Cycle Denmark- Johnny Stardust *Exclusive*
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-
How do you make a world class cycling city? Join CrankMyChain! video correspondent, Johnny Stardust, as he takes you on a tour of bicycle friendly Copenhagen. We’ll find out that it doesn’t happen by accident and some of the solutions may make some American’s uncomfortable, e.g. hefty taxes on gasoline and automobiles.
Enjoy an original score by Danish Composer, Chris Juris.
Hi I’m Dan Kaufman and now it’s time to crank up my chain well what do you think the best cycling cities are in the world Beijing Amsterdam Portland Oregon well I’m interested to know what you think and even more interested in the videos you have to back it up
Today though we’re going to visit Copenhagen Denmark with an exclusive crank my chain report from Johnny Stardust an original score by Danish composer Chris Uris so let’s take a look Johnny Johnny are you ready hey this is Johnny Stardust with crank my chain and I’m here in Copenhagen
Denmark to videotape some Danish people riding their bicycles foreign thank you as you can see in the inner city here cars aren’t allowed at all oh yeah we see a lot of these tricycles which uh have the double wheels in the front and are used to carry groceries and children and
Any other heavy objects that uh us Americans typically reserve for automobile transport whatever here we are on a typical residential sidewalk in Copenhagen and you can see the streets are completely lined with bicycles foreign thank you
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It's true that the car Supertax is only 180%, but there is also a 25% VAT (Value Added Tax) that applies to ALL exchanges. The total of 205% doesn't really tell the whole story either. Danish Income Tax can be as high as 60% as well. Imagine: A car that has an initial pricetag of $33,000 will cost $100,000 to own and operate in Denmark. However a Dane would have to EARN $250,000 in order to have exactly enough money to buy the car. This of course leaves NOTHING for food, rent…
not true, you make is sound as if cars are reserved for higher class. Alot of people have cars, alot of people who dont have them can afford them. The mentality is different than that in america.
hey Johnny or anyone, do you happen to know any particular manufacturers of those trikes you saw? gotta get me one of those
The ones you saw the most of are called Bakfiets.
I thought Amsterdam was in a league of its own, but I'm equally impressed by Copenhagen, Denmark. Nice video.
This is however no problem. As most banks arte afloat with money and easily is pursuaded to lend you the amount required. These loans are usually taking the average person up to 10 years to pay off, which also is close to the average time of possesing an automobile in Denmark, before buying a new one.
Just extra info:
This is not a "Copenhagen only" phenomonen in DK.
Actually it is quite common in the smaller towns also to give high priority to bicycle transport.
When all is said, even if Denmark is quite flat, I live in Aalborg, which you should try and see the altitude maps for.. That is perhaps not the WIllamette but it has the local wind to take into account. Making even the proffesional bicyclers complain about the ride when touring Denmark
he looks like he's been smoking a good klump
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Denmark is a best example for the hole world….