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Living in the countryside with only a bike is hard to combine with modern living. They could do it in the sixties where the villages still had shops, but at least in Denmark the car has changed that and people drive 5-20 km to get to the large shopping centres. A bit sad because the villages are dying but also reality. A vicious circle that is hard to turn around.

In Copenhagen the bikes have had priority over cars for some years, but we still have far too many cars.