Copenhagen Comparisons-Green Transportation

Copenhagen, Denmark prides itself on being a “green city,” on that is environmentally friendly and on its way to being sustainable. This is not hard to believe seeing as how nearly every attraction in and around the city is accessible by foot, it may be a long walk, but you can find your way from point A to point B by walking on pedestrian friendly streets and paths. Compared to other cities that we visited I would say that Copenhagen was probably the most tourist friendly city, however, Stockholm is fast approaching. One thing that I did notice more so in Copenhagen is that there are more bikes than any other form of transportation, or at least it seems that way. In Oslo, we took the tram or bus system everywhere we went, and while I did see a lot of pedestrians on the city streets, it did not seem as accessible as Copenhagen; also, I did not see bikes nearly as often as I did in other Scandinavian cities. In Iceland, our hostel was a bit outside of the main streets and proved to be quite the hike from the bus depot; however, it seemed that driving was more popular than any other mode of transportation. With all of this being said, one thing is for certain, Scandinavia is blowing the United States right out of the water when it comes to public transportation and conscience mode of transportation…we definitely stand to learn a lot. –Kory Bonnell