Tag: Islands Brygge
Copenhagen this week: Return of Friday Night Skate further proof that winter is finally over!
Friday night ice skatingApril 21, 7:30 p.m.; Next House Copenhagen, Bernsorffsgade 21, Cph K; free to join; fns-cph.dkDon’t be surprised if you see hundreds of roller skaters on the streets of Copenhagen this Friday night! Between 500 and 1,500 skaters are expected to take part in the 20 km long route around the Danish capital.…
Local Round-Up: Thunderstorm threat towards Eastern Denmark later today
There is crazy weather and then there is Danish weather. Right now, reports TV2, it is a sweltering 28.8 degrees in Brandelev in South Zealand on a day when plus-30 temperatures are forecast in most of South-Eastern Denmark. But at Holsterbro in North-West Jutland it is only 17.1 degrees due to the cooling effects of…
Singing, drinking and fire: the best places to enjoy Saint Hans’ Evening in Copenhagen
Like the site of the famous Jelling Stone, home to a church since the 11th century, Saint Hans’ften is a relic of Denmark’s unique mixed pagan and Christian past. A short story First, as a celebration of the summer solstice, people gathered at sacred springs, draped the reeds over their doorways and gathered herbs to…
Events at the end of May / beginning of June: Distortion returns without Nørrebro party, more ticket areas and… finally a free Friday street festival!
Distortion XJune 1-5, various venues in Cph; DKK 200 access to ticket areas; cphdistortion.dkThe Nørrebro street party element, which is usually held on opening Wednesday, has been completely scrapped, and Thursday in Vesterbro has been drastically reduced, even though it is the same area as previous years with 24 free events, so there is a…
Local Round-Up: Does Copenhagen have a realistic hope of hosting the Olympics?
Helsinki did so in 1952. And Stockholm in 1912. And while Oslo has not hosted a summer Olympics, Lillehammer hosted the winter edition in 1994. The closest Copenhagen gets to hosting five rings is its famous Bysøer, and they are not exactly circular. But according to Mia Nyegaard, the city’s culture and leisure mayor, 2036…
Local Round-Up: Sweden wants Denmark to stop dumping toxic Lynetteholm sludge in Køge Bay
Sweden wants Denmark to stop dumping sludge in Køge Bay because it is harmful to maritime life. Derived from the site of the Lynetteholm island in the Port of Copenhagen near Nordhavn, about 228,000 cubic meters of sludge has been transported to Køge Bay and dumped in the sea since 6 January. An additional 2.3…
Local Round-Up: Copenhagen sets up task force to help incoming Ukrainians
Many variablesNæsager said that the city’s action depends on how many people end up coming and how long they stay. The municipality is currently working on getting educators to take care of the youngest children so that they do not have to spend all day in hotel rooms or the like. Some of the children…
Events at the end of October: Festivals in the fall, from Japanese and Korean to improvisational and LGBTQ + movies
Copenhagen International Improv Festival 18.-24. October; ICC Theater – Improv Comedy, Frederiksholms Kanal 2, Cph K; ciif.eu Copenhagen International Improv Festival 2021 offers excellent improvisation workshops, premium shows, jams, performance opportunities and epic after parties. CIIF21 is for everyone who loves improv: from beginner to advanced. Green Market Nørrebro October 24, 10: 00-15: 00; Guldberg…
Thank you, Copenhagen, for making everyone proud
Six years of hard work, commitment and – over the last 18 months – endless patience and incredible resilience resulted in Copenhagen 2021 WorldPride and EuroGames, the largest LGBTI + event ever in Scandinavia, and the world’s most significant this year. A big thank you to you all! From concerts in Fælledparken to tree inaugurations…
Round-Up in Copenhagen 2021: The undisputed winner of the WorldPride / EuroGames Flag Race is …
Anyone who has ever read the HC Andersen story ‘The Emperor’s new clothes’ knows that seeing your best in public is not something you can take for granted in Denmark. The energy company Ørsted believed that it had won the unofficial beauty contest in Copenhagen in 2021, when it adorned three mills in the colors…
Despite acquittals: Paid corona fines will not be deleted
It has otherwise been previously seen that the prosecution has asked for fine cases to be resumed, where the fine has been paid, but where in a similar case a court has ruled that the law was not violated. – Because it is a concrete reasoned decision of the cases in question that have been…
High Court affirms: Must not pay corona fines
It is stated that three people will not have to pay fines for violating a residence ban in April last year that was imposed on Islands Brygge in Copenhagen to prevent infection with coronavirus. On Tuesday, the Eastern High Court upheld the district court’s decision that the three must be acquitted of paying the fines,…
Copenhagen 2021: Highlights in a strong cultural program
The original rainbow flag ongoing, ending Aug. 21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m .; Copenhagen City Hall, Cph K; free adm A 30-meter section of the iconic Rainbow Flag, created by artist and LGBTI + activist Gilbert Baker, will be displayed from the very first day in Copenhagen 2021. One of the many sections of the original…
Copenhagen 2021: LISTER – EUROGAMES
Sports leader conference 16.-17. August; 08.00-21.30, 07.30-17.00; Copenhagen Conference Center, DGI Byen, Cph V; free registration at copenhagen2021.com The Sports Leader Conference is a conglomerate of panel discussions, workshops, speeches and interviews with the aim of making sport a more LGBTI + inclusive place. Chess Aug 20, Kulturhuset Island Brygge, Islands Brygge 18, Cph V;…
Copenhagen 2021: Let the games begin!
