Playgrounds in Copenhagen
Play area in courtyard on north side of Arendalsgade
Gardens at the end of Rosenvængets Allé
Bernadotteskolen Hellerupgårdvej
Østre Anlæg - a playground in the park north of Statens Museum for Kunst - note the hammock
Adventure playground at JC Jacobsens Have
JC Jacobsens Have ... appropriate use of beer crates as this is on the former Carlsberg brewery site
Skydebanen - the site of the shooting range
Climbing frame and rope slide at Skydebanen
Nørrebroparken
Big Slide on Meinungsgade
Big Slide on Meinungsgade
Big Slide on Meinungsgade
Swings under overhang of building on Meinungsgade
Prinsesse Charlottes Gade
Prinsesse Charlottes Gade
Prinsesse Charlottes Gade
Prinsesse Charlottes Gade
Simeons Kirke
Simeons Kirke
Simeons Kirke
Byparken, Amager
Studiestræde
Israels Plads - skate boards, ball games and play equipment
Skateboard park Fælledparken
Skateboard park Fælledparken
Climbing wall - De Gamles By
Climbing wall, table tennis and football De Gamles By
Exercise equipment Thit Jensens Vej
Gardens and exercise equipment Thit Jensens Vej
Table football on Vester Voldgade
Exercise equipment along Langelinie Pakhuskaj
Relaxing ... Thit Jensens Vej
Exploring Copenhagen I’ve been amazed by the number of playgrounds in parks and in many of the city squares and attached to schools. It’s probably because so many people in the centre of the city live in apartments that both the playgrounds and the play equipment are so important and so well used. Parents, after picking their children up from school, seem to spend at least some time in the play areas before heading for home and most of the playgrounds attached to schools and nurseries seem to be open and well used at weekends.
What is striking is just how different each of the play areas is and how well the equipment is designed in a range of styles. There are also skate board parks and climbing walls for teenagers and exercise equipment for adults so however big a kid you are there is something to play on.
These well-thought-out, well-constructed areas introduce kids to good design from an early age and they certainly learn that good design can be fun.