KZread: wanna watch a Danish guy roast a bridge for 16 minutes? Me: ....okay

@bradenwoods1111

4 жыл бұрын

Right! How did I end up here!?

@Jaytelli

4 жыл бұрын

He's not Danish

@tomaszantochow8391

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jaytelli He is, look at his last name

@leifvejby8023

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomaszantochow8391 He isn't, listen to him speaking. More lilkely some Usasian guy who has lived in Denmark for 15 - 20 years

@anothermetaphor7586

4 жыл бұрын

@@leifvejby8023 he is danish. Danes have just mastered the american accent

An engineer putting up a warning sign is like a comedian explaining his jokes.

@vicw4522

Жыл бұрын

All these bridges have railings that are lower than the seat of a bicycle too.. It's very much just an accident waiting to happen, and it could easily result in death as you probably will be flying off the bridge with your head first towards the ground. I hate these bridges.

Meanwhile cyclists in non european countries: “You guys are getting bike lanes?”

@fraaggl

4 жыл бұрын

sooo true ! I live in Paris...

@FirstSynapse

4 жыл бұрын

Those countries also include UK, France and Spain

@4nlimited3dition_4n3d

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair I have seen some epic bike lanes in some states in the USA as well. Just overall as a country, not so much yet.

@SueMead

4 жыл бұрын

We've had them in New Zealand for at least three decades but now that there's been a lot of talk about them, they're screwing them up. Bloody bureaucracy.

@wibbledee

4 жыл бұрын

@@FirstSynapse Some of the UK ones are hilarious, Hey, where'd my road go?

Danish people complaining about not 100% functional bridge, meanwhile in Italy if the bridge doesn't fall down is a success

@krixxset2214

4 жыл бұрын

He is a jew not a Dane.. and some Italian bridges are still taking traffic after 2000 years,.. I dont think any other country can make the same statement.

@randomusername1735

4 жыл бұрын

@@krixxset2214 What? What the hell did you just comment lmao

@zero12304

4 жыл бұрын

@Thelondonbadger Need more bank accounts for that. 🤫😉

@thetrashman5252

4 жыл бұрын

@@krixxset2214 Those are Roman bridges.

@waldoemerson4227

3 жыл бұрын

@andrea marino this made me spit out my coke onto my monitor LMAO!!!!!

Well, thanks KZread algorithm, now I am learning about bridges in Copenhagen.

@liamgoldbeck

4 жыл бұрын

At least you're learning something ;)

@alexanderkruse5715

4 жыл бұрын

Not bad learning about the worlds greatest city :)

@Plougmann

4 жыл бұрын

Don't question it... KZread knows best..

@oddyneo

4 жыл бұрын

Same haha.

@edmis90

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderkruse5715 Interesting. Could you expound on it? By what criteria specifically is it the greatest?

That’s it I’m moving where the bridges are the worst problem...

@kaizokuAUTO

4 жыл бұрын

yeah I was watching all of this thinking Copenhagen looks *lovely*. Its cities like these which are why I'm learning Dutch

@leifvejby8023

4 жыл бұрын

@@kaizokuAUTO You should learn Danish too, most Danes don't understand Dutch :-D

@cirkuspolle

4 жыл бұрын

@@leifvejby8023 i bet he is from america, land of the braindead..

@orbitaljellyfish808

4 жыл бұрын

cirkuspolle he did say cities “like” (and thusly not necessarily) Copenhagen. Not all muricans are dainbread 🤪

@kaizokuAUTO

4 жыл бұрын

@@cirkuspolle I'm Welsh. Dutch will be my third language. I'm learning Dutch because I love Amsterdam, but I was reminded of how nice both Amsterdam and Copenhagen are by this lovely video. Have a nice day :)

Not interested in bridges Not interested in Denmark Not interested in watching a dude complain about bridges BEST VIDEO I'VE SEEN THIS WEEK.

@storyoptics4964

Жыл бұрын

That's okay. We Danes are also not interested in you :D And yes it is a great video.

Him: Look at these stupid bike bridges in Copenhagen. Me from Bratislava: Bike bridge? What a miracle!

@kalinkaata

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thnking too. Never even seen a bike brgide in Serbia :D Even bridges for cars are totally stupid

This guy is so pissed about a bridge, I love him.

@jeffj2495

4 жыл бұрын

LOL, I agree. I probably will never go there. But he has some really good points about those silly design points.

@Likexner

4 жыл бұрын

Hes not really pissed, just irked.

@liputter

4 жыл бұрын

hes so passive aggressive about as well, so fucking funny

@eisenbergjj

4 жыл бұрын

Thibaut Crépelle uh... you strike as a person how doesn’t need to encounter bridges in your daily life, trust me bridges matter. I live on a key that needs to connect to the mainland via a bridge and every time the local government decides to add or change a bridge the community gets super heated. Bridges significantly decide how your life is lived when surrounded by water.

I, as an Italian, wholeheartedly thank you for showing us that stupid things can be done anywhere

@marklittle8805

4 жыл бұрын

We love the Italians for being people who just after a while shrug their shoulders when you say it looks great but doesn't work!

@krixxset2214

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but some italian bridges are over 2000 years old and still taking heavy traffic over them to this day.

