CITY WALK SESSION 1.0 · APRIL 2021
Back in April, as the COVID-19 lockdown dragged on, we wanted to start reconnecting people while still respecting health restrictions and guidelines.
We decided that the walk-and-talk was one of the few good things to come out of the crisis. So we invited a number of thinkers, doers, and leaders to follow a route through the city in small groups of two or three. Their conversations touched on everything from food to music to architecture, but focused mostly on the effects of the pandemic on Copenhagen as an urban space and community.
Along way, we asked the participants to spare a few minutes to capture the insights and ideas that emerged from their conversations.
The short videos below (in Danish and English) provide a sampling of these insights and ideas and convey the sense of reconnection that the event generated.
The lockdowns and restrictions have mostly come to an end, but many challenges remain.
Please consider joining us for another round of City Walk Sessions!
PARTICIPANTS in THE first CITY LIGHTS WALK
Photos by: Kristian Bust

Anders Selmer / Owner, Kødbyens Fiskebar & Lukas Forchhammer / Musician / Lucas Graham

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen / Former Prime Minister & Trine Hammershøy / Director, Headspace

Jesper Koefoed / CEO, Vida Local & Mikkel Aarø-Hansen / CEO, Wonderful Copenhagen

Sune Rosforth / Wine Merchant, Rosforth & Rosforth

Ulrik Ørum-Petersen / Director, Heartland Festival

Jeni Porter / Journalist / Ark Journal & Mikael Colville-Andersen / Urban Design Expert / Host of “The Life Sized City” & Sophie Bruun / Director, History and Arts - Municipality of Copenhagen

Pui Ling Lau / COO, Realdania

Lars Skovgaard / DR Concert Hall & Nils Thyge / Owner, Bar’vin

Beau Clugston / Chef, Owner, ILuka & Marin Lysák / Ph.D. KU / Foodshift2030 Collaborator

Frederik Preisler / Partner, Mensch

Rune Lykkeberg / Editor in Chief, Information

Rasmus Johnsen / Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning, CBS & CBS Kontinuum

Thure Lindhardt / Actor