Tag: Parken Stadium
This month in Copenhagen: Party season is here: be prepared for constant dancing and no sleep
Kune Festival 19.-23. July; Youth Island; Cph K; from DKK 400; kunek braDuring this five-day electronic music festival, on an island just 30 minutes away from Copenhagen, visitors can experience a unique immersion that showcases Scandinavian underground culture. Five stages, two art galleries and several art installations can be expected. Music in Lejet – Festival20.-22.…
Washing away World Cup fiasco: Young guns set to lead Euro 2024 attack
Captain Kjær the survivorInjuries and poor form at club level are the primary reasons players miss out: Christian Eriksen, Andreas Skov Olsen and Jesper Lindstrøm, and Kasper Dolberg, Jens Stryger Larsen, Andreas Cornelius and Robert Skov, for example. Captain Simon Kjær was one of the few veterans to retain his position in the squad, although…
FC Copenhagen bows out with another draw
Park the fortressThe draw means that FCK have still only lost one Champions League game at home in the club’s history – a 0-2 loss to Real Madrid back in 2013. Along the way, the likes of Barcelona, Manchester United, Benfica, Juventus have all failed to win at the Parken Stadium, with Manchester City, Sevilla…
Denmark handed over favorable EC 2024 qualification draw
An emotional reunionDenmark begin their qualification campaign on March 23 when Finland visit the Parken Stadium for the first time since Christian Eriksen’s collapse in Denmark’s Euro 2020 opener. No doubt it will be an emotional reunion. A long trip to Kazakhstan then awaits three days later. Germany will host Euro 2024, with the opening…
Englishmen in Nyhavn: A Definitive Guide To Danish Sport
In my almost three years in this country, I have attended almost five sporting venues across a total of almost three sports. Some people might think that this experience is insufficient to provide a definitive guide to Danish sport. Then again, these people may not have a column deadline approaching. That’s why I present to…
Fan problems spoil FC Copenhagen’s Champions League opener
Big UEFA fines likelyThe club also issued a statement after the match questioning why security measures were not in place to keep the fan groups separate – especially given the attacks on FCK fans earlier in the day. “The problems started when a group of masked people attacked FCK’s section with pyrotechnics, after which pyrotechnics…
The biggest show on earth
Copenhagen is no stranger to streets that are crowded with tourists and locals – especially in the summer. And it will not be any different on July 1, when eager Danes with a passion for cycling stand along the city streets to watch the first stage of the Tour de France: the time trial prologue.…
Sport Round-Up: Denmark scores big on Russia’s football exclusion
Women qualify for the World Cup 2023Denmark has already secured a European group place via the Superliga winner this year, and the Russian expulsion also affects this. Instead of getting into the Champions League qualifier in the third round, the upcoming Superliga winners will instead go into the playoff round. Finally, the Russian women’s team…
Christian Eriksen returns to Denmark adventurously
The park is waving In the end, however, the Dutch took advantage of some sloppy defense from the Danes to run out with 4-2 winners. But Eriksen seems to be on the right track with his plan to play the World Cup in 2022 later this year – something that seemed unthinkable in June last…
Sports top five: A nation galvanized, their performance was unforgettable
Ah 2021. Ye olde bugger. How many sporting goodies you brought us, and yet many of us are happy to see you in the rearview mirror. In fact, the pandemic left its disgraceful mark in the form of cancellations of sporting events, postponements and vaccine drama. So no review of Danish sports would feel complete…
Sport Round-Up: Simon Kjær named Guardian Footballer of the Year
Simon Kjær has been appointed Guardian Footballer of the Year – an award given to a player who “has done something remarkable, whether it is overcoming adversity, helping others or setting a sporting example by acting with unparalleled honesty”. Past winners include Manchester United duo Marcus Rashford (2020) and Juan Mata (2017) for their charitable…
Local rounding: City Hall is exploring the possibility of increasing the Park’s capacity to 50,000
The town hall is raising around DKK 1 million to investigate the feasibility of a potential expansion of the Parken stadium. The decision was made as part of a public budget agreement that took place on 9 September. According to Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard, the municipality’s integration mayor, the investment aims to establish VIP places and restaurants…
National Round-Up: Messerschmidt guilty but gets only a suspended sentence
DF Deputy Chairman Morten Messerschmidt has been found guilty of fraud and forgery in connection with his presidency of the Meld organization and its use of EU funds and has been sentenced to six months probation. At Lyngby Court, the jury was unanimous in its verdict. The prosecution had demanded six months in custody. Long-term…
Belgium and Denmark qualify for the knockout phase of Euro 2020
Belgium continued their perfect start to Euro 2020 by beating Finland 2-0 on Monday to finish top of Group B. Denmark claimed an astonishing 4-1 victory over Russia to survive in the 16-year-olds. For Belgium, the group game at EM could hardly have gone better. The world’s top ranked team beat Finland 2-0 on Monday…
Denmark to soldier further in tragedy
As images of players and fans around the world who support Christian Eriksen continue to flow in, the Danish national team has made a difficult decision. They remain in Euro 2020 and do their best to fight on. During a press conference yesterday, the Danish Football Association (DBU), head of football Peter Møller, revealed that…
Oh Finland: Finland is preparing for its historic debut
The Finnish men’s soccer team will perform for the first time in history in a major final tournament this summer after waiting more than 80 years to reach either the World Cup or the European Championships. Owls, or Eagle-Owls, have been drawn to play against Denmark, Russia and Belgium in Euro2020 Group B. The top…
APN podcast: Finland goes to the polls and hopes for goals
Finland will go to the polls on Sunday, June 13, to vote in the local elections after a campaign that has shown the country’s growing political polarization. According to a specialist in contemporary culture at the University of Jyväskylä, the atmosphere full of this election campaign, especially in relation to online hate speech, is at…
Thursday Magazines: Soccer Tourist Covid, Candidate Location and Swimming-Strash
Finnish football summer starts on Saturday with a Euro2020 match against Denmark in Copenhagen. It is the first time that Finland is participating in a major tournament, and many thousands of fans are planning a trip. The number has decreased somewhat due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid pandemic, but there are still a…
Parliamentary majority wants more spectators at Denmark’s Euro 2020 games
People say that no other sport can unite people like football. Well, maybe not this time, folks. It is less than a week until Denmark’s first match in Euro 2020, and it has already divided the citizens in whether it might be possible to allow more at the stadium. A parliamentary majority supports several people…
UEFA outlines strict restrictions for Euro 2020 games at the Park
Danish fans probably never thought they would get the chance to cheer on their football team in a major football tournament at home. Seeing them win just across the Sound in Sweden to claim Euro 1992 was the closest they would ever come, they must have thought. So the news about it Euro 2020 would…
Expert recommendations signal a death for Roskilde, while much depends on how quickly over 50s are vaccinated
A government-appointed expert group – the public would be forgiven for holding their breath as the last predicted hospitals could have over 900 patients by mid-April (currently there are 190) – has set a ceiling of 10,000 at rallies for events when all over 50 years of age have received at least one corona vaccination…
Denmark is kneeling together with England in support of the BLM movement
When Denmark meets England at Parken Stadium in the Nations League on Tuesday next week, both teams will be on their knees in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before kickoff. The English striker Mason Greenwood had expressed that it was very likely that the players in England would kneel down before the match,…