@StamfordBridge

4 жыл бұрын

This is a very funny comment. 👏

@MrCrashsystem

Жыл бұрын

si ma noi siamo imbattibili, c'è stato un tempo in cui abbiamo forgiato il mondo ma adesso stiamo facendo di tutto per distruggerlo

I crashed so hard into the glass On my longjohn first time i crossed lillelangebro. There were no lights, no signs, and no color on the glass. Behind every sign there’s a story

@Real_MisterSir

4 жыл бұрын

F

@Adriana-eu6ty

4 жыл бұрын

F

@StamfordBridge

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t know what a longjohn is but that sounds bad.

@masonk3720

3 жыл бұрын

@@StamfordBridge It's a type of donut that he crashed in to

@tobimobiv1

3 жыл бұрын

@@StamfordBridge It's a an old school long bike for deliveries. If you wanna see one you can google SCO long john.

Lille Langebro isn't just a grand vanity project. Having biked over the big bridge for several years, being able to take instead the calm and nice smaller one, without cars right next to you has improved my every day life substantially since it was opened.

Denmark: We spent €40 million on a bicycle bridge and the turns are too sharp! 😠 USA: We spent $1 billion on a bridge! What the hell is a bicycle?

@lawrencesimmons5093

4 жыл бұрын

UK - Boris Johnson spends 50m euros on a bridge that was never built.

@thesage1096

4 жыл бұрын

they didnt actually ?

@lawrencesimmons5093

4 жыл бұрын

London's infamous "Garden Bridge". £45,000,000.00 of public money wasted. But that's Boris. Spent hugely on massive Covid treatment sheds that got no patients because there were never any doctors to staff them. Wasted millions on 'bendy buses' in London that had to be removed when they caught fire. Gave sweetheart deal to a bank to supply bikes without fair competitive tender. Allowed a contract for a ferry company that had no boats! You've got the Donald, we've got the Johnson and he's a big one at that.

@hendabomb

4 жыл бұрын

@@lawrencesimmons5093 Another bridge is required in London - and it was cancelled by Labour partly because it was considered it might be a monument to Boris. Bendy busses are a Labour innovation, they were called 'monstrous' by BoJo due to the increased instances of cyclist deaths and were replaced by the new routemasters (which are expensive but are still the most popular busses in London which you can see time and time again in surveys) Regarding the covid 'sheds' additonal capacity wasn't required, there were a few trial patients who were there to make sure that the systems could work if they needed them, fortunately the NHS didn't get overwhelmed (as initially predicted). Doctor friends of mine who volunteered on the covid wards and due to work there were stepped down as they weren't required. The bikes were sponsored by and paid for by barclays, incidentally they were furious because they were called boris bikes, not barclays bikes by the public. They declined to renew the contract and they were replaced by HSBC who are paying less. The ferry one is retarded but the contract was awarded by Chris Grayling not Boris.

@paulbradford6475

4 жыл бұрын

The lesson here is to never let politicians fund anything. They're idiots.

Meanwhile in New York: Ride in the lane where the cars are parked or we'll fine you.

@campkira

4 жыл бұрын

but yeah again bike in NY is a death trap....

@dwightstewart7181

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, get real. Our roads are oriented towards vehicle traffic and your bicycles just don't fit in. You were once limited to just sidewalks, but you kept running into pedestrians. We now let you onto the streets where others, protected by metal vehicles, have a reasonable chance of avoiding injury by you. Lol.

@MondeSerenaWilliams

4 жыл бұрын

@@dwightstewart7181 Ok, boomer.

@GloveSlapnz

4 жыл бұрын

@@dwightstewart7181 jesus if your attitude is typical of a New Yorker it sounds shit. Aren't your footpaths already some of the most crowded? Who would think it would be a good idea to mix cyclists with a crowded pedestrian street. What you do, and I know it's a fucking really crazy idea I don't even know if anyone has thought of this before but, you give them their own lane, separate the different major traffic types, foot traffic, cyclists, and road traffic. I don't know how people haven't figured out that more bikes means less car traffic to contend with which means easier drives for you in your metal cage. Why do you think of bikes as your enemy when they actually help you get where you're going faster by not taking up another car length on the road. Promote cycling and your drive to work will be better.

@SirEdwardeight

4 жыл бұрын

@@GloveSlapnz It's because the rules of coexistence are not fair. . The cars are required to see where they can't and to yield to people coming from blind spots, or from multiple direction, and be ready to brake and disrupt even a slow pace to take into account bycicles, who can, by contrast, ride faster than their brakes say it's safe and basically ignore traffic rules. . The reason is simple: cities aren't build for bycicles (zoning, mostly), and bycicles are terrible long-distance vehicles, all in all (hot or cold weather, dirt and mud, rain, little space for objects, sweat...). No wonder that in ALL countries, at some point, people have abandoned it as soon as they could to buy a car. . But, not everyone can have a car, or things won't work, so bycicles have been brought back. And to make them more appealing than they were if they were treated equally, they have been given countless advantages, some of which are even contrary to safety. Or environmental protection (most of the strategies used to discourage cars are punishing for cars and for the environment, and don't take into account the idea of making the bike a better vehicle rather than bashing the car). . Plus, the people who cycle around can be as a**holes as the ones driving cars (and the countless youtube dashcam videos from around the world show it perfectly), particularly in NYC, so what is achieved today is to divide people and make them angry toward each other, by saying to them that "rights over safety" and "guilt until proof" are good things. . BTW Copenhagen is not an exception: I've driven and walked there. When I was driving, cyclist came out from every corner and I had to yield to people coming from my blind spot (which is idiotic), to the point where I had several of them passing right behind me as I was reversing with blinkers on to turn around and get out of a dead end in a small street (I hated each one of those uncaring bas**rds popping in the limited view of my back window), and as a pedestrian I got several of them zooming by at high speed in pedestrian areas, just inches from my face. Way to be safe... All that was unfair, and quite a lot. The answer is to build cities that do not need cars, cities where bycicles are a good way of transportation, and make things fair (and more separated bike paths).

