Tag: Vanløse

  • The police approve plans to lower speed limits across Copenhagen

    The police have given consent to Copenhagen Municipality’s plans to reduce the speed limit to 50 km/h on roads throughout the capital. Copenhagen is divided into zones where the speed limit will either be 30 km/h (most likely in the city center) or 40 km/h (in the city districts). When the plans were announced last…

  • Local Round-Up: Gay men benefit from ‘mom groups’ that are just as welcoming to men

    Since 1 September last year, Copenhagen Municipality has been experimenting with a new kind of parent group in Copenhagen called ‘Parent Groups’. Many maternity groups are of the opinion that they are mostly welcoming to new mothers who want advice from more experienced parents, but the Parenting Groups emphasize being equally welcoming to men. Copenhagen…

  • Great opportunities this winter holiday

    Big Mac, Big Bird, Big Apple, BigFoot, Big Kahuna Burger—there’s a pattern here somewhere, as are wagon wheels, which grew exponentially in the United States in the 19th century. Not only are they more suitable for rocky terrain, but they are much easier on the animal, dramatically reducing the haul size required. In the 1880s…

  • It’s February: Let there be light!

    The third verse of Genesis, and no, we’re not talking about the first time Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel harmonized on stage, included the immortal line: “Let there be light!” At some point on the third day of February, a similar command is issued. And the fourth, and the fifth, and for three more weeks,…

  • Local Round-Up: Man shot and killed in Christiania last night

    Local Round-Up: Man shot and killed in Christiania last night

    A 23-year-old man was shot and killed in Christiania on Wednesday 26 October between 17:00 and 18:00. He was apparently hit at close range on Pusherstreet, the area of ​​freetown where cannabis is commonly sold in the open. The victim is a well-known figure in the environment. Suspects are SomalisPolice have released a description of…

  • Events at the beginning of October: The night of culture is approaching!

    Events at the beginning of October: The night of culture is approaching!

    Culture night14 Oct; 18:00-00:00; different places; DKK 110, kulturnatten.dkCopenhagen’s annual Culture Night kicks off the autumn holidays and offers children and adults hundreds of events in just one evening. Experience Copenhagen in a different light and see places you wouldn’t normally have access to when hundreds of museums, churches, exhibition halls, art galleries, humanitarian organizations…

  • Events in September: Who is your favorite ‘Queen’ of all time?

    Events in September: Who is your favorite ‘Queen’ of all time?

    Golden Days2-18 Sep; various venues; goldendays.dkIf you have wondered what is happening around Kongens Nytorv, then the answer is here. In preparation for the annual September history festival Golden Days, the posters of 50 ‘queens’ have been placed on pedestals around its perimeter. But while some are monarchs, living or dead, others are queens in…

  • Lokal Round-Up: Chokerende knivstikkeri af læge bedøver beboere på Amager

    Lokal Round-Up: Chokerende knivstikkeri af læge bedøver beboere på Amager

    Et chokerende knivstikkeri på Amager i går har fået en læge til at kæmpe for sit liv. Det formodes, at lægen var på hjemmebesøg på Holmbladsgade, en vej, der går fra Amagerbrogade i retning mod Amager Strand, som var spærret af efter hændelsen. Den mistænkte er en 30-årig mandDen ansvarlige mand, som blev anholdt hurtigt…

  • Copenhagen closes for speed limit

    Copenhagen closes for speed limit

    Vote on May 30thThe new speed changes will affect a huge area of ​​the city, from Brønshøj, Valby and Vanløse to Amager, Østerbro and Nørrebro. Check the map below to see how low speed limits will fall in your neighborhood – green areas are expected to be 30 km / h zones, while the blue…

  • Local Round-Up: Sickness day figures confirm that the day care industry is having a hard time in Copenhagen

    Local Round-Up: Sickness day figures confirm that the day care industry is having a hard time in Copenhagen