The annual EuroGames, hosted by the European Gay and Lesbian Sports Federation (EGLSF), starts on Wednesday 18 August. In the spirit of inclusivity, it is open to all – regardless of age, race, gender, sexuality and experience. Competitions in 22 different sports will be judged by the same international sports federations that judge the Olympics…
Copenhagen 2021: LISTER – WORLD RACE
The original rainbow flag 12.-21. August, 09: 00-16: 00; Copenhagen City Hall, Cph K; free adm A 30 meter long section of the iconic Rainbow Flag created by the artist and LGBTI + activist Gilbert Baker will be shown from the very first day in Copenhagen 2021. One of the many sections of the original…
Copenhagen 2021: Copenhagen on two wheels
Find a bike first. Remember, borrowing one from a friend or a host is a gamble. With the trips we have planned for you, a newly serviced bike is your best chance to get from A to B. The rental service Donkey Republic is proud of the condition of all its bikes, and in Copenhagen…
Copenhagen 2021: Top city for swimming
Just three years ago, CNN named Copenhagen the best city in the world for swimming, thanks to its city beaches and seafront waterfront. With crystal clear water and minimal salt content, a dip on a hot summer day is always highly recommended. But be warned: you can not just jump in anywhere: New rules allow…
Prosecutors are demanding fines for violations of restraining orders paid
The three defendants were charged when they made stops in the no-go zone. In the city court, the three were acquitted of having to pay the fines of 2500 kroner, but it was appealed by the Public Prosecutor. The three persons were acquitted when the city court judged that there was a possibility that the…
Local Round-Up: Online supermarket loses contract with another municipality
Gentofte Municipality has terminated its contract with Nemlig.com with immediate effect with reference to the online supermarket’s lack of information about the working conditions for the subcontractor’s employees. The decision was made at a meeting of the municipal council on Monday night, after dialogue between the company and the municipality could not solve the problem.…
The past caught up with the mayor
Since then, Frank Jensen was overtaken by his past, where in a number of cases he had abused women. It cost him his political career. Now Frank Jensen, who turns 60 on Friday 28 May, will draw on his political experience as a consultant. – I will not be a politician again. I have taken…
Criminal tours of libraries were to raise over 40 million
By installing keyloggers on public computers in a string of libraries, the perpetrators obtained sensitive information about other citizens – name and password for NemID key cards. Then new key cards were ordered, which were fished out of the unsuspecting people’s mailboxes, after which they were drained for money. It appears from an indictment which…
Everyone can be affected by security-creating residence bans
These will be areas that are assessed by the police as particularly unsafe for citizens and will be referred to as “a security-creating residence ban”. This will happen in the same way as is known from the residence bans on Islands Brygge or on Christiania, which took place to prevent infection during the shutdowns in…
Prosecutor anchor: Will have two men in case of 794 conditions expelled
When the Copenhagen City Court two weeks ago convicted two men aged 19 and 20 in a case involving a total of 794 criminal cases, they received a warning about deportation. But the prosecution is not happy about that. That is why the Public Prosecutor in Copenhagen is appealing the verdict against the men who…
Two men convicted in case of 794 criminal offenses
Two men aged 19 and 20 were convicted in Copenhagen City Court on Tuesday for a total of no less than 794 criminal offenses. One was sentenced to three years and 11 months in prison, while the other received two years and ten months in prison. This is stated by the Copenhagen Police in a…
Christiania stay ban on abuse of power, claims the Danish Institute for Human Rights
Christoffer Badse, head of the Danish Institute for Human Rights, has accused the government of abusing its power with the continuation of its residence ban in Christiania, which the Copenhagen police continue to maintain is necessary to limit the spread of coronavirus. Since January 7, it has been illegal to relax in the areas known…
Authorities offer infection detection in the country’s largest test center
In an attempt to ensure better infection detection, citizens who are tested positive in the Park in Copenhagen will be immediately offered infection detection. This is stated by the Danish Agency for Patient Safety in a press release. If a corona-positive person accepts the opportunity, he or she will be offered an interview with employees…
Copenhagen to lift one-way restriction around the city’s lakes
