It's always hard to make a favourites list when you have seven years of archive photos. It's snowing out there in Copenhagen this morning (-18 C with the windchill, by the way), so here's a (long) selection of my favourite snowstorm photos.
80% of Copenhageners cycle all winter. In a snowstorm, that will drop further, but there are still a wonderful amount of bicycle users going about their business on bikes in the city.
Over at Copenhagenize.com you can
read about how a modern city prioritizes snow clearance for bicycle traffic in the Ultimate Snow Clearance Blogpost. Here, you can see how Copenhageners just get on with it. As my mother would say, it's "put a sweater on" weather today.
Walk or ride. It's your choice.
Cycling is sociable, even in the snow.
Sometimes the snow catches up with the snow clearance but it is a temporary situation. The plows are coming soon.
Morning traffic in a headwind.
Nighttime winter cycling.
Sometimes you have a tailwind. Sometimes not.
Morning rush hour on the world's busiest bicycle street, Nørrebrogade.
Multitasking on a bicycle in the snow.
Your closet is filled with cycling clothes.
Little changes in the snow. Still stuff to transport. Places to go, people to see.
Viking Biking.
Morning rush hour on Hans Christian Andersen Boulevard at left and Nordre Fasanvej, at right.
Cycling is just walking with wheels.
Heading home in the evening.
Dapper on a Friday night.
A pillar of calm in a world of chaos.
Rise out of the saddle, or don't. It's up to you.
Always time for a conversation on a bicycle.
A hefty fine if caught, but it's rarely enforced.