Right now I’m out and about in Copenhagen among all the tourists to see if I can capture some great video for Google Maps.
And I would like to tell you about this 3-way pedestrian and bicycle bridge. This bridge has made Copenhagen much more accessible for everyone except the cars
I was hoping to make an interesting timelapse video. But is was impossible to find a good position to capture the entire bridge properly.
While small talking to the bridge operator (the guy in a neon west) he informed me that the bridge would open at 11am if any ships wanted to pass. So I had only 15 minutes to find a spot and get ready.
First I knocked at the caretakers office in the neighborhood building to no avail. But then a resident asked me if there was any thing she could do me with. She then kindly invited me to come visit her at 5the floor and use one of her windows to film from. Wow.
This is way beyond what I normally would do to create a Maps video.
Here is the result:
As you can see I was lucky that there was a ship wanting to pass.
This is the unedited video. It needs to be 30 seconds only.
I’m very thankful and a little proud to dare to do more to make Maps videos.
The video is excellent; it shows the bridge opening and the ship passing nicely. I liked the video. I have also checked the video on Google Maps, available under the Latest tab. I appreciate your efforts and dedication to capturing the video and sharing it with the community. It’s so nice of that resident to invite you into her home to film from the 5th floor. The angle from the 5th floor gives a fantastic view of the bridge opening. Thank you for sharing @MortenCopenhagen.
Great video @MortenCopenhagen! I remember the first time I was in Copenhagen – I was so surprised to find a drawbridge there, I had no idea about it beforehand! We happened to get there just as a ship was passing through, so we were really lucky
But it made us wonder why they didn’t just build a higher bridge, which probably would have been cheaper. Later I read that a traditional bridge would have blocked the historical views of Nyhavn, the canal, and the surrounding architecture. The main goal of the winning design (by the way, created by a Polish-British architect, Cezary Bednarski ) was to keep the bridge’s profile as low as possible so as not to disrupt the skyline. Plus, it makes it much easier for cyclists to ride over
Há uma gíria no Brasil para alguém ou algum acontecimento que faz ou demonstre algo que merece destaque positivo: parabéns @MortenCopenhagen , ficou “Show de Bola”.
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) was to keep the bridge’s profile as low as possible so as not to disrupt the skyline. Plus, it makes it much easier for cyclists to ride over 
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