Bikes united the university

21/09-09 kl. 11:22 Campus / Life Science

Photo: Stine Maiken Brix Bike fashion

Campus race 2009: Hundreds of eager biking employees and students at the University of Copenhagen took the 14.7-kilometre tour connecting all faculties at the University of Copenhagen

by Stine Maiken Brix, English version by Anders Fjeldberg

My bike is what keeps it all together at the University of Copenhagen: From Molecular Biology on Nørrebro, to the Law Faculty in the centre of the city, to the French department on Amager.

I am on my bike somewhere between LIFE and Pharma, the two newest additions to the University of Copenhagen, taking part in the university´s annual Campus Race 2009 - only bikes allowed.

During the 14,7-kilometre race participants take part in quizzes at the many different stops on route, hoping to win gifts and prizes.

Salmon sandwiches

»Happy I came along,« says an educator after the race to his colleagues. He gives them a bear hug, careful not to upset their salmon sandwiches.

We are from all over. All faculties, all over the world.

The weather is stunning. Now, after the race, I relax among the thousands of flowers. My bike has done its job.

uni-avis@adm.ku.dk

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