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Sustainable meetings begin with choosing the best type of transportation to the destination, but it is just as important to consider the means of transportation once you are there.
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One international airline with frequent flights to Denmark is Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). When travelling with SAS you support their Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) programme. Each aircraft can save approximately 150 kilos of fuel and 470 kilos of CO2 by using CDA. Once you arrive in Denmark, why not use the efficient public transportation system instead of taxi’s? You could opt for the brand new metro to Copenhagen, which is the fastest way from the airport to the city centre and to Scandinavia’s largest convention centre, the Bella Center. You could also take the train or busses, which all run frequently to the city centre.
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When you need transportation within the city centre, the red S-trains, regular trains and buses are all good choices as they cover the entire Copenhagen area and also run frequently. However, if you want to be really "green", you should take the new climate-friendly CityCircle bus (line 11). The CityCircle line is Copenhagen's new electric bus route, where the buses run all day on batteries that are charged during nightime. The busses run every 7 minutes all day and your tickets for the ordinary buses, trains, and Metro are also valid on the CityCircle buses. Another fun, "green" way to go around and experience Copenhagen is the new CO2-friendly, guided Segway Tours. A Segway is an electrically powered, self-balancing, recharegable vehicle on which you stand while gliding through the streets. Booking is necessary.
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If you are planning your meeting in Copenhagen, walking could easily be the most convenient form of transportation. The city centre of Copenhagen is quite small and compact meaning that most hotels, conference facilities, restaurants, theatres, museums and other activities are within walking distance of each other. But if walking is too slow for you, you can borrow a bike or hop on a rickshaw taxi. To plan your journey in advance, you can go to the journey planner for public transportation, which includes buses, trains and metro in all of Denmark. You can even check trips outside of Denmark if you wish to go to Sweden or Germany whilst in Denmark. For travel information in as well as outside Denmark, please contact the Danish State Railways (DSB).
In the future
To reduce traffic congestion and encourage people to use more public transportation, the Danish government has decided to build a modern tram in Aarhus. Similar plans are also discussed for Copenhagen, but whether it is going to be a modern tram, express buses or the like is still to be determined. |
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