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[[File:Cyclists at red 2.jpg|300px|thumbnail|right|Rush hour in Copenhagen, where 45% of the population commute by bicycle to their work or study places each day]]
'''[[Cycling]]''' in '''[[Copenhagen]]''' is – as with most [[cycling in Denmark]] – an important means of transportation and a dominating feature of the [[cityscape]], often noticed by visitors.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/breaks/article5370597.ece The Top 10 cities to visit in 2009], TimesOnline</ref> The city offers a variety of favourable cycling conditions — dense urban proximities, short distances and flat terrain — along with an extensive and well-designed system of [[Segregated cycle facilities|cycle tracks]]. This has earned it a reputation as one of the most—possibly ''the'' most—[[bicycle-friendly]] city in the world.<ref>{{cite news|last=Richard|first=Michael Graham|title=Best of Green — Best City for Cyclists: Copenhagen|url=http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/cars/best-of-green-cars-transportation-1/page/12/|accessdate=29 September 2012|newspaper=Treehugger|date=8 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Brûlé|first=Tyler|title=Metropolis now|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/27e43fe8-741c-11df-87f5-00144feabdc0.html|accessdate=29 September 2012|newspaper=Financial Times|date=11 June 2010}}</ref> Every day {{convert|1.2|e6km|abbr=off}} are cycled in Copenhagen, with 62% of all citizens commuting to work, school or university by bicycle;<ref name="Bicycle Account">{{cite web|title=Copenhagen Bicycle Account|url=https://www.kk.dk/indhold/62-af-koebenhavnerne-cykler-til-arbejde-og-uddannelse|publisher=City of Copenhagen|language=Danish|date=July 2019}}</ref> in fact, almost as many people commute by bicycle in greater Copenhagen as do those who cycle to work in the entire United States.<ref>{{cite book|last=Grescoe|first=Taras|title=Straphanger|year=2012|publisher=Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.|isbn=9780805091731|url=http://spacingottawa.ca/2012/04/25/straphanger-the-copenhagen-syndrome/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115124934/http://spacingottawa.ca/2012/04/25/straphanger-the-copenhagen-syndrome/|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2013-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://denmark.dk/en/green-living/bicycle-culture/cycling-in-copenhagen---the-easy-way/|title = CYCLING IN COPENHAGEN - THE EASY WAY|accessdate = 14 October 2014|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/acs-25.pdf|title = Modes Less Traveled—Bicycling and Walking to Work in the United States: 2008–2012|date = May 2014|accessdate = 14 October 2014|website = |publisher = |last = |first = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180207082010/https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/acs-25.pdf|archive-date = 7 February 2018|dead-url = yes|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Cycling is generally perceived as a healthier, more [[environmentally friendly]], cheaper, and often quicker way to get around town than by [[public transport]] or car
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