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Several companies operate [[cycle rickshaw]]s (velotaxis) in Copenhagen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aok.dk/byen-rundt/guide/gennem-byen-paa-miljoevenlige-hjul|title=Gennem byen på miljøvenlige hjul|publisher=AOK|access-date=30 October 2009|date=23 July 2009|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708073136/http://www.aok.dk/byen-rundt/guide/gennem-byen-paa-miljoevenlige-hjul|archive-date=8 July 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> While the business is currently unregulated, it is estimated that there were around 130 cycle taxis in Copenhagen in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jakobsen.|first=Sanne|title=Ulovlige cykeltaxaer har frie tøjler i København|url=http://www.navisen.dk/node/807|newspaper=NetAvisen|date=11 April 2012}}</ref> Recently the city has proposed organising the system in the inner medieval city with 26 designated bicycle [[Taxicab stand|taxi stands]] and require [[Work permit#Work permits in the industry|permits]] for their operation in order to address some of the problems created by their popularity.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roitmann|first=Katia Cerisier|title=Cykeltaxiholdepladser i Indre By|url=http://www.blivhoert.kk.dk/sites/default/files/forslag/Notat%20-%20Cykeltaxaparkering-%20placering.pdf|publisher=City of Copenhagen|access-date=27 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129143343/http://www.blivhoert.kk.dk/sites/default/files/forslag/Notat%20-%20Cykeltaxaparkering-%20placering.pdf|archive-date=29 January 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> They offer similar advantages to taxis for passengers travelling a mile or three, and their novelty attracts tourists including those seeking a guided tour of the city centre.
Following a [[liberalization]] in 2007, several entrepreneurs have jumped the opportunity and started to sell goods from custom build [[cargo
As in many other cities, another common phenomenon is [[bicycle messenger]]s. A unique Copenhagen twist on the business that has been making rounds in the news and [[blogosphere]] is the famous custom build semen delivery bike from a local [[sperm bank]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Seinfeld|first=Keith|title=Custom Cycle Ferries Sperm To Fertility Clinics|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/11/06/142037660/custom-cycle-ferries-sperm-to-fertility-clinics|newspaper=NPR|date=6 November 2011}}</ref> In addition, virtually all mail delivered by the [[Post Danmark|Danish postal service]] is done on custom build bicycles, recently the company has introduced larger and more efficient [[Electric bicycle|electric cargo bikes]], which won the "Innovation of the Year" prize at the annual post expo in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=nihola Bikes and the Danish Post have won the category Last Mile Delivery Innovation of the Year|url=http://www.nihola.com/news-article/artiklen//nihola-bikes-and-the-danish-post-have-won-the-category-last-mile-delivery-innovation-of-the-year-awa.html|publisher=Nihola press release|access-date=27 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012010017/http://www.nihola.com/news-article/artiklen//nihola-bikes-and-the-danish-post-have-won-the-category-last-mile-delivery-innovation-of-the-year-awa.html|archive-date=12 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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