In a southern city in Chile, Valdivia, we managed to somehow build a bridge upside down 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

@basquat76

4 жыл бұрын

What! Lmao.

@oddzzyy5649

4 жыл бұрын

Tf?

@jostein219

4 жыл бұрын

Man, that is hilarious 😂

@moconnell663

3 жыл бұрын

LOL, ONE segment of traffic deck was installed upside down.

@struckken1

3 жыл бұрын

Haha what? dont show this man the upside down bridge. He will go amok.

KZread be like : "Do you know Copenhagen ? -not really... -But do you use bicycles ? -Not at all. -You know what a bridge is ? -hum.. yes... YOU'LL LOVE THAT VIDEO ! " And I loved it.

Cities Skylines players: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

@mortenfrosthansen84

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha... it's actually a clever game, when it comes to it, just in a much bigger scale. You have to plan from the start, if you want a big city

@TheEtueify

4 жыл бұрын

@@mortenfrosthansen84 Eh, it's quite forgiving due to how cheap tunnels are the penalty from building elevated roads is also very small. It won't look good, but it's relatively easy to fix traffic by building something that would be too expensive in reality. In my first game I've build tunnels under entire downtown area's just to get a few trucks out of them.

@tomasmesen

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheEtueify I agree. It'z crazy that all these years after SimCity4 is still arguably the best city planning and administration game. C:S is for sure a better city building game, but it's way too easy in those other respects

@TheEtueify

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomasmesen True, Though at the same time, Simcity never had properly expensive tunnels either. It's the among others the flat max tax and such in Cities Skylines that makes it that fiddling with stuff is generally making the game easier rather than needed. You can spend the entire game outside of the managing part if you want to and only lose a little income. At the same time Sim Cities industrial traffic is much more forgiving than cities:skylines bizarre amounts of industrial traffic but when you get offices later game you're suddenly avoiding making as much industrial so the game get's easier for a while...

@mortenfrosthansen84

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheEtueify good tips.. I did experience, when having pockets of industry, where ground was useful, the jams startet appearing. I mainly widen roads, or build a vast metro system. So people don't use cars, but takes like 40 windmills. Didn't think of tunnels for the road. What I learned, is to start with big road grids, and actually keep it square and boring..

Nobody: KZread: Hey, fancy learning about Danish bridges? That said, loved the video! Damn algorithm...

@coreycox2345

4 жыл бұрын

Same here, Daniel. The simplest design is always the best, IMHO.

Life goals. Find a man who loves you with as much passion as this guy has for stupid bridges!

@drdewott9154

3 жыл бұрын

I mean he is a professional urban planner after all.

Me starting this video: "How bad could you possibly screw up a bridge?" Me at the end: "Oh..."

me: KZread: Hey check out this guy that complains about bridges for 15 minutes.

@suttung

4 жыл бұрын

But did you watch it, all 15 min?

@jerryballstein

4 жыл бұрын

@@suttung you're damn right I did

@sketchescoffee4751

4 жыл бұрын

@@jerryballstein Meee toooo, Meee tooo

@QuantumFluxable

4 жыл бұрын

same.

@MarkSlavin

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, me too. My brother lives there, I never knew his struggles.

10:51 The speed of that bicycle..

@Pow3llMorgan

4 жыл бұрын

You can get a boost over that bridge by going over another bridge that starts from an elevated point. It's a little bit risky as you have to be careful of crossing and/or unobservant (tourist) pedestrians.

@fargin2778

4 жыл бұрын

The city is a pretty flat place and the bridges are almost the only "climbs," so shift up and blast past all the ones who shift down.

@FluxeyHnS

4 жыл бұрын

lol that's me

@Sgrunterundt

4 жыл бұрын

Seems normal to me, but then I am from Copenhagen myself.

@TheOtherKaneda

4 жыл бұрын

As others have said, that's not too uncommon of a speed. And it indirectly shows the one major idiotic feature of that bridge, which Mikael is missing here... 99% of pedestrians *have to* cross the bicycle lane before crossing the bridge, with a fair amount of risk of being run down by someone like that guy. Because someone brilliantly decided to have the pedestrian walk on the left side of the bridge (seen from the Copenhagen side), and the bicycle lane on the right - while the pedestrians will all approach the bridge from the *right* , and the bicycles will approach from the *left* - from the "bicycle snake". Copenhagen pedestrians are used to insane bicyclists and most will be able to muster up the courage to cross. ;-) But, to use the complaint from earlier in the video - they shouldn't have to...

