Copenhagen’s skies can be grey and dismal, rather like London. But the Danes don’t waste time worrying about the weather. When Ali Walker and her family moved there from the UK in 2012, they were immediately thrown into a more active and outdoorsy way of living.
“It was a particularly hard winter but every morning I’d be cycling the kids through the snow; a cargo bike was part of the relocation package,” says Walker.
She admits she was nervous about the move and whether the children, Josie, 11, Rosalind, nine, and Isaac, seven, would settle in at their new school. But they all quickly adjusted: “Everyone was friendly and we got 100 per cent sucked in to the lifestyle,” adds Walker. “It’s...