The Life-Sized City Blog

A classic Copenhagen bike lane with Copenhageners doing what they do best. We found a spot of statistics from Eurobarometer about how many kilometres a year citizens of EU countries ride bikes on average. There is a massive difference between top and bottom. The Netherlands.............1019 km Denmark..........................958 km Belgium............................327 km Germany.........................300 km Sweden............................300 km Finland.............................282 km Ireland.............................228 km Italy..................................168 km Austria.............................154 km Greece................................91 km France................................87 km UK......................................81 km Luxembourg....................48 km Portugal............................35 km Spain.................................24 km Here's the figures for North America: USA/Canada...................30 km Netherlands and Denmark on top... h...

Copenhagenize Your City Originally uploaded by [Zakkaliciousness] I find a sight like this somehow pleasing to the eye. In city councils around the world they speak of "Copenhagenizing" their cities by building better infrastructure for bikes, including the all-important bike lanes. Just read something interesting. How many kilometres do the citizens of various country ride on average each year? Denmark: 958 km Holland: 1019 UK: 81 USA/Canada: 70 Belgirum: 327 Germany: 300 Greece: 91 Spain: 24 France: 87 Ireland: 228 Italy: 168 Austria: 154 Portugal: 35 Finland: 282 Sweden: 300