Your story about supply issues reminds me of a crushing mill complex I worked on in the early 1980's. The structure was designed and built in the United States, with the Imperial measurements. The moving parts, motors, gears, etc were built in Canada with the metric system. And nobody checked out to make sure everything was compatible. As part of the construction crew, I have to thank the engineers for the mistake. My bank account was much healthier for all the overtime I worked trying to adjust and install the mismatched pieces.

I came because of the algorithm. I stayed for his contempt.

Hundreds of years later the Pol built the Vikings a shit bridge in revenge for the raids. Hilarious.

@namesR2mainstream

4 жыл бұрын

The greatest long game play in history.

I have no idea why I just spent 17 minutes watching a guy I don't follow talk about a subject I never knew I cared about in a city I've never been in, but there, I did it.

@serendipity4364

2 жыл бұрын

Haha.... I loved your comment 💚

As someone who's never been to Denmark, this made me want to move there.

@oddzzyy5649

4 жыл бұрын

Go ahead

@delectio9355

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome to join our little country. we dont bite 👌:)

@davecullins1606

3 жыл бұрын

It's very expensive in Copenhagen. Just don't move to any of the western suburbs and you'll be fine.

In my 36 hours in Copenhagen, I experienced two of these myself. It's still a fantastic city to ride around, though.

Pretty much how my roadplanning ends up in city skylines

@nielsnielsen9013

4 жыл бұрын

Probably what they used to design this. So stupid my god.

@Sohave

4 жыл бұрын

I think City Skylines with the traffic manager mod should be mandatory for politicians here. Many Danish cities are actually worse than City Skylines cities.

@HappyBeezerStudios

4 жыл бұрын

I looked at Copenhagen on Google maps, and instantly thought that I want to build that in Cities Skylines. With all the canals and bridges and stuff that should be a pretty interesting map.

@alexjones1017

4 жыл бұрын

Sohave I suggest you see Monterrey.. one the worst cities for pedestrians or cyclists

@worawatli8952

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sohave Laugh in Thai. Bangkok is just crazy. City for cars, not for pedestrian or bike or even motorbike.

I don't live in Copenhagen, I never ride a bike, why do I find this interesting?

@MartinToernby

4 жыл бұрын

You should ride a bike in the future.

@satanswolf

4 жыл бұрын

Cuz u r bored af bruh!

@independentthought3390

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone should find this interesting. It's important because 1) our taxpayer money should be spent wisely 2) even if you are not a cyclist, everyone benefits from good cycling paths, cyclists, motorists and pedestrians 3) good cycling infrastructure is so rare, but I don't think it's all that hard to design and make. Let's learn from the mistakes of others.

@remlatzargonix1329

4 жыл бұрын

IndependentThought ...and even though they are a small group of people, even in Copenhagen, cyclists get catered to by city councils.....so yes, indeed watch how your tax-money is spent.

@jayamber4448

4 жыл бұрын

It's a sign to get a bicycle.

"Have you seen the bridge?" "I ain't seen the bridge!" "Here's three."

Very interesting video. The last bridge bothers me especially, since it creates very dangerous scenarios around the intersection. I study social Geography and Spatial Planning at Utrecht University, and I can tell you that a design like that should never be accepted. I don't think a roundabout would be a favorable solution though, since it appears to be a busy intersection, and the sole reason why they replaced the old roundabout is likely because roundabouts are usually a congestion nightmare. I'd say the most logical solution would be to make a 2 way bicycle lane along the road leading straight onto the bridge.

@simonbannow3905

3 жыл бұрын

i know I'm a bit late on this comment, but as a Dane i have to agree with you, the amount of cars and bicycle traffic would have me a bit worried. The cars constantly have to check for bicycles whilst trying to make a turn would be lets say "problematic" and would probably cause accidents, If this was a majority car access roundabout road I'd go with that solution without any trouble, but the soft pedestrians, bicycles and cars is a iffy situation!

Additional failures relating to "the kissing bridge": Initially Copenhagen decided to station four guards on the bridge because they were afraid that people wouldn't understand how to safely enter and leave the bridge. I remember that the traffic on the bridge from day one was massive so this might be seen as due diligence instead of a failure. Soon after it was discovered that the road paving on the bridge was too slippery when wet so they had to quickly fix the paving. Also, at the time when the engineering company was in the process of bankruptcy, a steel delivery of more than 400 tons of steel from Spain was rejected because of quality problems. These days I cross Lille Langebro every day and if this new bridge didn't exist I might have selected a completely different route to avoid Langebro altogether so obviously I'm very happy about Lille Langebro. 🙂

@Real_MisterSir

4 жыл бұрын

Yea I think some of the critics neglect how annoying it can be to deal with Langebro depending on which direction you approach. The new Lille Langebro makes the general flow for bicycles much easier with less potential interruptions. I like it.

@holgerjrgensen2166

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Lille Langebro, is the most succesful of the three harbor bridges, even they are all to narrow, hope they will learn when the fourth between Tejholmen and Islands Brygge gets realized. (The Cycle-Mayor)

Tax-Money-Waste?! Literally every German: Hold my ... Airport!

@HR-yd5ib

4 жыл бұрын

If it were only the airport ...

@fredericapanon207

4 жыл бұрын

Are you referencing the Berlin airport?

@4Aernie

4 жыл бұрын

Hold my Berlin Airport, my Hamburg Concert Hall, my Lüneburg University....

