10
The five-minute city: inside Denmark’s revolutionary neighborhood - “cars are not welcome here”. (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
top 19 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 points 3 weeks ago

Nordhavn is not a city, though, it's a district. But IMO it is exactly what is needed. All the basics within 10mins and great culture no more than half an hour away. Lots of Danish cities are like that though. I currently live in Aalborg. When I lived in one of the districts furthest away from the city center I could walk 10mins to everything; supermarkets, barber, pizzerias, a sandwich place, a café, a doctor and a dentist. Primary school, daycare and the like was also within that zone if I needed it. And it is all connected with an intricate bike and walking pathway system

If need be and I wanted to go to the cinema or go to town and drink busses took me there in about half an hour several times an hour, even at night.

I kinda miss it though, but I decided to move to the city center where everything is within 10mins.

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

.

[-] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago

You'd have to learn Danish. I don't recommend it. Kamelåså

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago

Denmark has lots of English speakers, you'd get by pretty well only knowing English and over time you'd pick up some Danish too

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago

And you get invited to free Danish school to learn. Lots of opportunities to learn Danish here, and as a native English (only) speaker it's not too hard a language to do OK at.

But for sure you can do your day to day in English no problem if your job was in English

[-] gloriousspearfish@feddit.dk 0 points 3 weeks ago

Foreigners here often say that they face a hard time learning Danish, because as soon as the Danes pick up that they are not fluent, they switch to speaking English.

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

For sure. Lots of jokes about that and it's medium true. It depends where you are and what you're doing but like socially it's very welcoming to learn and teach

I think it's hard because you don't need to learn it to survive

[-] shoulderoforion@fedia.io -3 points 3 weeks ago

the old and infirm? public transportation, and a good set of walking shoes, oh, you can't walk, well fuck you, no cars allowed buddy, you live where you fall now

[-] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA CARS AS HANDICAP DEVICES IS THE FUNNIEST FUCKING THING I HAVE SEEN FROM A 6 CYLINDER BRAIN HAHAHAHAHA

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

if you cant walk how are you getting in to your car? do you just live there? car centric infrastructure has never been particularly wheelchair or walker friendly

really though if you dont like it, don't move there. There are care homes better suited to your needs and concerns.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

In my experience the legless ride busses better than they drive

[-] invie23@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The Copenhagen neighborhood the article is writing about (Nordhavn) has plenty of roads which cars can drive on. The point the article is making is that it’s designed in a way to make it completely convenient to reach all your routine needs without a car. Even for the old or those with poor mobility.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

Also public transport and all important public infrastructure is wheelchair friendly so what even is this guy on about?

[-] Womble@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Old and infirm people existed before cars did, and also I'm pretty sure they are not banning ambulences.

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

I can tell you haven't been to Nordhavn. There are roads and and cars/ambulance can absolutely drive by. Owning a car in Nordhavn in very hard though, very little parking.

[-] MinFapper@startrek.website -1 points 3 weeks ago

So, is that a colder New York then?

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, if all you know is US cities it's the closest one to most European cities but that's a stretch

[-] ExpiringSharpie@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

If you can't walk by yourself for 10 minutes you shouldn't be going around alone in a car either.

[-] kofe@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Afaik research shows efforts like this actually help diverse communities. Older adults don't benefit as much from nursing homes and the like because it denies them ability to socialize with other generations.

Plus, here in the US fuckin nothing is in walking distance for a sizable population. Older adults and infirm need areas they can walk (or scoot or whatever) without risk of being hit by cars when they take longer to cross a street. Research also shows older adults prefer getting shit done on their own when they can, so giving them ample opportunities like this is exactly what they need. They're still surrounded by people that can help if they do fall.

Cheer up mate

this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2024
10 points (100.0% liked)

Fuck Cars

9874 readers
76 users here now

A place to discuss problems of car centric infrastructure or how it hurts us all. Let's explore the bad world of Cars!

Rules

1. Be CivilYou may not agree on ideas, but please do not be needlessly rude or insulting to other people in this community.

2. No hate speechDon't discriminate or disparage people on the basis of sex, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, or sexuality.

3. Don't harass peopleDon't follow people you disagree with into multiple threads or into PMs to insult, disparage, or otherwise attack them. And certainly don't doxx any non-public figures.

4. Stay on topicThis community is about cars, their externalities in society, car-dependency, and solutions to these.

5. No repostsDo not repost content that has already been posted in this community.

Moderator discretion will be used to judge reports with regard to the above rules.

Posting Guidelines

In the absence of a flair system on lemmy yet, let’s try to make it easier to scan through posts by type in here by using tags:

Recommended communities:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
ConfidentLonely@lemmy.world
Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world
toaster@slrpnk.net
grue@lemmy.world