The population is about 500,000 and the city covers 520 sq. Km. The layout of its urban centre dates from the Middle Ages, despite the serious fires of the 18th Century.
The citizens, as well as the municipal authorities, have quite a strong civic attitude. They are respectful of the needs of the citizens of Copenhagen. It can be described as a peaceful, cultured, clean city with wide, warm, accessible public spaces.
Paving inlaid with polished stainless steel to make it identifiable for visually impaired and blind persons.
Eighty percent of people move around the downtown area on foot or by bicycle. Bicycles are abundant. Pedestrians and cyclists have been much favoured by municipal policies. In the last four decades the area of pedestrian walkways has risen from 15,000 sq. m. to 100,000 sq. m. Every year, the Local Authorities remove 2 to 3 percent of the parking areas to transform them into pedestrian open areas. The new urban spaces, like the restored ones and the numerous adapted buildings, have given rise to a new language of accessibility in architecture and a quality urban scene.
Stroget is a 1.5 Km. long pedestrianized street connecting the Town Hall, the Central Station and the Central Post Office with the Holmes Canal and Kongens Nytorv, on the other side of the central area of Copenhagen. This street is well adapted, with paving in a good texture for blind visitors and wheelchair users.
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