@musashi939

4 жыл бұрын

@@4Aernie haha yeah, Elbphilharmonie. Beautiful building, but the wasted money, ouch.

@dgh25

4 жыл бұрын

Haha.. BER is such a joke

Hahaha I love this because it shows you how sorted life is in Copenhagen that they complain about such trivial stuff. Coming from India, if I had this infrastructure, I'd be elated. But loved the way he strung this together, thoroughly entertaining for me.

@pijusa7185

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, it's not like there was a shit loads of money wasted

@hendman4083

2 жыл бұрын

And that frst bridge, with the skidmarks, is outright dangerous.

As an American, I hear no accent change. That’s pretty outstanding!

@oddzzyy5649

4 жыл бұрын

Howdy

@maco9525

3 жыл бұрын

That‘s cause he‘s Canadian.

@Kewonerdk

3 жыл бұрын

No his Danish, we are good at English.

The stupid right turn at the end of the Dybbelsbro bridge (didn't talk about it but was in your graphic) has confused me ever since they opened. Every time I turn right there I feel like I'm doing something illegal because there is barely any space.

@muezze

4 жыл бұрын

The intersection at the beginning of Dybbølsbro in the morning between 07.30-08.30 is just mad chaos - the video does not even do it justice. The whole intersection can be full of bikes and heavy trucks are going through to deliver or pick up at kødbyen - accident waitinh to happen.

@lexergaming

4 жыл бұрын

lol

@beeroslava

4 жыл бұрын

Lool, I was just telling my boyfriend about this video and said "hey, remember that stupid right turn when we were going to the shopping mall the other day, and how we got in the car lane instead of on the bike lane, this is also a very stupid decision", and that guy started talking about it :D

@rawrpwnsaur

4 жыл бұрын

Solution is to turn the intersection into a scramble so there's only one stop to cross.

This is hilarious, a couple of years back I went with my school on a guided tour of copenhagen and this first bridge was almost the centerpiece. They described it as innovative and super environmentaly friendly and a crucial part of copenhagen architechture, not even close to what is described in this video.

@lplum3165

4 жыл бұрын

It really is a crucial part of Copenhagen - especially in the summer. It's not intuitive, however

@naamadossantossilva4736

4 жыл бұрын

Public school?

@MickdeRaad

4 жыл бұрын

I also went on a tour and they did say it had a lot of trouble and cost a lot of money but also that it would be very important.

@Arterexius

4 жыл бұрын

@kinsmarts 500 years ago? Where have you lost your maths? The 1930's aren't 500 years ago. They're 90 years ago

@trinidad17

4 жыл бұрын

Typical propaganda, man. That's how politics works. Who cares if it's not practically or actually dangerous, it's much better because of X/Y/Z. And maybe if you disagree you're just evil.

LOL! 4:52 - While he's talking about how un-intuitive this is, the guy in the red jacket in the background is turning around from going the wrong way!

Your cynicism of architecture is beautiful. Thank you for this.

oh my sweet summer child, this is ordinary administration in italy

@rustystove8410

4 жыл бұрын

Winnipeg Manitoba is full of incompetent and corrupt and useless building inspectors. Google WINNIPEG BUILDING INSPECTORS FIRED. The Mafia is nothing compared to the Mayor and City Council. Enter Winnipeg AT YOUR OWN RISK!

@mortenfrosthansen84

4 жыл бұрын

@@rustystove8410 be careful what you say, if it's that bad, and you live nearby.. they might hear you

@Brakvash

4 жыл бұрын

If this is what is normal to you I'm glad I don't live in Italy

@Uncouth

4 жыл бұрын

We're supposed to be better in scandinavia though. 😜

@Real_MisterSir

4 жыл бұрын

As a Danish guy who studies in Italy, I can agree wholeheartedly.. Complaining a bit about a couple of bridges really isn't anything noteworthy in comparison haha

As a binman (skraldemand) driving the skraldebil (wastetruck) near specially Dybbølsbro is insane. The bikelanes there are so weirdly angled that a lot is in blindspots. I would love the roundabout solution right there! Thanks for a very good video!

@hyggemcb06

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the work you do, Nicolaj! The danger of crossing bike paths collecting bins must be 100x daily for you collecting affald

@MickdeRaad

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah a roundabout there would solve so much. Much more organic

Thank you Mikael. I worked on the project - believe me, it was a shit show !!! A lot of the mistakes was pointed out by my company (Pihl)

Laughed my ass off at 4:15. That's hilarious. "Wait, it doesn't go straight?!" That's beyond stupid design.

Man the first bridge is so calatravish that as a Spaniard I feel deprived of my identity

@EduardoEscarez

4 жыл бұрын

To be calatravish they should have made less friendly, like taking the protective glass off, then the city putting that and then going to court about how that modification was against the ideas of the "artist" 😂

@javicoca

4 жыл бұрын

@@EduardoEscarez Also, the budget should have been at least 10x what this bridge cost before it was discovered it would cost at least 20x to complete it

This guy looks like Peter Serafinowicz playing one of his characters.

@KettlebellGunsmith

4 жыл бұрын

Doesn't that guy always play an asshole?

@remlatzargonix1329

4 жыл бұрын

TheKettlebellGunsmith ...so, he nailed it,,then?

