Urban park in Nørrebro

A new 50 million kroner, distinctly un-Danish, urban park is planned for Copenhagen’s multinational Nørrebro district. The Superkilen project, financed by the city council and Realdania Foundation, will turn what is waste ground into a multifunctional facility. The park will...

New healthcare centres

Copenhagen’s deputy mayor for health, Mogens Lomborg, has proposed creating 10 new 24-hour one-stop healthcare centres, or policlinics, in the city over the next two years, says the Copenhagen Post. Under the plan, which is expected to be rubberstamped this...

Bus tickets by sms

The move by transport company Movia, in January this year, to allow tickets for public transport to be bought via SMS, has been far more successful than first anticipated, reports Politiken newspaper. It reports that one in every ten cash...

Little Mermaid off to Shanghai

Could it be true that Copenhagen’s iconic Little Mermaid statue is off on her travels? It seems so, as Copenhagen city council, which owns the actual statue but not its copyright, has voted by 36 to 14 in favour of...

Funding shortfall for Copenhagen’s ‘Gay Olympics’.

Organizers of the “World Outgames”, set to take place in Copenhagen this summer, are struggling to raise the last Dkk5.5 million in sponsorship needed to reach their budget of Dkk54.5 million. The city council has already donated Dkk25 million to...