Big Bin Activity’s

 In 2017, the post-industrial dockland neighbourhood, Amager, welcomed Bjarke Ingel’s unique clean innovation. A waste-to-energy plant that doubles as an outdoor activity centre that accommodates the locals desire to practice ski sports such as skiing and snowboarding called the Copenhill within the mountain less city.  

This innovative facility is the epitome of what the country of Denmark are trying to achieve, contributing massively to the goal of becoming the world’s first carbon-neutral city by 2025. This can be seen as the Copenhill's incinerator burns up to 400,000 tonnes of waste per year, which produces enough electricity to power 60,000 homes and heat 160,000 homes. In the 1970s almost 50% of Copenhagen’s waste went to landfills, now it is less than 2%. From someone living in the UK, where 24.2% of waste goes to landfills, it truly is fascinating seeing the fast-paced action in the city to achieve a cleaner and more sustainable environment.   

The hill has a summit of 85 metres and has 490 m of artificial ski slope which visitors can do skiing, snowboarding and sledging. It caters for a variety of skiers with the upper part of the ski slope is mimicking a black/red piste, while the middle- and lower-part mimicking as a blue/green piste. There is also a separate area for children and a slalom area too! As a tourist, luckily you are able to hire your skis. It costs £25 for one hour of skiing and snowboarding and it’s £5 for unlimited runs of sledding. In addition to the winter sports, the copenhill has the tallest climbing wall in the world, at 85 Metres high. There is also running and hiking trails, with the slopes steep percentages ranging from 5% and 35% and competitions are held regularly.  

At the very top there is a bar and cafe that has beautiful views of the city and the sea, which made the climb up the stairs and the sweating worth it.