@jamescarey6559

4 жыл бұрын

Peter Serafinowicz is often portrays stupid Americans making fools of themselves.

@bjelinski1

4 жыл бұрын

if it wasn't at that expense this would be another Polish comedy accent.

- KZread: Hey wanna know what's wrong with this bridge in Copenhagen? - I....I guess so. Also....This is the most first-world problem video I have ever seen.

10:51 the guy in the background "vroooom"

You can do more videos about other things in Copenhagen/Denmark;You are a good reviewer

The biggest bummer of Copenhagen still has to be the bus hub in Ingerslevsgade though. Several hundred metres of biker/bus passenger chaos

@drdewott9154

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Luckily the proposal for a new intercity bus station by Dybbølsbro has been approved. Is it ideal? I wouldn't say so but it's better than Ingerslevgade.

@MegaDixen

4 жыл бұрын

True damn that's bad in århus it's way better

@MrOskaren

4 жыл бұрын

omg yes. there is like a million buses and only like 5 benches and you have to walk over the bike lane to get one the bus and their is so little shelter in case of rain.. it is truly ridicoules.

@ChrillePHW

4 жыл бұрын

I can forgive that because it is an improvised solution and not something that was years in the making and cost millions of kroner. Apparently the city is working on an actual hub for long distance busses, so we'll see I guess.

@RAAZR-

4 жыл бұрын

Er det der hvor flixbusserne holder? Har kørt med dem et par gange til København og alle passagerer blokerer cykelstien

fun fact: My dad is 83 years old and worked at Lego when they still made wood toys. He lived in Randbøldal and grew up during WW2. After the war the government wanted him to join the reserves because he was a boy scout leader. They even mailed him train tickets for his journey to prison when he refused. So he went to Sweden for a few years and worked and saved up some money and boarded a cargo ship to Canada. Well anyways Great Videos !!!!!!!!!!!

First time I watch a video fro you and are only 3 minutes in and I already know this is gonna be my favorite architectural review channel! Love the style, looking forward and subbed.

The KZread algorithm works in very strange ways

@jayyyppp94

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed amego

@Halvtooth

4 жыл бұрын

At least I've been at the first bridge :-)

09:20 I live close to Amager strand, and I depend on that bridge daily. Apart from the extreme cobblestone (which is significantly reduced if you go via Prinsessegade -> Sofiegade -> Dronningegade), this bridge is the reason I make it to work without sweat or stress. Judging from the amount of people using it (especially from that direction), the bridge certainly has paid off. My two cents would be to fix the cobblestone

@Real_MisterSir

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, that bridge has definitely been a great ease-of-life change for many cyclists in the areas nearby, makes it so much better not having to seek out a centralized main bridge with traffic and outside factors that can impede your riding flow.

I'm from Copenhagen, why am I watching this.

@SCDJMU

4 жыл бұрын

du er fra jylland, jeg kan mærke det

@oddzzyy5649

4 жыл бұрын

If you are what did that guy said?

Copenhagen looks so beautiful and clean even with the slightly odd bridges. :)

I am sorry for the people of Copenhagen. They are struggling with very big problems!

@estebine1609

4 жыл бұрын

hahah

@kikeeseesel

4 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna invite them to Mexico City and see if they can survive one day riding a bike here

@gsius2346

4 жыл бұрын

lol

@AssBlasster

2 жыл бұрын

SO many sad and angry people riding across those bridges

"The office was coozy warm, so we planned all in front of the computer. It looked fi-ine!"

This is the first time I've seen your channel and I love it! Thanks. I'll be around for good now so get used to it.

As a swede i'm very tempted to write a "danes are always drunk and that explains all this" joke but i'm going to be the bigger man and not do that. But wow. This is hilarious.

@ic.xc.

4 жыл бұрын

Sweden ain't no Saint either when it comes to planning, administration and politics...

@johan.ohgren

4 жыл бұрын

@@ic.xc. one word.. Postnord!

@leifvejby8023

4 жыл бұрын

@@johan.ohgren That wasn't nice - honest maybe, but decidedly not nice!

@ic.xc.

4 жыл бұрын

@@johan.ohgren Well Postnord is private, and is also Denmark, Norway, Finland

@Lanzey

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha cheers, mate

Damn never knew Denmark looks so similair to the Netherlands. Good thing to know! If the Netherlands ever floods we have a back up....we just have to fix a few bridges and voila home sweet home.

@dynelars9859

4 жыл бұрын

Well most of Denmark is not very high above sealevel, so if the Netherlands goes down under we'll be right behind you lol.

Damn that last bridge's intersection could really use the Dutch "all bikes get green at the same time" solution (if not going for a roundabout)

@Real_MisterSir

4 жыл бұрын

Yea it's very strange, and thats how it works in every other intersection anyways - this new design is just odd. I don't think the roundabout would work these days because bicycle traffic is too heavy and it would clog the regular road traffic for cars and busses if there is a constant stream of bicycles. I think the issue is that they tried to fit a new design on the bridge into an existing intersection, without redesigning the intersection itself to match the bridge. A complete rework of the intersection could probably solve it quite easily, but that costs more money and will probably have to wait a few years before it would get a green light.

