Dreams On Wheels

Dreams on Wheels Opening in Brussels

Alice Chowdhury Holmberg — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:11:24 +0000

On the occasion of COP15 Brussels will be in the sign of the bicycle on Tuesday the 1st of December. The Danish exhibition “Dreams on Wheels” will be officially opened at the Brussels-Luxembourg station at the same time as the new bicycle point “point-vélo” where you can rent a bicycle or get you own repaired. In the afternoon a seminar on cycling policies and sustainable urban planning will take place in the Parliament of the Brussels region.

Dreams on Wheels; experiences from Denmark
With Danish bicycle culture as a starting point Dreams on Wheels is an exhibition that promotes cycling as an alternative means of transport in the cities. The exhibition shows best practises from Denmark for example in relation to innovative industrial design and sustainable city planning. Dreams on Wheels is part of the public diplomacy framework of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has become an official prelude to COP15. “We are happy to open this exhibition here in Brussels just a week before the climate conference begins”, says Jørgen Molde, the Danish Ambassador to Belgium.

Secretary General Bernhard Ensink, ECF, State Secretary of Brussels Capital region Bruno De Lille, Danish Ambassador Jørgen Molde and Urban Designer & Curator Thomas Ermacora, just before all take of to the Brussels Parliament by bike

There will be several speakers at the opening, among others Jannie Haeck, CEO from SNCB , Bruno De Lille, Secretary of State on Mobility, Thomas Ermacora, the curator of the exhibition and Jørgen Molde, the Danish Ambassador. Refreshments will be served before everybody bikes together to the Brussels regions’ parliament (for those not in possession of a bicycle JCDecaux will provide Villo! city bikes) where the Danish Embassy in cooperation with the Brussels region has organised a seminar that will examine what is being done in matters of urban sustainable city planning and how to get more people to use their bicycle. There will be speakers from the European Union, experts from Denmark and ministers from the Brussels region.

Curator Thomas Ermacora opening the exhibition

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San Francisco welcomes Danish Bicycling, Urban Design and Sustainability Exhibit

Alice Chowdhury Holmberg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:18:54 +0000

The exhibit will coincide with the United Nations International Climate Conference set for 3-14 December in Copenhagen.

San Francisco— The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) in conjunction with the Embassy of Denmark , Washington, D.C. will bring the acclaimed exhibit Dreams on Wheels to San Francisco City Hall beginning November 19. Developed by curator Thomas Ermacora in collaboration with Danish architect and urban design consultant Jan Gehl, Dreams on Wheels showcases Danish cycling culture and Denmark’s commitment to sustainability via urban design that promotes active transportation.

“The SFMTA is proud to share this exciting exhibit on bicycling with San Francisco and the Bay Area,” said Nathaniel P. Ford Sr., SFMTA Executive Director/CEO. “We know that it will be of great interest to our growing bicycling community.”

The Dreams on Wheels exhibit has made an international journey, most recently stopping in London and Portland, Oregon. The exhibit merges urban cycling culture, design intelligence and environmental consciousness and features case studies on how cycling has affected Danish culture. It also considers the history and social development of biking as a viable transportation alternative.

Press release from Embassy of Denmark, Washington DC of 17 November 2009

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Dreams on Wheels in Barcelona

Alice Chowdhury Holmberg — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:29:10 +0000

The Danish Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and various cycling organisations is presenting the Danish cycling exhibition, “Dreams on Wheels” in response to Denmark is hosting COP15 – the UN Climate Change Summit – in December 2009 in Copenhagen.

Dreams on Wheels is an exhibition originally created by Thomas Ugo Ermacora - and is a conceptual arena for promoting urban cycling as a viable transport alternative. The exhibition is a showcase for the Danish cycling tradition, bicycle design, and urban planning, and has among other places been shown at The Danish House in Paris, harbour-front Toronto, Danish Design Centre and in the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh.

Press release from The Royal Danish Consulate in Spain 8 November, 2009

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Dreams on Wheels Manifest Event

Alice Chowdhury Holmberg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:11:49 +0000

The title of Last Thursday’s Manifest event, Dreams on Wheels, captured the magical, childlike quality of cycling. And for a small group of us it was kicked off in the same vain – a group ride from City Hall to the site in the Pearl.

