Bike Ride to Amager

Last weekend we decided to take the day and ride around Amager (~40 km round trip), the island south of central Copenhagen where the airport is located (see map below). We had originally intended to travel to Odense (on Fyn/Funen, the island between Sjælland/Zealand and Jylland/Jutland), but the trip would have cost us $230 (two people, round trip, with bikes), which was a bit more than we wanted to spend. The ride was so beautiful, I'm glad we ended up there instead.

Our first stop: Amager Strand, the beaches in the north eastern part of the island. It was raining a bit when we got there, so Jon quickly snapped a photo of the wind turbines and we rode on, hoping for better weather.

View facing back towards Amager (notice the huge amount of bike parking, I'm guessing it gets crowded in warm weather)

Dunes and dramatic sky

Nice bike/walking path along the beach

The next part of our ride took us around the airport. Hi SAS

Planes landing overhead

Bike selfie + Øresund bridge in the background

Beginning to see our second stop, Dragør

Dragør is a very cozy historic fishing village with many well-preserved homes and buildings. The buildings are all a shade of Copenhagen yellow and the streets are all cobbled. It was from the harbor that many of the 7,200 Jews escaped in fishing boats to Sweden during WWII. 

Enjoying the nice weather at the harbor

Thatched roofs!

Walking through the small streets

Homes along the coastline

Great photo of the sky reflects the water and vice versa. Clouds over the left half = gray colored water, blue skies on the right = blue colored water

Small boy fishing in the harbor

Tons of swans in the area

Øresund bridge again

Google map fail - this is not exactly a good bike path (although a beautiful spot along the coast)

Roads in the middle of the island, mostly farmland, horses, and us. We biked through miles of park on the west side of the island, beautiful paths without traffic where we barely ran into other people

Strange new apartments close to Copenhagen - we surmised that this is where Danish architects go to play

Viking ship across from the apartments?

More interesting apartments

Miles and miles of fields and marshland

Um... was the guy making the line drunk?

Obligatory photo of a wind turbine (and blue skies)

Another interesting building

I went down a hill to find a fence, Jon stays at the top waiting for me to realize my mistake

Jon passes by this every day on this way home, so we finally decided to go inside

It's the Dome of Visions, meant to show sustainability in building design

Looking out to the canal

Plants growing inside, the glass kept it really warm inside