@Arterexius

4 жыл бұрын

Idk, as a Dane I think it would cause some confusion initially and that's an incredibly dangerous thing to happen in Copenhagen due to the speed of the cyclists (first rule of Copenhagen is to constantly watch where you're going, cause if you don't, you'll get mowed down by a cyclist). A roundabout on the other hand, is so normal in Denmark, that both cyclists and drivers don't think about how to engage, but just engages without any difficulty. In some places of the country, we even have roundabouts inside roundabouts.

@nicadi2005

4 жыл бұрын

@Jeffrey van Gurp " Dutch "all bikes get green at the same time" solution " - ...Followed, no doubt, by the friendly message: "The City Council wishes the best of luck to everyone!..." (Pardon me, is this a "Traffic Management" or "Population Control" project?!... ;-)

@holgerjrgensen2166

3 жыл бұрын

@@Real_MisterSir You're right, often the prober correction will come with the experience, and demand of a logical solution. So there is hope.

Hi - love the video. I do think you raise a lot of great critique points, but I don't share your general "bitterness" about the bridges in Copenhagen. I think it's an absolute pleasure to cycle around the city and I am impressed with how many innovative solutions that are being tried and tested. I truly enjoyed watching your video so I cant wait to watch your next one :)

Inderhavnsbroen has the three major markers of a major Danish public project. (1) Finished years behind schedule (2) Gone significantly over budget (3) Poorly functioning (if at all) on opening It's a time-honored tradition at this point.

10:52 almost super sonic

5:55 So, green meens go, right? So you have to drive over it when its open? I'm confused 😅

I just learned a hell of a lot about urban design and planning for bicycle transport in a little under 17 minutes. Great video.

This is absolutely fantastic, I've currently started work on a master-thesis in architecture where I'll dismantle the stupidities of contemporary planning and overdesigning. Fantastic video, lot's of witty yet rock-solid remarks here.

Inderhavnsbroen: brings to mind the old saying - "you had one job".

That settles it them, with all the problem they have in Copenhagen, I'm staying in Kabul! :-) L.

That last one has the most hopefulness. Reminds me of all the lessons I learned about paving cow paths, but a million kroner is a lot of cash to resist sunk cost fallacy. That roundabout looks like a great way forward if it was already in place.

Okay youtube, I've watched this video on bridges now. On a different note, this video was very well produced and it's host was VERY knowledgeable and surprisingly entertaining. Great video!

never saw a bridge that describes my dating life so accurately as the first bridge

@clayz1

4 жыл бұрын

Volvox It might take a couple of tries but I get the job done baby.

@zeux6634

4 жыл бұрын

Tried to be the kissing became stupid stupid...

I live in Copenhagen and couldnt agree more!

@mikecummings4715

4 жыл бұрын

Do you ride bicycles in the winter? How cold does it get there?

@holgerjrgensen2166

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikecummings4715 Most CPH's does, it could be very cold but the last decades mostly mild.

I love Lille Langibro ! Great addition especially the connection with Vester Voldgade on the other side. We frequenty use the bridge when cycling from Frederiksberg to Christianshavn or back from Islandsbrygge.

The way he couldn't have a straight face in the introduction, hahaha. As a Dutchy, big fan of roundabouts. As a teen/student i would diagonally cross a intersection to avoid similar situation seen at the last bridge. Hope they fix it.

YT algorithm recommending me something I did not know I liked.

15:23 I see Schadenfreude is a thing in Danmark as well... They build a nice amphitheatre shaped bench row (with some greenery) overlooking the intersection of death and misconduct to enjoy the goings on... In this frame (15:23) in the lower middle... The only thing missing would be a dark blue French built food truck to get a snack while waiting for the ambulance to arrive...

@TheKingDain

4 жыл бұрын

Schadenfreude and grumbling is a favourite pastime here.

@migfrarummet1907

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but we call it "skadefryd"

This is magical. I dont ride a bike, I dont live in Denmark, I do not have any real interest in bridge design. Yet, I watched this thing from start to finish. GG on making it sound interesting.

I wish I had just 10% the amount of passion for life that this man has for bridges

@Kewonerdk

3 жыл бұрын

He has pride in cycle infrastructure. His been Copenhagen bicycle ambassador for years. And done a lot of good but also not so good things .

Dude I wish he wasn’t talking about danish so much , I’m Hungary !!

As an avid cyclist, that bridge looks freaking fun as hell.

@campkira

4 жыл бұрын

more like for BMX for x-sport...one fail and you end up in the river...or the street below...

@Beaverthing

4 жыл бұрын

@@campkira Even worse - it's the harbour you'll end up in.

@mace8873

4 жыл бұрын

As a Dane who's actually crossed that bridge on my bike, I would consider it more frustrating than fun, unless of course you have a fetish for riding around on stupidstupid infrastructure designed by someone who hasn't even got a faint idea of how something like this should be designed. But, to each their own, I guess, feel free to drop by any day and ride around on it all you like.:-)

@samuelhopely4853

4 жыл бұрын

@@mace8873 As a matter of fact, I do! Only had a few days in Copenhagen a year or two ago, loved the city so much. I wished I'd had the chance to ride there, because it would be nice to ride in a place where people aren't actively trying to kill you from once (Arizona, USA). Denmark truly is one of the loveliest places on earth. Thank you and your fellow Danes for Carlsberg, Tuborg and Northern Europe's superior brands of salted licorice!

