The answer to ones previous post is the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen! After a 1 hour 45 minute flight from Bristol, we touched down at Copenhagen International Airport… As Denmark are quite ‘with it’ when it comes to accessibility, one felt confident requesting a wheelchair accessible taxi from the...
Today, one visited Tivoli Gardens which is situated roughly in the centre of Copenhagen. On the way, one was able to get a feel of the accessibility of the city for wheelchair users. As predicted, being in Scandinavia, it is to a high standard with drop curbs in appropriate...
Today, we travelled over the border to visit Malmö in Sweden via the Øresund Bridge. This takes around 60 minutes from Copenhagen by train. As ever, one was intrigued as to the accessibility of the Danish railway network. It turns out that the train to Malmö had a lower...
Back in Copenhagen, one caught the ‘Hop On, Hop Hop Off’ bus today for a tour around the city. The Tivoli Hotel concierge informed us that some of the buses were not wheelchair accessible and needed to call ahead to check the bus (as of 2017). To make life...
As ones flight wasn’t until 18:00pm, I decided to undertake an experiment by taking a stroll around Copenhagen by oneself to see how Danish people would interact with a disabled individual without anyone to assist. To make things more interesting, one only knows two words of Danish! Beginning the...
