{"id":44683,"date":"2025-08-14T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=44683"},"modified":"2026-10-10T12:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T12:33:16","slug":"bike-shopping-dyrehave-bakken-walkabout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/bike-shopping-dyrehave-bakken-walkabout\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Shopping \/ Dyrehave \/ Bakken Walkabout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 14 August 2025, posted online <\/em>10 October 2026. Finnur’s just returned from a work-trip to Munich. Time marches on.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you live in Denmark, you must own a bicycle. It is just a fact of life. Leaving Finnur with the two younger ones to relax for the day, I headed out with the newbie Danes to find bikes that wouldn’t break their budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started at a cool bike-shop that specializes in refurbishing old bikes. We didn’t find any that really worked for them, so we moved on. A short walk away we did find one bike that got bought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That evening, the three of us took the new bike, and two from the airbnb house, on a bike-ride in Dyrehave<\/a>, accidentally ending up at the Bakken amusement park<\/a> where we walked around for a bit, before biking back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 14 August 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n
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By the bikes outside the cool Buddha bikes<\/a> shop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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I didn’t leave the house until noon-ish, and spotted this lone flower in the greenery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Cute statue in the garden, watching over the lavender.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The parking lot by the bike shop was very colorful.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Anna trying out a bike. The gearshifts were quite different from what I’m used to.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Art everywhere!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A house for young people. No drinks or drugs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We gave up on the cool shop, and walked a little ways to visit another bike shop. There we found a bike that was big enough, and within budget. However, it was too big to fit inside the car, so it had to be biked home!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A relaxing dinner at the house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I still had energy to burn, so I got the bike-seekers to go with me on a ride in nearby “Dyrahave<\/a>” (“The Deer Park”).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We saw some deer in the distance…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… and a horse! Turns out there were quite a few horse-this and that by the park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Cuties!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Quite a pretty area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Proof I was there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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All of a sudden we reached civilization.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Not only did we stumble upon civilization, but a whole amusement park!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Look, a wooden roller-coaster!! Yup, this was Bakken<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Blood-sugar refill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We didn’t go on any rides, just walked around. It’s not a big park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We found a map!…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… and prices!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Biking back. Unfortunately the way back was almost entirely uphill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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More deer!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Denmark is remarkably flat, but also weirdly hilly, especially when riding on rather crappy bikes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Back on asphalt, after which returning all the way home was easy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 14 August 2025, posted online <\/em>10 October 2026. Finnur’s just returned from a work-trip to Munich. Time marches on.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

If you live in Denmark, you must own a bicycle. It is just a fact of life. Leaving Finnur with the two younger ones to relax for the day, I headed out with the newbie Danes to find bikes that wouldn’t break their budget.<\/p>\n

We started at a cool bike-shop that specializes in refurbishing old bikes. We didn’t find any that really worked for them, so we moved on. A short walk away we did find one bike that got bought.<\/p>\n

That evening, the three of us took the new bike, and two from the airbnb house, on a bike-ride in Dyrehave<\/a>, accidentally ending up at the Bakken amusement park<\/a> where we walked around for a bit, before biking back.<\/p>\n

Thursday 14 August 2026<\/h2>\n
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By the bikes outside the cool Buddha bikes<\/a> shop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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