch stuff about our country, Our culture ect just good stuff about denmark really.
Omg jeg troede jeg var den eneste jeg ser kun det her fordi det handler om Danmark og jeg er dansk (Omg I thought I was the only one I’m only watching this because it’s about Denmark and I’m danish)
@@karinajrgensen4263 Med den logik er hverken London, Madrid, Tokyo, Berlin, Bruxelles, Amsterdam, Rom, Oslo, Stockholm, Washington D.C, Seoul, Helsinki, Rejkjavik, Mexico City, Prag, Luxembourg, Lissabon og Moskva byer🤦♂️
DANMARK ER NÆÆÆÆÆÆVNT 🥳🥳🥳❤️❤️❤️🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰 btw I live in a very small town called Bøvlingbjerg, and I have 7 kilometers to the nearest train station where the train leaves every 3 hours... And have tp change in vemb TO THE ONLY OTHER CONNECTION where it can still last for up to 1,5 hours of waiting for the train....
I live in Copenhagen. And we are constantly improving with removing parking spaces and trying to get cars out of the city reversing the damage we did in the 70's where we removed all the trams and made the city for cars instead
4:10 Copenhagen doesn't have 600.000 inhabitants. You are confusing Copenhagen municipality with the Copenhagen metropolitan area which has around 1,5 million inhabitants.
You're confusing Greater Copenhagen (Storkøbenhavn) with metropolitan CHP haha. Metropolitan CPH goes all the way from Helsingør across Roskilde to Stevns. As another commenter mentioned metro CPH has 2,4 mil inhabitants c:
@@econoverse_ As pointed out urban Copenhagen has 1,366,301 citizens while the metropolitan area of Copenhagen has a population of 2,135,634. (Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen) This matters a lot in the planning of the infrastructure as northern Zealand is pretty dense in terms of population. That is also why you see the S-Bahn of Copenhagen stretching out to other municipalities like Lyngby, Ishøj, Ballerup, Høje Taastrup. There would have been no S-Bahn to these places, if the demand did not justify it. This actually relates very much to the fingerplan, as it stretches way out of Copenhagen municipality. The population density of Copenhagen is also a very big reason why we have a metro in Copenhagen and not stretching out to these areas, because it requires a BIG demand to justify the additional costs of having to dig tunnels. This is also why there is no S-Bahn in Jutland, because it is a more scarcely populated area. Due to this most of their transportation budget is directed towards highways. Anyway I digress. The point being: Population density matters A LOT in this context. Otherwise very cool video
It is mostly about copenhagen not many other city's as a danish man myself it is really nice to see this but please try and talk about other city's too then copenhagen
A lot of things, they tell us, that is not right. And I know, because I live in Denmark. They tell us that all of Danmark is the same as just Copenhagen. but that ain't the truth. While most of the provincial roads and rural road in the Netherlands has bikelanes on both sides, Danmark don't have them in many places. so bicycles have to share the roads with high speed 80 km/h trafic. Especially at Nord-Sjælland, Fyn and Jylland. You need to set your facts straight. Danmark is not only Copenhagen........ You will notice it when you drive on the roads in rural areas, outside Copenhagen, all over Danmark. Ever been visiting a little village in Fyn or Vest- Jylland? You will notice the difference and quality of infrastructure and public Transport. And that is the difference between Danmark and countries like the Netherlands or Zwitserland. Like the Dutch say: Holland is not only about Amsterdam. But even in the smaller cities and towns there, the infrastructure is better and sometimes better designed, than in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht or Eindhoven. the biggest cities there . Also they have a lot of bikelanes and pedestrian areas. Even in the little towns. The same it is in Zwitserland. So once again..... do your homework and learn the facts about Danmark. Maybe you should not visit only Copenhagen but also go to other places in the beautiful rural areas in Danmark. On Fyn, Sønderjylland or Nordjylland. So you will see the difference. And don't use the car but try to use the train or the bus to travel through Danmark. And try to travel to a little village in Rural Danmark. And see, how long that, will takes you......
