'Space for cycling' protest ride 2nd September

Fair enough, I can't speak from personal experience of those places, only what I've heard. On the other hand, you still get hassled by drivers here, but you don't have a network of cycle-friendly infrastructure to fall back on.

That's the thing, you get hassled less here when you take primary, out of says, 50 cars that have overtook you, 2-4 is likely to be inconsiderated, so despite how much we moan about bad driving, we do have decent drivers in the UK.

I used to visit Copenhagen 3-10 days a months for a year and own a bicycle there (much easier and they're cheap).

At first appearance, it's an utopia, severe lack of motorised vehicles compared to London, lots of cyclists, massive road and almost equally massive cycle path (at least 2 metres from appearance, enough for three bike in a row).

But the more I rode, the more I realised it's merely an illusion, right-hook is still commonplace and they also have risk of HGV, abet less due to less HGV on the road compare to London.

Everyone cycle without cares, they never look behind, they ride very closed to the kerbs, they never look left and right when they cross junction, etc. I'm fairly confident to says that the London cyclists are slightly more aware than their Copenhagen equative.

Lastly, they're second class road user, one example is crossing from a major to a minor (turning left), you can't just jump on the road, wait on the middle and turn left, this is an illegal manoverve*, you have to stay on the cycle path until you reach the other end (green box with a bike and arrow) and wait with the other traffic for the light change so you can cross the road, as illustrated in the diagram below;

This is generally the main reason why it's likely to get hassled by drivers in Copenhagen - it was unexpected for cyclists to be on the road where there's a cycle path next to it, let alone riding primary (even on road without cycle path).

Oh yeah, congestion does exist, have to wait quite a while in a traffic light in July due to the sheer numbers of cyclists despite a clear and almost empty road next to it.

*I was stopped by the police and played the foreign card for not realising it's illegal to ride on the road if there's a cycle path.