Sometimes we let words like “balance” do too much heavy lifting.

We use it when we should be more transparent, honest, and real about the intense tradeoffs that are at play..

In every new city I visit, I learn to peg a few landmarks—clock towers, mountains, a body of water, a railway line—and get a feel for the N-S-E-W of the place before setting out on an amble by foot.

I’ve always believed that the best way to understand a city is to wander it, alone.

Here are three things I’ve learned about belonging by wandering a city solo.

Come alongside me to discover ten of my biggest eureka moments in discovering the City of Copenhagen on foot and by bike.