    Teachers and day care workers in the capital take significantly more sick days than other municipal employees, figures from the town hall show. In general, the figures for sick days among Copenhagen Municipality’s employees last year, which did not include time off due to corona, were high. Its employees had an average of 11.9 sick…

  • Hundreds are homeless after a huge fire destroyed a block of flats in Vanløse

    Hundreds are homeless after a huge fire destroyed a block of flats in Vanløse

    On Friday afternoon, the Copenhagen Police received a report that a fire had broken out in the entrance to Grøndals Parkvej 6A, a block of flats in Vanløse. It did not take long before the entire block was engulfed. It took a while, but the firefighters eventually managed to tame the flames. Work today continues…

  • Local Round-Up: Sweden wants Denmark to stop dumping toxic Lynetteholm sludge in Køge Bay

    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…

  • Beware of train chaos on the weekends

    Beware of train chaos on the weekends

    Lines A, B, C, E and H are most affectedThis means that from 01.30 on 26 March to 04.30 on 28 March, train transport in the Copenhagen area will be significantly affected. In particular, S-train lines from Central Station towards Frederikssund (lines C and H), Høje Taastrup (lines B) and Køge (lines A and E)…

  • Local Round-Up: Copenhagen sets up task force to help incoming Ukrainians

    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…

  • New book considers why Danish humor either hits the sweet spot or sinks like a rock

    New book considers why Danish humor either hits the sweet spot or sinks like a rock

    International people are often skeptical when they hear how Danish humor is uniquely ingenious. Most Danish stand-ups, they believe, have historically been rip-offs by Eddy Izzard or Robin Williams. And some of the dark things, they claim, are funny, offensive and cozy-racist. A new English language book, ‘Danish Humor – Sink or Swim‘, therefore seeks…

  • Local Round-Up: Just one man among Copenhagen Municipality’s seven mayors

    Local Round-Up: Just one man among Copenhagen Municipality’s seven mayors

    The Unity List will receive two mayors in the next administration at the City of Copenhagen – a reward for getting the most votes in the local elections on 16 November. The mayoral seat was never realistically at stake as the far left would fight to form the necessary majority – to leave Sophie Hæstorp…

  • Local elections 2021: To catch up with the new green party on the campaign track

    Local elections 2021: To catch up with the new green party on the campaign track

    In the heart of Valby’s Kulturhus, the community group Sustainable Society flourishes. Between workshops and kitchen gardens, David Hirst, Kirstine Desian and Hannah Russell are preparing their program for their participation in the local elections in November. A stream of people In addition to their slogan, the party feels in line with values ​​similar to…

  • Up the Alternative Alley: Trails of the Unexplored

    Up the Alternative Alley: Trails of the Unexplored

    Are you familiar with guidebooks like ‘500 Hidden Secrets of Copenhagen’? I always think the idea is brilliant and the title somewhat strange. These places are not secret, and they are certainly not hidden, so let’s just call them under-explored. Wide-open eyes In this new column, I would like to introduce you to some of…

  • Haulier loses car after taxi driver’s excessive speed

    Haulier loses car after taxi driver’s excessive speed

    The change came into force on 31 March, and just over midnight on 3 April, an officer’s laser measurement showed that a Mercedes from Dantaxi was driving 124 kilometers per hour on the Helsingør motorway. It happened on a stretch where the maximum speed is 60 kilometers per hour. Even the driver thought the speed…

  • 27-year-old woman charged with killing man with fire dragon

    She should also have punched, kicked and kicked the man in the head, tied his leg with a cord and stuck a ballpoint pen up his anus, the indictment states. All of this, according to police, was instrumental in the man’s death. The 61-year-old was found dead on 14 February at Birkegaardsalle in Solrød Strand.…

  • Car for half a million is taken over by the state after too high a speed

    Car for half a million is taken over by the state after too high a speed

    A case of very high speed in traffic in Copenhagen has had immediate consequences. On the one hand, the man who was sitting at the wheel has had his driving license revoked on the spot. And partly, the police have seized the car, which is owned by someone other than the driver. The Copenhagen Police…