Hi. I'm a dane living in northwestern part of Zealand. Tahnk's for making this video and emphasising the biking perspective. It really is a thing and there are dedicated biking trails that you can go by to cover practically the entire country with two weeks time without ever crossing your path. Plenty of opportunities for overnight stays from small inn-type of affairs in small nearby towns to shelters and camping spots for tent camping scattered all along these trails. I highly recommend trying this out as a way of seeing the country and what is has to offer in it's many surprisingly varied locations considering how tiny our country is. Anyway, yeah. Currently I ride 2 times six kilometers each day to and from work. And I enjoy it too, can you believe it? I sort of live in the country side so I get treated to some beuatyful scenery on my way. Also, once I worked a different place, I rode 2 time ten kilometers a day. It was fun just casually saying I rode mu bike a hundred kilometers a week, just going to work when I was with my city-dwelling friends who puts great emphasis on working out and goes on and on about their results🤣
It is not great in Jutland. Dane living in Aarhus. Public transport cost 2x the price for the same distance as in Zealand, takes 2-3 times longer and have fewer departures plus are often delayed or canceled in the last minut
Just FYI: It is true that the state owns most of the train and transportation system. HOWEVER! The trains themselves are in a company called DSB and the tracks are owned by BaneDanmark which is a completely different company. And they doesn't always talk with eachother, when it comes to upgrading......
I love how my country is designed, specially public transportation and our general road infrastructure, but our healthcare system needs an upgrade to be more functional matching higher standards like Australia, Spain and France.
The train signals shown at around 4:43 is not Danish, but could be Swedish. However, it is true that Denmark is one of the forerunners for the new European train signaling system ERTMS.
This footage is sadly a little outdated already - around 2:57 you can clearly see the Tivoli Hotel/Conference Center on the right behind the red cranes (tall white and glass building close to the road on the right), and across it to the right are the Union headquarters of the IDA. Meaning we are somewhere past 2010, but no sign of the Kaktus Towers (2021) nor the bike lane connections past Tivoli Hotels (The bridges sorta pertruding into nothing beneath the red cranes). It also lacks the giant IKEA (2023) that sort of dominates the landscape around the area today. We can also see the old post office terminal in the left of the picture, almost demolished - the post office terminal itself was demolished by 2018, and new buildings were springing up around then too, which suggest is that this footage should be at least or around 6 years old. While that doesn't necessarily degrade the content, it makes an airline shot of a city in constant renewal seem old and dated rather quickly for people who live in it, on a daily basis. I cannot offer any airline shots I have photos around the area that reflect more of the area as it is today. Standing on the bridge by the Hotels in particular, the Kaktus Towers, and the general bikeroad and how it snakes itself through the landscape today. Keep up the nice work.
The metro stations etc. are for all of copenhagen (Greater Copenhagen) which has more than 1.2 million in total. So double of your 600k at least, Good video, but there's flaws
bikes in CPH and other cities is needed because the LEADERS of the cities dont want the cars so they make having a car - hell on ear...in city here. in the name of being seen as a green leader. Big belt bridge has also been paid off years ago but we still pay the same crazy high price to use it. a shame.
i live in Denmark on a little island called longland (Langeland) and vi use the bike 24/7 to the dock, bus stop, shcool, even to other island i love my countrie and hope you will com visit Denmark
Denmark WAS well designed from the begining...now she is missing bits and pieces and has an Island floating around in the Baltic Sea all by itself... Edit: The metro in Copenhagen isn't that well designed, perhaps because it's fairly new compared to old metropols of Europe, like London, Berlin and Paris. While Copenhagen center and the surounding municipality is faily well knitted together with metrolines and dotted with stations, the metro stops short of the western suburbs. So if you live outside of Copenhagen and want to go to the central parts of the city: You take a car were the metro could have been a possibility for fast and direct transport. Busses are shit!
🙂 Well made! 👍 But there is some issues about transportations : - Many people don't know is that the goverment and the Mayor of Copenhagen will try to have cars out of the city, with big desire of green future, they destroy a lot of people lives with "They need to change a vehicle NOW and get then in electric." That is expensive in Denmark. Although they have not set up enorgh charging station around copenhagen, so Idea of new change is not fit together with a green environment and spaces. - To many of those who lives outside of Copenhagen and travel to and from work, they have chosen a vehicle instead of normal transport of buses or trains, because it's too expensive with public transportation. It's cheaper to drive in a car from A to B. And the train and buses don't drive all the time (best between 6Am to 23Pm) if you have to connect. Therefore I need to take a regular car at work, Bicycling is long- long distance. - A lot is changing Denmark with new style of buildings, but not the roads. Highways have a lot of problems with traffic avery day and it is getting worse. Not enough lanes or good connections till/away connections to other highway, so everybody getting stock and making a lot of traffic. And if you take a bus, you would definitely be stocked with the rest. - What about the trains, yes as you said before in you video. There have been many problems and still today there are. Trains a good when they work but often there have been not on time. - Bicycles is nice and good options to get around, but often do you see a biker not following the rules and gets irritating. Drives over for a red light, springs out of the bikelane out to the traffic lane, so you have to be prepared when it is rush hour. Remeber they need to stop before pedestrian crossing if you need to walk over. Only the best time to get around is in the middle of the day or evening. ✔🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴
"It's cheaper to drive in a car from A to B" I doubt that. Maybe if you only count fuel, but you should also count the cost of buying and repairing a car. Public transport is almost always cheaper.
