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Why Copenhagen Put A Ski Slope On A Power Plant

The Tim Traveller Feb 1, 2023 16:50
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What do you do if you really want to go downhill skiing, but you live in a country that has no mountains? Well if you're Danish, you build an enormous power plant, slap a slope on the roof, and go skiing down that instead. I went to Copenhagen to try it for myself... INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO Copenhill official website - https://www.copenhill.dk/en @uncannyvalleyWIRED video about Copenhill, including an interview with the architect - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOqocj2h6EM @CityBeautiful video going into MUCH more detail about Copenhill's heat production and the concept of district heating - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Khzns0KIk Dezeen article about the opening of Copenhill - https://www.dezeen.com/2019/10/08/big-copenhill-power-plant-ski-slope-copenhagen/ Building.co.uk article about the project - https://www.building.co.uk/buildings/projects-copenhill-ski-slope-and-energy-from-waste-plant-copenhagen/5102285.article IMAGE CREDITS Olympic skiier by John Wick - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrej_%C5%A0porn_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympic_downhill.jpg
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