8 December 2009

Vintage Copenhagen Cycle Chic

Copenhagen Bicycle Traffic in Rush Hour
Photo courtesy of and © Copenhagen City Museum / Københavns Bymuseum.

I'm loving this vintage postcard from the late 1950's Copenhagen. As well as all of these classic rush hour photos from my city. Frightfully stylish, the lot of them.

Copenhagen Vintage Cycle Chic
Photo courtesy of and © Copenhagen City Museum / Københavns Bymuseum.

Read more about the Copenhagen by Bike exhibition at the Copenhagen City Museum over at Copenhagenize.com. Even our bike messengers used to be well-dressed chaps.
Copenhagen Vintage Traffic
Photo courtesy of and © Copenhagen City Museum / Københavns Bymuseum.

6 comments:

Jon said...

Makes you wonder how many of those bikes (and their riders) are still on the road. It would be interesting if you could find someone who is actually in one of these shots, and get a picture of them riding, today.

My Brand New Swiss Life said...

Fantastic! The rides are even more stylish in these clothes...

Anonymous said...

They just look so cool. Style really does endure

Lars Daniel Terkelsen said...

I recommend to take a look at the biggest size. Lots of details...

GreenComotion said...

Mikael,
Those are some beautiful B&W shots!
Awesome !!

Peace :)

John K said...

I wanted to share this that I came across, http://is.gd/5gZp1 which shows Rita Hayworth and friends on bicycles... looks like in southern California, 1950s? Hilsen, John.