@Michael-dj6pd

4 жыл бұрын

@@samuelhopely4853 You have to be the only foreigner I've heard who enjoys Scandinavian licorice

Wow. I had no idea. I was in Copenhagen in December and stayed at the hotel right there. If only I knew then. Even though it's badly designed it brings back great memories of an amazing city with beautiful biking culture.

I could have made a very similar film about the three bridges constructed in Bristol UK, in the recent past. The first, Perot's Bridge, is on a strategic cycle route, so it was conceived, designed and constructed for pedestrians, so it was too narrow. The second, Valentine's Bridge, again on a cycle route, designed with the parapets too low and a surface which didn't have the right friction for bike tyres, so they banned cyclists from riding on it, and installed chicanes to make them get off, which inconvenienced everyone and could be blocked by a wheelchair or buggy. The final one was an absolute corker, officially called Meads Reach Bridge, but universally known as the cheese grater. It was made of stainless steel, which was very slippery when wet, and the road surface is composed of raised domes with holes in, just like a cheese grater, and there were many injuries caused by it. It was expensive, £2.4 million in 2008, and has been under repair and resurfacing seemingly endlessly since then. Mikael, you're only amateurs in Copenhagen; in Bristol we have bridges that attack cyclists.

A video about Denmark exists. People from Denmark: Who summoned me?

@Real_MisterSir

4 жыл бұрын

I'm actually surprised at the amount of international exposure on this video. I was expecting 90% of the comments to be from Danish people being proud of themselves haha. Pretty glad to see so many international viewers this time

when i was at the first bridge i also was confused, wherever i stood, i felt like i was on the wrong side somehow.

I have no idea why I landed on this video but this was a great video! Simple, easy to understand and well shot! Good stuff man! And it left me feeling like I should visit Copenhagen!

The architect of the "Kissing bridge" is Studio Bednarski Ltd. A British architect company in London.

@mossoconnor4417

4 жыл бұрын

Architects fucking up a simple task with a fancy project to add to their portfolio that doesn’t work in the real world Well how about that I’ve never heard of that happening before!

aaah thank you, I've been ranting to my friends about this so much :D

4:00 I went to Copenhagen last year and I can confirm that the sharp turn took me by surprise 😅 Also, the cobblestones at 8:51 were a real torture btw, they went on for sooooo long and you're just constantly shaken up and down on your seat..."recreational" my foot ! 😂 14:35 Last but not least, I just realised I "hacked the system" too back then without realising it 😅

@Bertramel

10 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/doaJ0LmRhr2TeLQ.html New Bike route!

Just watched it and I think this is a good channel when learning about design.

I was about 1 minute into the section on Dybbølsbro, and thinking "surely that would be better with a roundabout"... and shortly after, Mikael explains that there used to be a roundabout there. As for the people who do not follow the rules, and get across the intersection in whatever way seems easiest/most convenient, that is one of the things I love about the Danes. They are some of the people most willing to work around stupidity (and discuss/critique it in very open and honest language, in English too, which is nice because we always have a good laugh about my - an English person based in Stockholm - attempts at speaking and understanding Danish), rather than mindlessly following a rule designed and implemented by someone who has more authority than competence.

Three bridges, three times 'we are up with them and even better" - Century-old company: we may be old but can build modern unproven bridge designs better than anyone - Koolhaas: my bureau may be known for fancy forms, but look what we did to the place where once was a bridge: modernity and history in one - Immensely wide bicycle bridge: our bridge is wider than yours; did they go for a really cheap design, forgetting details? What bothers most, is not that those designs were badly detailed or even reckless, but that decisionmakers went along with them. Designers let their fantasy flow, engineers say 'çan do', politicians judge according to expected cost and benefit. That's my simplistic model. Apart from the third case, decisionmakers failed their duty. If you are inclined to use classical terms, you may say 'hubris' lead to feelings of superiority. If not, imagine 'Tower of Babel'; that was 'hubris'.

When I went to Copenhagen and crossed this bridge my only thought was: w h y .

I can't say I usually watch videos on a Friday evening about bridges, but this was pretty fun!

"look at these skid marks" stands on said skid marks as bicycles approach :)

So glad I'm moving to this city for my studies this summer lol

@michaeldamolsen

4 жыл бұрын

As long as you are not studying urban planning :D

Yea my problem with bycicling in Copenhagen (something I do quite a lot of), is that it seems politicians don't seem to get that what is applied to automotive traffic should be applied to bicycle traffic too if it is to feel good for the user. Clear lines of sight, consequent rules that are NEVER broken on a whim, proper turn radiuses, etc. Just treat bikes as being cars that demand less space and have lower velocity and that'll make biking safer and nicer for everyone. Just because bicycle crashes typicalle aren't as serious as car crashes don't mean that design that puts you in constant fear of crashes with other bicyclists (or worse, cars) doesn't make you uncomfortable.

@Moxtrox

4 жыл бұрын

It would be nice if cyclists also treated bicycles as cars. Like, don't ride on the sidewalk, or run red lights, stay in your lane. You're still a vehicle and you must behave like one. This mostly applies to cities with bad or non-existent bicycle infrastructure.

Los Angeles resident here. If these are the kinds of issues your city bellyaches about, believe me, you have it very good.

I finally found a person who hates Inderhavnsbroen as much as I do. 😂 I do remember reading your article about the bridge some years ago.