{"id":1026,"date":"2011-08-18T03:26:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T06:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2011-08-13T22:27:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T01:27:27","slug":"top-5-reasons-to-cycle-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/top-5-reasons-to-cycle-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 reasons to cycle Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a guest post by Thomas Andersen from<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingtheglobe.com\" target=\"_blank\"> Cycling the Globe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Reason 1: Cycle culture<\/h3>\n<p>Denmark is a cycle friendly nation. You will mostly be riding on cycle<br \/>\npaths and marked cycle routes. Drivers are used to look out for<br \/>\ncyclists. Cycling in Denmark should be enjoyable and safe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1027\" title=\"reason1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason1.jpg\" alt=\"reason1\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Reason 2: Danish pastry<\/h3>\n<p>Being a cyclist you can enjoy a Danish for breakfast without feeling<br \/>\nbad. By the way, the Danes themselves call their their pastry<br \/>\n&#8220;wienerbr\u00f8d&#8221; which translates into &#8220;bread from Vienna&#8221;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1028\" title=\"reason2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason2.jpg\" alt=\"reason2\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Reason 3: Long days, short nights (at least in summer)<\/h3>\n<p>In June and July there the night only lasts from 11 pm to 3 am. Thats<br \/>\na lot of daylight hours to do your cycling. Of course you will find<br \/>\nthe opposite to be true if you for some reason choose to go bicycling<br \/>\nin Denmark in the winter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason3.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1029\" title=\"reason3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason3.gif\" alt=\"reason3\" width=\"450\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Reason 4: No language problems<\/h3>\n<p>You will have no problems communicating with the Danes. English is<br \/>\nspoken by everyone and even German will get you far in most places. If<br \/>\nyou are on the country side the Danes can be somewhat shy, so don&#8217;t be<br \/>\nafraid to start the conversation yourself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason4.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1030\" title=\"reason4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason4.gif\" alt=\"reason4\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Reason 5: Flat roads<\/h3>\n<p>With the highest point in Denmark reaching only 170 m above sea level<br \/>\nyou will never find yourself half dead, fighting one of those nasty<br \/>\nclimbs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason5.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1031\" title=\"reason5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason5.gif\" alt=\"reason5\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason5.gif 450w, http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason5-195x130.gif 195w, http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/reason5-350x233.gif 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Thomas Andersen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thomas is a Danish cyclist on his way from Copenhagen to Sydney.\u00a0 You can follow his bicycle tour at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingtheglobe.com\" target=\"_blank\">CyclingtheGlobe.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a guest post by Thomas Andersen from Cycling the Globe. 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