If you live a place where you need a car to get to work, you gambled on the future following a status quo to get a cheaper house and lost. Cars need to get out of the city. I live in Copenhagen and my street was recently changed from a two way road to a pedestrian/ one way road with wider sidewalks. Local business is booming, there are benches and all the cafes can now have sidewalk serving on tables. It is AWESOME to live here and the official statistics show that only 8% of the 17.000 daily commuters on this road were in cars before the road work. The rest were on bikes. Ridiculous that this ever was a two way street with one line of sidewalk tiles. Forget the environment, cars as a personal transportation only serve people outside the city. We need roads for goods transport and emergency vehicles. They take so much space that can be used by us, the residents and the local shops and cafes and dedicate it to parking and transport corridors for outsiders. Fuck cars
tesla model 3 i denmark. completly stock costs: 45.606,57 usd i denmark, in usa is cost: 38.990 dollars. the ford raptor ( model 24) in the us cost: 78,440 dollars, while in denmark it costs: 83.121 dkk in denmark we pay extra fees - just for using the road in the tesla: 48,24 dollars per year - for the ford: 1455,95 dollars per year pr litre of fuel in denmark: - gasoline 95 octane: 2,31 dollars - gasoline 100 octane: 2,56 - diesel: 2,05 pr kw of electricity: 0,29 dollars. the fee for just using the roads is not based on diesel cars, just gasoline diesel cars costs alot more to use.
haha øresund was just the great belt bridge on a larger scale made up for fun! though it devastated all life in the eastern sea all the way to russia for blocking salt and thus killing everything it was an engeneering marvel!
Public transportation is only great for people in the 3 greatest towns in denmark. In the rest of Denmark its really sucks. And it is really wors than sucks. Its terrible. If you live outside the 5 figgest cities, your fucked. And they give you the finger. So this video is not thrue.
I live in Aarhus, and the best way to improve infrastructure is to scrap the Letbane ( tram system) and use electric busses which are much more flexible. The letbane in the middle of the road is an old fashioned way of thinking. It was fine in the old days when all shops were placed along the tracks, but with shops and workplaces placed far away from the tracks, it’s just a waste of money
@@Brosak. Det var den inden den blev åbnet. Konceptet virker bare ikke når den kører blandt almindelig bytrafik. Hverken for letbanen eller de andre trafikanter. Og så var der jo lige et par hickups 1. Letbanens spor ud til Aarhus Ø blev droppet fordi man pludselig fandt ud at at drejeradius blev for skarp..... 2. Is på køreledninger....( DSB 1970ish) 3. Åbningsfest aflyst dagen før fordi der ikke var styr på sikkerheden ( men kransekage til alle plejehjem så !! ) 4. Borgmester-monument som desværre blev gennemført. ( Heldigvis blev havneudvidelsen droppet )
@@Brosak. Letbanen i Aarhus kan ikke engang køre når der er frost, og når der er blade på skinnerne😂 Det er det værste bras, der nogensinde er blevet lavet. Er hele tiden aflyst, så man kan aldrig regne med Letbanen i Aarhus.
Jeg har aldrig oplevet nogle problemer med let banen i Aarhus, jeg kommer også mulighvis til at bruge den dagligt når jeg engang starter på universitetet.
You are talking nonsense. You clearly don't go with Aarhus Light rail regularly. It's really good and I take it rather than the bus anytime, even though the bus is slightly faster. It's more reliable than the busses and way more comfortable. Have you seen how efficient it is at transporting people to the hospital, university and city center? And it's great for the smaller towns outside of Århus. Aarhus Light Rails biggest problems is supplier (shortages/delays), cars running red lights and unwillingness to pay the price good infrastructure costs. We are already getting electric busses, and if you are talking about BRT then I would advise you to have a look at the reports from the consulting engineering company (iirc it was COWI). BRT does not make sense for Aarhus' current situation or future plans.
