‘Meet a Dane’ for a French group

The PR department of a French company came to Copenhagen to learn about the Danes and Danish approach to communication and human resources.

Our part was giving the group an insight in Danish architecture, urban developments and a ‘meet a Dane’ evening at a private apartment with smørrebrød and beers.

Day 1 afternoon

2 hour bike tour focusing on modern architecture and recent urban developments, bike infrastructure and more. Short stops with brief presentations.

• Meat packing district
• Bike bridges (Dissing & Weitling)
• Harbour front reuse of industrial wastelands for liveable city
  Residential, offices, public spaces and more
• Gemini Residence (MVRDV)
• Havneholmen residential complex (Lundgaard & Tranberg)
• Bike connection through Amager Fælled urban ‘countryside’
• Tietgen Student Housing (Lundgaard & Tranberg)
• Islands Brygge
  Former working class neighbourhood renewed and gentrified
• Harbour bath (BIG)
  Short introduction to Bjarke Ingels
• Nørreport Station (Cobe)
• Israels plaza (Cobe)
• Dr. Louises Bridge
  Most bikes in the world

End at private apartment for dinner and conversation
Smørrebrød and locally brewed beers + cake & coffee

Day 2 morning

2 hour bus ride + metro in Ørestad

• VM Houses
• The Mountain Dwellings
• Ørestad Gymnasium
  High school with innovative educational space organisation

Metro to Vestamager

• 8 House (BIG)
  Highly visionary and spectacular mixed use complex

Metro to DR Byen

• Danish Radio Koncert Hall (Jean Nouvel)