COPENHAGEN - There’s a new ski destination in Europe – and it’s not where you may think.
Copenhagen has plenty of snow in winter but no mountains, so the city and its architects came up with a solution that produced a ski slope on the top of a huge incinerator that produces power by burning through waste rather than fossil fuels.
The CopenHill ski slope allows visitors to ski down a 450-metre slope with views of Copenhagen, as some 450,000 tonnes of waste burns below. The slopes are reached by ski lifts or a glass elevator.
The slope is seen as an important step in realising Copenhagen's ambition to become the world's first carbon-neutral capital.
The slope is covered in a green-coloured material and skiers agree that after a couple of runs it feels like the real thing.
Adding authenticity, the facility has the world's tallest climbing wall, a rooftop bar, cross-fit area, and a tree-lined hiking and running trail. The man-made mountain contains some 7,000 bushes, 300 pine and willow trees, plus other greenery.
The locals love it. Not only are they doing the right thing by the environment, but they no longer have to travel to neighbouring Sweden to ski.