To me nothing captures the childhood fun of cycling as a group ride and I felt that same delight as Mayor Sam Adams, Mikael Colville-Andersen, Roger Gellar, Bike builder Tony Pereira, Slate Olson with Rapha, Tom Miller, Jonathan Maus, and I headed down the street with our red bike lights flashing.
Upon arrival Mikael Colville-Andersen, Denmark’s cycling Ambassador, set the stage for the Q & A session by opening the evening with a presentation describing “cycling” in Denmark and how Copenhagen achieved getting its population to take 55% of all their trips on bicycles.

In Mikael’s humorous and engaging presentation he shared with the audience that “cyclist” in Denmark are in fact not cyclist at all, they happen to be people who ride their bikes everyday to get to where they’re going. He also shared that the general public in Copenhagen is polled every two years to inquire as to why people ride their bikes and have found that:
56% ride because easy and fast
19% ride to get their daily exercise
6 % ride because it is cheap
1 % ride to for environmental reasons

Amongst all the hard numbers – the statistics and the data – the magical quality of riding a bike got buried. Granted, Mikael was preaching to the choir, but he left out the main reason I ride – it’s fun. Yes, riding my bike to work everyday is faster than taking the bus and it sure is a lot cheaper then paying for gas and parking to drive downtown, but it’s fun. For a set time everyday I get to experience movement – the world glides past me as my legs are in motion setting the pace. Simply fun.
For me riding my bike has always retained some of that magic I experienced the first time I rode without training wheels on a sunny Saturday afternoon, my Dad chasing after me to make sure I was going to be okay.

Though magical experiences are not always synonymous with dreams, it brings me back to Portland’s dream on wheels: that 25% of all trips are taken by bicycle by 2030. To turn a dream into reality there must be a plan and the proposed Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 outlines how Portland can turn its dream into reality. And speaking of dreams, my personal dream is a little different: the next time my mom comes to visit that she and I can go for a bike ride together. I have a distinct feeling the Portland Bicycle Plan can help achieve it a well. So what exactly does the Portland Bicycle Plan propose?
You can read the Draft Plan to find out more. The public comment period is open until November 8, 2009.

The plan recommends expanding the network of planned bikeways based on 3 key strategies:
1) Introduce safe, comfortable, attractive bikeways that can carry more bicyclists and serve all types and all ages of users, building on the best design practices of great bicycling cities around the world.
• This includes considering children and senior bike users. Check out Safe Routes to School program
• Also check out Sunday Parkways an amazing community building activity that reached out to the Burmese immigrant communities.
2) Construct dense network of bikeways so that all Portland residents can easily find and access a route
3) Create a cohesive network with direct routes that take people where they want to go.

A few highlighted strategic implementation recommendations:
• Develop a street design guide that includes bicycle design guidelines
• Expand encouragement programs that provide services and equipment, support behavior changes, raise awareness and provide incentives that increase bicycling
• Build as much of the bicycle transportation system as possible, as quickly as possible
• Fund and construct projects in areas underserved by the bikeway network that score high in indicators of disadvantage

By Katja Dillmann, Press release from the Danish Embassy in Washington DC

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Dreams On Wheels Exhibition Opening London City Hall

Alice Chowdhury Holmberg — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:34:29 +0000

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is funny. He’s a natural entertainer and would-be stand-up comic. His comedic skills were on show when he co-hosted the Dreams on Wheels Exhibition Launch with the Ambassador for Denmark, His Excellency Birger Riis-Jørgensen, and joked that it’s always raining in the Danish capital, whereas in London it’s dry 94% of the time. I’m not sure where he gets his facts from, his tongue-in-cheek style of speech delivery means you don’t have to believe much of what he says. After all, he is a politician.

Dreams on Wheels: Cycling Culture for Urban Sustainability is an exhibition about cycling in London and Copenhagen. It’s free to visit and it ran at London City Hall, from 1 September to 2 October 09. According to Danish Embassy project manager Inge Henningsen, other versions have already been shown in Copenhagen, Canberra, Edinburgh, Riga, Paris, Toronto, Tokyo and Moscow.

