Ski slope to open on new Copenhagen power plant

From next year, one of the world's longest artificial ski slopes will run from the roof of the city's new ultra-green waste-to-energy power plant

Denmark may be famous for many innovations - Lego, hygge, Noma restaurant - but skiing is not one of the things that springs to mind when you think of this fairly flat and not particularly snowy country.

There is one short natural slope - at Roskilde, west of Copenhagen - that sometimes has enough snow for skiing - but from next year locals and visitors will be able to get their downhill kicks closer to the capital.