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Cycling is integrated into both the national, the regional and the local train services in Denmark.Cycles are permitted on trains to facilitate mixed-mode commuting.This is most visible in the urban and suburban rail network of Metropolitan Copenhagen, the S-trains, where cycles can be transported in specified carriages found at the front and rear of each train.
The Danish National Cycle Routes (Danish: Danmarks nationale cykelruter) together form the national cycling route network of Denmark. There are currently 11 such long-distance cycling routes across Denmark largely established mainly to promote bicycle tourism. There are over 10,000 kilometres (6,200 mi) of marked bicycle routes in Denmark.
Hosted UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 1939, 1951, 1955 and 1962. From 1935 to 1967, the hour record it was set exclusively at the Velodromo Vigorelli by nine different cyclists in 10 rides.
Map of Vestkystruten in Rudbøl. The route starts at Rudbøl, a small village on the Danish-German border which is also the starting-point of Danish National Cycle Route 8 (the South Sea Route). From here it runs north through Skærbæk, Esbjerg, Hvide Sande, and Thyborøn where there is a ferry-crossing to the island of Vendsyssel.
Cycling in Copenhagen is – as with most cycling in Denmark – an important mode of transportation and a dominating feature of the cityscape, often noticed by visitors. [1] The city offers a variety of favourable cycling conditions — dense urban proximities, short distances and flat terrain — along with an extensive and well-designed ...
Cycling to work. Copenhagen is known as one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world. [3] Every day 1.1 million km are bicycled in Copenhagen. 45% of all citizens commute to work, school or university by bicycle and it is municipal policy that this number should have gone up to 40% by 2012 and to 50% in 2015.
Denmark was one of the founding nations of the World Championships, and were the hosts of the first edition ever, the 1921 UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen. This event only consisted of one race, the men's amateur road race , in which the Danes also won their first ever medal at the World Championships, a silver medal for Willum Nielsen .
Danish national cycle route 4, is the fourth of the 11 Danish National Cycle Routes. It runs from Søndervig in West Jutland to Copenhagen on the island Zealand . The route is 310 km (190 mi) long, with 90% of this distance being along paved roads and one trip on a ferry between Aarhus and Odden .