Boris, as we all know, is an avid cyclist. He was almost run over recently, but still cycles to work. He says that his enthusiasm for cycling was born in Copenhagen in 1992 and that while 40% of journeys in Copenhagen are made by bicycles, here in London it’s only 1.5%. That’s a shame, and he’s working hard on making it 5% ‘in short order’.

In summer 2010, London will get two cycling superhighways (there are currently 13 in Copenhagen). He asks people to put their hands up if they came by cycle. A few hands go up. By bus? More. By car? The BBC camera crew put their hands up - cue for Boris to poke fun at them.

The Danish Ambassador to London, His Excellency Birger Riis-Jørgensen, said he’d cycled both to the exhibit and to other engagements that day, saving 2 kilograms of carbon emissions and using up 400 Calories. His wife, Karin Riis-Jørgensen, a lawyer and, until recently, Member of the European Parliament, is wearing her cycling gear. The Ambassador quotes her reply to the offer of a chauffeur ‘I’ve left mine chained to a lamp-post’. He says that Londoners are ‘nice to each other’ in traffic, and that cycling around the city shouldn’t be too much of a problem for that reason. He has a point: people in London are generally polite. They may not talk to you on the tube but they do say sorry a lot in supermarkets as they push their trolleys around the aisles, narrowly missing you.

The Ambassador presented the Mayor with a gift - a cycling helmet with the flag of Great Britain all over it - calling it ‘Brainware for smart people’. And Boris is smart. Under that flop of blond hair, he knows what he’s doing. He’s not afraid to make fun of himself because he gets people to like him and gets things done that way. Speeches from City Hall Director for Transport Policy Kulveer Ranger (who was just back from a trans-continental charity motorbike ride) and from exhibition curator Thomas Ugo Ermacora followed. Boris lingered briefly before being ushered off by his PA.

This London showing of Dreams on Wheels - with some intriguing bikes including one made from bamboo - leads up to the next major United Nations Climate Change Conference hosted in Copenhagen from 7-18 December 2009.

Dreams on Wheels is curated by Etikstudiowith photographic contributions by Mikael Colville-Andersen; organised by the Embassy of Denmark, London in partnership with the Greater London Authority; supported by Transport for London and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Written by Greg Tallent, Greater London Authority for The Fringer Report
Photography Copyright Greater London Authority

Denmark’s ‘Dreams on Wheels’ will make Portland stop

Alice Chowdhury Holmberg — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:30:11 +0000

Dreams on Wheels — a major exhibition of Danish cycling culture and its impact on urban design, transportation and society — is coming to Portland in October.

The exhibit is being brought to Portland through a collaboration between the City of Portland, the Danish Embassy, and organizers of the six-week Oregon Manifest event. Dreams on Wheels is a traveling exhibit that, according to a press release “merges urban cycling culture, design intelligence, and environmental consciousness”. The exhibit features case studies on how cycling has affected Danish culture and society.

Portland’s bike story will also be featured in the exhibit. City officials and event organizers are putting together a display to feature photographs and other visual representations of Portland’s bike culture.

The Portland stop is a coup for Oregon Manifest organizers, who have expanded their event way beyond just the focus on custom bicycle builders it had last year. Jocelyn SyCip, director of the event says “Oregon Manifest has expanded this year to broadcast the many ways cycling can impact our lives.”

The exhibit is set to open in Portland on October 9th with a special reception and opening festivities that will be attended by the Danish Ambassador to the U.S., Friis Arne Peterson. Also coming to Portland as part of Dreams on Wheels will be Danish filmmaker, photographer, and journalist Mikael Colville-Andersen of the popular blog, Copenhagenize.
Dreams on Wheels has previously made stops in Paris, Tokyo, Edinburgh, Moscow and London. In Portland, the exhibit will run from October 2nd to November 8th at the Oregon Manifest’s Pop-Up Bike Union Storefront located at 539 NW 10th in the Pearl District.

More info at Oregon Manifest .

