Mikael Colville-Andersen has spent over 30 years observing, shaping, and telling stories about cities. As an urban designer and host of The Life-Sized City, his work has taken him to more than 100 cities around the world, exploring how cities actually work when they are designed for people, not systems.
Everything Mikael does is driven by the simple idea: cities should make life better for the people who live in them. His career spans urban planning, bicycle culture, design, photography and filmmaking, always rooted in observation, curiosity, and real human behaviour.
In recent years, this work has taken him to Ukraine, where he has volunteered since 2022, applying urban thinking in the middle of war – from tactical urbanism to spaces designed for trauma recovery and care. And navigating it all - and everything else - with his own anxiety disorder, PTSD and ADHD.
Learn more about Mikael here: https://www.colville-andersen.com/
About the Evening
This is a rare chance to spend an evening with a true change-maker, in an extended Silvers format designed to go deeper.
Mikael welcomes guests into his home for a longer, more relaxed gathering that feels closer to friends coming over than a traditional dinner event. Over dinner and conversation, with time to explore his home, he will share his stories from a life spent observing cities up close.
Mikael wants the evening to feel like high-energy hygge: curious, open, and conversational. There will be space to really get to know one another, ask questions, and let the evening unfold naturally.
About SILVERS
SILVERS is a Copenhagen-based platform that connects guests with experienced people, over dinners in their homes. Our Silver hosts include creatives, leaders, and entrepreneurs; others are sailors, community builders, or simply great hosts with interesting life stories.
- An intimate meal in Mikael's home with 5 others (vegetarian option available)
- Conversation on cities, urban life, and human behaviour
- Access to Mikael’s stories and work across cities worldwide, including Ukraine
- Please arrive on time and come curious!
- The dinner will be in English
Here's how it works:
- Find a silver
Discover and choose from our list of experienced hosts across Denmark
- Book your seat
Get access to Silvers homes and their expertise around the table. Guests of all ages are welcome.
- Join the table
Each dinner brings 5–8 guests together of all ages. Ask questions, and be inspired by real life knowledge.
What does the price cover?
The price covers the cost of hosting (food, access to the host's home, and their time) and operations (developing the SILVERS platform, taxes and growth.)
SILVERS brings the knowledge and life experience of active seniors into communities through dinners and 1:1 conversations.
We are a platform where seniors can sign up to host experiences and share their expertise, making their wisdom accessible to others.
The Telegraph, UK: “It's like Hygge with a side of life experience. “
Made with 💙 in Copenhagen.