ON YOUR NEXT VACATION, GO CLEAN UP COPENHAGEN

The city of Copenhagen, Denmark, is offering some freebies to tourists in exchange for helping to clean up the city. This summer, tourists to the Danish capital will be rewarded with free food and activities if they participate in environmentally friendly tasks while visiting. You can get rewards for activities such as litter-picking, traveling by public transport or biking around the city. Participating companies are offering little freebies – a free meal, snack, glass of wine, kayak rental, admission to a museum – in exchange for your good deed. You don’t even have to prove you did it, just tell the business you did, although some attractions might ask you to show a picture of yourself picking up trash or riding a bike, or using public transportation. The “CopenPay” scheme is designed to offset the “environmental burden” of tourism, according to the Copenhagen tourist board. So far 24 organizations have signed up to the program.
* And be sure to check out their new slogan: “Come to Copenhagen, lie your ass off for freebies.”
* Well, I was planning on going to the Olympics in Paris, but suddenly trash pickup in a foreign city sounds much more appealing.
* Using public transportation? Okay, okay, fine! I WON’T bring my car to Copenhagen.
* Can you get a free Danish in Denmark? Is that a thing there?