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A dream comes true - Danish bicycles comes to Budapest – “Dreams on Wheels”

Alice Chowdhury Holmberg — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:17:48 +0000

The Royal Danish Embassy, The Danish Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and various cycling organisations is presenting the cycling exhibition, “Dreams on Wheels” in response to Denmark is hosting COP15 – the UN Climate Change Summit – in December 2009. The exhibition will be on show in VAM Design Centre,Kiraly utca 26, from 4-25 September.

Dreams on Wheels is an exhibition originally created by Thomas Ugo Ermacora- and is a conceptual arena for promoting urban cycling as a viable transport alternative The exhibition is a showcase for the Danish cycling tradition, bicycle design, and urban planning, and has among other places been shown at The Danish House in Paris, harbour-front Toronto, Danish Design Centre and in the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh.

The intention of the exhibition is to promote cycling as an alternative form of transportation and to show how the benefits derived from it relate to important topics such as climate change, energy conservation, the environment and health. The exhibition will be on display with the title “Green Design from the Baltic Sea”. The Green Design is also part of the “Baltic Sea Festival” organized by EUNIC in September 2009.

Denmark is using bicycles the most as an integrated part of the transport system. This is partially an education effort, a result of very high car prizes, but arguably mainly the result of the development of bicycle friendly infrastructure, bi-cyclepaths along roads, independent bicycle-roads, preferential position at road-crossing etc. etc.

Budapest and Hungary as such, one might say, is not quite there. There is – arguably – still a lot to do. One really positive development is, though, that still more of the inhabitants of Budapest chose to bike. The exhibition illustrates Danish cycling culture and shows how to design infrastructure with a view to promoting cycling. Besides a comprehensive collection of photos and posters, a variety of bicycles are displayed. These range from the ordinary to the more curious kinds.

As a follow-up to the exhibition in the framework of European Mobility Week, the organizers will together with the Municipality of Budapest host a conference “KERÉK-VÁROS -TERVEZÉS KONFERENCIA” on the 21 September 2009 at Budapest Technical University. The theme of the seminar will be how to facilitate the use of bicycles through Urban Planning. An one day conference where experts in urban planning from Hungary and Denmark approaching the theme of Bicycle-friendly urban planning each their starting point. The outcome of the conference would be a number of concrete positive suggestions for what to do next in developing bicycling friendly urban planning in Budapest. During the run of the exhibition The Royal Danish Embassy and The Danish Cultural Institute will together with Cyclechic, BuBiFeszt and Skandináv Ház Alapítvány be arranging a series of cycle-related events for the public.

Calender of activities:
4 September: Biking in Budapest in partnership with BuBiFeszt and workshop in VAM. Christiania in Art and a different kind of urbanization in partnership with BuBiFeszt
5 September: Livable Workshop at Toldi Mozi in partnership with BuBiFeszt
19 September: Bicycle picnic arranged by Skandináv Ház Alapítvány
21 September: 9 am-1 pm Conference at the Technical University in partnership with European Mobility Week Budapest. Title: “Urban design and traffic planning”. Participants: Mr. Miklós Hagyó, Deputy-Mayor of Budapest, Mr. László János, Chairman of MK, Danish Photographer Mikael Colville Andersen and many others.
22 September: CAR Free Day and Open Day at VAM. Biking in Budapest with the Danish Urban designer Mikael Colville Andersen on the Christiania bike

The exhibit is supported by: Municipality of Budapest, European Mobility Week, Cycling Embassy of Denmark, Magyar Kerekparosklub, Konkam Studio, The Danish Cultural Institute & Etikstudio.

Press release from Embassy of Denmark, Budapest of the 28th August 2009

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Welcome to the world of two wheels !

Alice Chowdhury Holmberg — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:48:19 +0000

For devoted or even those less passionate and occasional cyclists, Dreams on Wheels presents a view of contemporary urban cycling culture and examples of what can be seen and more importantly experienced in London and Copenhagen. For those of you who are yet to experience your city on two wheels, it will give you a chance to reconsider your options for daily commuting and leisure time.

Dreams on Wheels aims to get more people cycling around their city. It surveys best practice from Copenhagen and London, from cultural habit to innovative industrial design and city planning.

