CopenHill Quiz: Copenhagen's Ski Slope on a Power Plant

This CopenHill quiz skis down the roof of a waste-to-energy plant in Denmark's capital. Play 10 interactive questions on Bjarke Ingels Group, the Amager Bakke plant, burning waste for electricity and district heating, the artificial ski slope in a flat country, hiking trails and green roof planting, a giant climbing wall, its 2019 opening and the idea of hedonistic sustainability.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
In which city is CopenHill?
Firm
Which architecture firm designed it?
Plant
What kind of facility is CopenHill?
Output
What does the plant produce?
Ski
What is on the sloping roof?
Flat
Why is a ski slope surprising in Denmark?
Wall
What else is on the side of the building?
Green
What covers parts of the roof?
Open
When did the rooftop open to the public?
Idea
What does BIG call its playful green approach?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: In which city is CopenHill?
Answer: Copenhagen
It is in Denmark.
Q2: Which architecture firm designed it?
Answer: Bjarke Ingels Group
It is known as BIG.
Q3: What kind of facility is CopenHill?
Answer: A waste-to-energy plant
It burns city waste.
Q4: What does the plant produce?
Answer: Electricity and district heating
Homes are warmed by it.
Q5: What is on the sloping roof?
Answer: An artificial ski slope
Skiing is possible all year.
Q6: Why is a ski slope surprising in Denmark?
Answer: The country is very flat
There are no mountains.
Q7: What else is on the side of the building?
Answer: A tall climbing wall
It is one of the tallest artificial walls.
Q8: What covers parts of the roof?
Answer: Hiking trails and plants
Trees and shrubs grow there.
Q9: When did the rooftop open to the public?
Answer: 2019
The plant began earlier.
Q10: What does BIG call its playful green approach?
Answer: Hedonistic sustainability
Green buildings can also be fun.

Skiing on a Power Plant

CopenHill is the roof of Amager Bakke, a waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, known as BIG, it burns city waste to produce electricity and district heating for homes.

Its sloping roof holds an artificial ski slope, a surprise in a country that is very flat with no mountains, letting people ski all year. Hiking trails and plants cover other parts of the roof, and a tall climbing wall runs up one side, among the tallest artificial walls in the world.

The rooftop opened to the public in 2019. BIG calls this approach hedonistic sustainability, the idea that green buildings can also be fun. The plant shows how industry can sit inside a city as a public space.

What This Quiz Teaches

Architecture fans will enjoy these questions.

Where it is
What the plant does
What sits on the roof
Why it is unusual
What idea it shows

Did You Know?

A rooftop bar offers city views.
Elevators show the plant inside.
The slope uses special synthetic mats.
BIG also designed LEGO House.
Copenhagen aims to be carbon neutral.