Danish bicycles: the cargo bikes and city bikes to know

Copenhagen is one of the most cycled cities in the world: 62 percent of its people ride to work, school or university. The city is also home to some twenty companies that design and sell bicycles, most of them the cargo bikes Copenhagen is known for, alongside design-led city bikes.

Start with Cargo bikes

Cargo bikes

Cargo bikes and family bikes designed in Denmark.

Christiania Bikes Founded 1972, Bornholm and Copenhagen A cargo-bike maker that began as the village smithy of Christiania in Copenhagen in 1972 and now makes its box bikes on Bornholm and in Copenhagen.
Works: Christiania bike
Larry vs Harry Copenhagen The Copenhagen company behind the Bullitt, a light two-wheeled front-loading cargo bike first shown in 2008.
Works: Bullitt, Miss Bullitt
Butchers & Bicycles A Danish maker of three-wheeled cargo bikes that lean into corners like a two-wheeler, named after Copenhagen's meatpacking district.
Works: MK1-E Business, MK1-E, MK1
OMNIUM Founded 2012, Copenhagen A Copenhagen maker of light, fast cargo bikes, first drawn by a bike messenger for courier work.
Works: Cargo, Mini-Max
Nihola Founded 1998, Kirke Såby A Danish maker of cargo bikes for families, dogs, institutions and wheelchair users, built by hand in its own factory west of Copenhagen.
Works: Nihola Family, Nihola FLEX2, Nihola Dog
Triobike Copenhagen A Copenhagen maker of family and delivery cargo bikes, two-wheeled and three-wheeled, sold through dealers in Europe, North America and Australia.
Works: Triobike cargo, Triobike hafnia, Triobike Boxter CL
XYZ Cargo Founded 2010, Copenhagen and Hamburg Modular cargo bikes and trikes bolted together from square aluminium tubes, begun in the Copenhagen art studio N55 and built by hand in Denmark and Germany.
Works: XYZ Cargo Trike

City bikes

City and touring bicycles from Danish makers.