The London version of Dreams on Wheels is part of the prologue to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009. Previously, other versions of Dreams on Wheels have been shown at the Danish Design Center, Copenhagen and internationally in Canberra, Edinburgh, Riga, Paris, Toronto, Tokyo and Moscow.

Come along and get your hands on some unique designer bicycles, learn about the future of cycling in London and get inspiration for your new riding outfit!

Dreams on Wheels is curated by Etikstudio with photographic contribution by Mikael Colville-Andersen and is organised by the Embassy of Denmark, London in partnership with the Greater London Authority. It is supported by Transport for London and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Press release from Embassy of Denmark, London of the 24 August 2009

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DreamsOnWheels — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:57:13 +0000

Dreams on Wheels FULL VERSION 2010

Mexico City06.03.2010-22.03.2010
Mexico City Museum (Museo de la Ciudad de México), Pino Suarez 30.

Dreams on Wheels will be in Mexico City and will first be located at the “Club de Bicicletas”, which is the Bicycle office of the Environmental Department of Mexico City, close to Bosque de Chapultepec, from March 5th to March 22nd. Following, the exhibition will move to the “Zocalo” from March 22nd to April 30th
Mexico City06.04.2010-26.04.2010
Universidad Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Universidad, Zacapú, MICH, Mexico.
London 01.06.2010 - 15.07.2010

Dreams on Wheels FULL VERSION 2009

Edinburgh 19.01.2009 - 23.03.2009
Dreams on Wheels in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, United Kingdom

The Danish Cultural Institute, Great Britain, in collaboration with the Scottish Government, The City of Edinburgh Council, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark and various cycling organisations, is presenting the cycling exhibition, Dreams on Wheels in response to Denmark hosting COP 15 –The UN Climate Change.. read more
Moscow 20.05.2009 - 15.06.2009
Dreams on Wheels will be exhibited at the Central House of Artists
Krymskiy Val ul. 10 Moskva 117049 Moscow, Russia

Conference on the 29 May: MOMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE
For the annual architectural fair, ARCH Moscow, The Royal Danish Embassy in Moscow was privileged this year to present the Danish exhibition Dreams on Wheels which was displayed together with the architectural exhibition, Instants of Architecture. Dreams on Wheels was presented.. read more
Portland 02.10.2009 - 10.11.2009
Portland is set to be a new destination for Dreams on Wheels. It will open in close cooperation with the Department of Transportation and the Oregon Manifest.
San Francisco 19.11.2009-15.12.2009
Dreams on Wheels is currently riding towards San Francisco City Hall’s South Light Court.
Open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., except for 26 and 27 November.
The exhibit will coincide with the United Nations International Climate Conference set for 3-14 December in Copenhagen.

“The SFMTA is proud to share this exciting exhibit on bicycling with San Francisco and the Bay Area,” said Nathaniel P. Ford Sr., SFMTA Executive Director/CEO. “We know that it will be of great interest to our growing bicycling community.” read more

Dreams on Wheels LIGHT VERSION 2010

Ljubljana 29.04.2010-10.05.2010
Dublin 12.06.2010-20.06.2010
Prag 10.04.2010-25.04.2010
St. Petersburg 20.05.2010-31.05.2010

Dreams on Wheels LIGHT VERSION 2009

Riga 20.03.2009 -15.04.2009
The Dreams on Wheels are now cycling at the Riga Museum of Foreign Art, Pils Laukums 3, Riga 1050, Latvia

On 26th March 2009, the Danish Ambassador to Latvia Uffe Wolffhechel and the President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers marked the opening of the exhibition Dreams on Wheels with a bicycle ride through the old quarter of the city of Riga. They were followed by a long procession of cycling citizens and a pack of running photographers…. read more

Visit the Danish Embassy in Riga
Tokyo 11.05.2009 -02.06.2009

Denmark’s Ambassador to Japan, Franz-Michael S. Mellbin, breaks away from the peloton to promote COP15 and Danish cycling culture in Japan. He will be joined by thousands of Japanese people. The Tour starts in Tokyo on May 23rd and will end in Copenhagen on June 14th read more
Budapest 25.08.2009 - 25.09.2009
Dreams on Wheels will be on show at the VAM Design Centre, Kiraly utca 26, Budapest

