Our Cycling Trip Featured on National TV in Denmark
What started as an odd encounter with a presumed TV journalist turned into a fun experience that ended up on national TV in Denmark.
Liz and I were between conferences in Brussels and the UK, as well as meetings for me in Copenhagen with our EUM business partners at Zensai. We had four open days over the weekend, and I of course recommended we go cycling. With very little planning I booked some hotels around North Zealand (part of Denmark) and bikes from Café Parforce, who were great to deal with. They got us setup with two touring bikes and panniers, and even stored not only our luggage but the trade show booth we were hauling with us.
The day before we left, I got a call from Jacob Clemen, a journalist with TV2 Kosmopol. Took me by surprise, but he sent me some credentials and seemed legit. Liz took a little convincing, but she agreed, and we arranged to meet him in Helsingør where we spent our first night. The Kronborg Castle there provided the setting for Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, so of course we spent our first night in Hotel Hamlet.
Jacob met us the next morning, setup for our interview with the castle as a backdrop, and then joined us for our morning ride and lunch, filming along the way. We then continued on our own to Gilleleje and then Fredensborg for two more nights before riding back to Hellerup where we started, just outside Copenhagen.
We were curious to see what would happen with the footage. Henrik Eriksen from Zensai messaged me last night to say he had seen Liz and I on Danish TV. I pinged Jacob and he shared the online link for the broadcast. Our 15 minutes of fame in Denmark (okay 3:38), very cool.
The cycling was wonderful. Denmark is very cycle friendly, with almost all our time on completely separate bike routes either along the sea or through forests. It is fairly flat, so no big climbs anywhere on the route. Lots of history at each of our stops, including the Fredensborg Slot (castle) where the newly crowned King Frederik X was in residence. No we didn’t see him, but we did see the changing of the guards, and they looked pretty serious and modernly armed.