  • Local rounding: City Hall is exploring the possibility of increasing the Park’s capacity to 50,000

    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…

  • 80,000 consumers in Copenhagen are without electricity

    Approximately 80,000 consumers in Copenhagen have been without power since 10.19 on Wednesday. It informs Energinet on Twitter around 11 o’clock. – The error occurred at Energinet’s station in Bellahøj. We are working hard to get the power back. – We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. Radius Elnet, which is responsible for the…

  • 80,000 consumers in Copenhagen were without electricity for an hour

    The power is back in Copenhagen after a breakdown of almost an hour. This is stated by Energinet on Twitter. Approximately 80,000 consumers in Copenhagen were without power from 10.19 to 11.07 on Wednesday. – The power is back in Copenhagen. At 11.07, the supply to approximately 80,000 consumers was restored. – They have been…

  • Young man driving in front of 11 red lights in car chase through several cities

    – He started on Holbæk Motorvejen, then he drives into Vanløse and then past Bellahøjs police station and through the Frederikssund tunnel and back on the motorway before driving off at Gladsaxe, says Morten Steen. Police had between 10 and 15 patrols after the man who was arrested on a residential street in Buddinge. –…

  • Wild car chase through several cities on Zealand

    Wild car chase through several cities on Zealand

    – He started on Holbæk Motorvejen, then he drives into Vanløse and then past Bellahøjs police station and through the Frederikssund tunnel and back on the motorway before driving off at Gladsaxe, says Morten Steen. Police had between 10 and 15 patrols after the man who was arrested on a residential street in Buddinge. –…

  • Wild car chase through several cities

    Wild car chase through several cities

    – He started on Holbæk Motorvejen, then he drives into Vanløse and then past Bellahøjs police station and through the Frederikssund tunnel and back on the motorway before driving off at Gladsaxe, says Morten Steen. Police had between 10 and 15 patrols after the man who was arrested on a residential street in Buddinge. –…

  • Three men convicted of detonating a bomb in a pizzeria in Vanløse

    Three men convicted of detonating a bomb in a pizzeria in Vanløse

    The other two – a 20-year-old man and a 23-year-old man – have been sentenced to four years and six months in prison each. In a Mercedes, the three drove early in the morning of 18 September 2019 to Pizza 73 on Jyllingevej in Vanløse. With them they had a bomb with dynamite or similar…

  • Three young people convicted of detonating a bomb in a pizzeria in Vanløse

    The other two – a 20-year-old man and a 23-year-old man – have been sentenced to four years and six months in prison each. In a Mercedes, the three drove early in the morning of 18 September 2019 to Pizza 73 on Jyllingevej in Vanløse. With them they had a bomb with dynamite or similar…

  • Test runs close the metro in the evening and at night during the holidays

    Test runs close the metro in the evening and at night during the holidays

    During the autumn holidays, newly purchased metro trains will be tested on two of Copenhagen’s most used metro lines, which will therefore be closed between 21.00 and 05.00. These are lines M1 and M2. They both drive from Vanløse and end at Vestamager and at Copenhagen Airport, respectively. Along the way, the trains come through…

  • Local Round-up: Copenhagen’s new cultural venue Stairs inaugurated

    Local Round-up: Copenhagen’s new cultural venue Stairs inaugurated

    Copenhagen’s new culture and music venue Stairway is inaugurated today, reports Copenhagen municipality. The opening of the meeting place, which was located in Vanløse, should have taken place in the spring, but then delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Culture and leisure mayor Franciska Rosenkilde has high hopes for the meeting place. She said that…

  • Rødovre was confirmed as the hardest hit COVID-19 municipality

    Rødovre was confirmed as the hardest hit COVID-19 municipality

    Rødovre Municipality in the western suburbs of Copenhagen is currently hardest hit by COVID-19 in all of Denmark, reports DR. Figures prepared by the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) reveal that the municipality has 39.4 infections per. 100,000 inhabitants. The figures were a surprise to many considering how much media coverage Aarhus had had in terms…