Despite the number of COVID-19 cases that have increased in Copenhagen recently, local politicians have decided to lift the restrictions in a direction that exists in several areas of the city. The one-way rules are repealed for the five city lakes as well as for Damhussøen and Christianshavns Vold. In addition, the bicycle ban at…
Police drop ban in Kødbyen but keep an extra eye on
Fewer people gather in Kødbyen and at the skate park in Nørrebroparken after the temperatures have dropped. Therefore, the Copenhagen Police have decided not to extend the residence bans that have been in force at the sites. This is stated by the Copenhagen Police in a press release. This will again make it possible to…
In my family, we keep going to the last
It is one of the rarities to portray a 75-year-old birther who is still at full speed in working life. Nevertheless, this is how it is with Ældre Sagen’s director, Bjarne Hastrup, who turns around on Tuesday 29 September. He meets every day in the office at Islands Brygge in Copenhagen, and before he leaves…
Residence ban in Kødbyen and Nørrebroparken is extended
Copenhagen Police extends residence ban in Kødbyen and Nørrebroparken until 30 September. The residence ban is valid in the period from 22-02. – We are still in a serious situation with high infection rates. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain the austerity measures in the areas in question, so that we avoid people crowding with…
Prosecutors will have three corona fines before the high court
On Monday, three people were told by the district court that they could refrain from paying fines they had received for violating a residence ban that had been introduced to combat corona infection. But that will not be the last word in that case. The prosecution disagrees with the court’s decision, and since these are…
FACTS: Prohibition of residence must limit corona infection
The number of corona infections is rising again – especially in Copenhagen and the surrounding area – and therefore the Copenhagen Police, like last weekend, have introduced a residence ban in parts of Nørrebroparken this coming weekend. Read more about residence bans here: * The ban must prevent many people from gathering and risk infecting…
Police go into thinking box after the city rejects corona fines
Copenhagen Police have been sent into a think tank after three people were acquitted on Monday and should not be fined for breaking the residence ban on Islands Brygge anyway. Will the verdicts have consequences for the others who were fined at Islands Brygge in April? And will the prosecution try to get the fine…
FACTS: The rationale for acquitting three of corona fines
Three people do not have to pay fines of DKK 2,500 each for violating the residence ban on Islands Brygge in Copenhagen on 26 April. It is the result of a judgment handed down by the Copenhagen City Court on Monday. The court has found that there has not been the necessary evidence that the…
FACTS: Prohibition of residence must limit corona infection
Too many people gathered in the popular port area Islands Brygge in Copenhagen in the spring led the police to introduce a residence ban. Several were fined for violating the ban, and some of them have complained about their fines. On Monday, the Copenhagen City Court ruled that three of those who have complained should…
The city looks at corona fines on Bryggen – was the signage good enough?
For the first time, the Copenhagen City Court will on Monday rule on some of the fines that were given for breaking the residence ban on Islands Brygge in Copenhagen this spring. Seven people who have not wanted to pay their fines are due in court on Monday for the fines for the residence ban…
Laura got a corona fine – was the signage ok?
The two friends had just bought coffee at Lagkagehuset on a Sunday afternoon in April, when they wanted to sit on a concrete edge in a corner of the harbor area on Islands Brygge in Copenhagen. But it immediately became an expensive affair. After four or five minutes, two officers came and told them that…
Cooling and blocking of everything: what we learned during the Danish heat wave that would not end
According to the B & Havn authority, bathers in areas where swimming is not allowed in the Port of Copenhagen could soon be fined. The news may be superfluous considering today’s weather – the first non-summer day in the capital for some time – but it seems that many Copenhageners just do not know the…
Cooling and blocking of everything: what we learned during the Danish heat wave that would not end
According to the B & Havn authority, bathers in areas where swimming is not allowed in the Port of Copenhagen could soon be fined. The news may be superfluous considering today’s weather – the first non-summer day in the capital for some time – but it seems that many Copenhageners just do not know the…