A dream comes true - Danish bicycles comes to Budapest – “Dreams on Wheels”
The Royal Danish Embassy, The Danish Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and various cycling organisations is presenting the cycling exhibition, “Dreams on Wheels” in response to Denmark is hosting COP15 – the UN Climate Change Summit – in December 2009. The exhibition will.. read more

Conference on the 21 September: URBAN DESIGN AND TRAFFIC PLANNING
At the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, IB017 auditorium; District XI. Magyar Tudósok körútja 2

Visit the Danish Embassy in Budapest
London 01.09.2009-02.10.2009
Dreams on Wheels at London City Hall, The Queen’’s Walk, More London, London SE1 2AA
Open Mondays to Thursdays from 8.30am to 6pm, Fridays from 8.30am to 5.30pm, and on London Open House weekend 19 and 20 September.

Welcome to the world of two wheels!
For devoted or even those less passionate and occasional cyclists, Dreams on Wheels presents a view of contemporary urban cycling culture and examples of what can be seen and more importantly experienced in London and Copenhagen. For those of you who are yet.. read more

Visit the Danish Embassy in London
Barcelona 07.11.2009-16.11.2009
The exhibition is situated in Parc de la Ciutadella, entrance at the Arc de Triomf.
Open daily 10 -18.00.

The Danish Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and various cycling organisations is presenting the Danish cycling exhibition; “Dreams on Wheels” in re-sponse to Denmark is hosting COP15 – the UN Climate Change Summit – in December 2009 in Copenhagen. The beautiful setting and weather made everyone feel like taking to their bike.. read more
Visit the Danish Embassy in Spain
Brussels 01.12.2009-18.12.2009
Dreams on Wheels are to be found at Brussels Luxemburg Station, under the Esplanade of the European Parliament, European Quarter of Brussels.

CONFERENCE ON 1 DECEMBER : in the Brussels Parliament

On the occasion of COP15 Brussels will be in the sign of the bicycle on Tuesday the 1st of December. The Danish exhibition “Dreams on Wheels” will be officially opened at the Brussels Luxemburg Station, at the same time as the new bicycle point “point-vélo” where you can rent a bicycle or get you own repaired. In the afternoon a seminar on cycling policies and sustainable urban planning will take place in the Brussels Parliament.. read more
Visit the Danish Embassy in Brussels

COP15 and Dreams on Wheels Hit the Road

Alice Chowdhury Holmberg — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:08:45 +0000

In May 2009 Denmark’s Ambassador to Japan, Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin, set out on a cycling tour covering 9 Japanese cities. He asked ordinary Japanese people to join him and together they would send a message to Danish Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard with the hope of a good result at the UN Climate Conference later this year in Copenhagen. The Tour was called: “COP15 Cycling Tour” and 3,000 Japanese people joined the Tour.

The bicycle was an obvious choice as catalyst for gathering support for this message. It is environmentally friendly and contributes to alleviating already overburdened city infrastructures.

So, the bike sends a green message, but there is much more to it than that. Cycling is also a fast and practical means of transportation, it’s healthy, and recently it’s considered cool and trendy.

The Dreams on Wheels exhibition followed the Tour around to three different locations – Tokyo, Fukushima and Kyoto – and it undoubtedly hit nerve among Japanese people: Many nodded their way through the explanations of Danish city planning and infrastructure. The lyrical cycle-quotes by famous people sparked smiles and laughter, but the photos were truly surprising to many. Traffic lights for bicycles, bike lanes, and cargo bikes are new to most people and impressed many, whereas photos of people biking through rain and blizzards are just too far out: Those Danes are Crazy!

Well, we probably are, and on top that most of us Danes are oblivious of that fact that our cycling culture is rather unique; we just want to get from point A to B. Simple as that.

The combination of the COP15 Cycling Tour and Dreams on Wheels presented a complicated message to the Japanese people in a down to earth fashion: It is important to get a good result at COP15 in Copenhagen. Cycling is one way of achieving this. Look to Denmark for inspiration!

For more information, please have a look at the homepage COP15 Japan.

Press release from Embassy of Denmark, Japan of the 8 June 2009

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