Ban on flight ads and new school toilets

Copenhagen City Council adopted a proposal on Thursday evening to ban advertising for flights, cruises, and petrol and hybrid cars at bus shelters and on the metro. The same city council released just under 10 million kroner for renovating school toilets at three schools and extended the seaplane’s temporary permit until the end of June 2027. In Tårnby, the municipality is placing a planned data center on hold.

New toilets for three Copenhagen schools

Copenhagen City Council — the city’s elected municipal board — decided on Thursday to release just under 10 million kroner for renovating the existing toilets at Vesterbro Ny Skole, Højdevangens Skole and Husum Skole, respectively. This is stated in a press release from the Department of Children and Youth.

The money is part of the political objective that all Copenhagen school pupils should have access to nice, clean and fully functioning toilets by 2030. Children and Youth Mayor Jakob Næsager (K) says that progress is too slow if the 2030 plan is to be met. Berlingske has previously reported that it is estimated to cost 321 million kroner to bring the toilet facilities at all Copenhagen Municipality’s primary schools up to the same standard. TV 2 Kosmopol

Copenhagen bans advertisements for flights

A majority in Copenhagen City Council adopted a proposal on Thursday evening to remove advertisements for flights, cruises and petrol and hybrid cars from bus shelters and the metro in Copenhagen. The aim is to reduce CO2 emissions and air pollution. The proposal was submitted by Enhedslisten, SF and Alternativet, but was also supported by Socialdemokratiet and Radikale Venstre. The ban will target specific goods or services rather than particular companies.

Copenhagen Municipality is a co-owner of Metroselskabet, making it one of the places where advertisements for things such as flights will henceforth be prohibited. Karoline Lindgaard, the political leader of Alternativet in Copenhagen, calls the ban an important step in the right direction. DR Nyheder København TV 2 Kosmopol

The seaplane is allowed to stay until June 2027

A majority in Copenhagen City Council decided on Thursday evening to extend the temporary environmental permit, allowing the seaplane to continue taking off and landing at Nordre Toldbod in Copenhagen Harbour. The permit would otherwise expire on 1 January 2027 and now runs until the end of June 2027.

The seaplane has been flying between Copenhagen and Aarhus under a temporary environmental permit since 2015. The extension is intended to enable the seaplane to become electric-powered in the future and to find a new location for landing and taking off. DR Nyheder København

Data centre in Tårnby put on hold

The plans for a data centre in Tårnby Kommune are now on hold. Mayor Allan S. Andersen (S) announced this at a citizens' meeting attended by around 300 people. The data centre was planned for Ugandavej, where the municipality has sold 40,000 square metres of land to the project.

The mayor acknowledges that the municipality has not been good enough at looking into the concerns that may exist. DR Nyheder København

Stevns Klint on international geological list

Stevns Klint has been selected as one of the world's most important geological sites. This is announced by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), which on Friday at an event in Portugal will present 100 new sites on a list of locations of particular geological importance.

The cliff was selected partly because of the so-called Fish Clay, which contains traces from an asteroid impact around 66 million years ago. Stevns Klint has been on UNESCO's World Heritage List since 2014. TV 2 Kosmopol

In brief

• A traffic accident occurred on Friday morning on Amagermotorvejen toward Amager near exit 22 Gammel Køge Landevej, blocking the left lane and causing a queue from Motorvejskryds Avedøre — traffic is back to normal. TV 2 Kosmopol
• A fire broke out at Mina Kebab in Brønshøj in Copenhagen late Thursday night; the fire was quickly extinguished, residents were later able to return to their apartments during the night, and there have been no reports of injuries. TV 2 Kosmopol
• From the beginning of 2027, residents of Brøndby Kommune will once again receive a weekly newspaper delivered to every household when Vores Vestegn begins publishing in print. TV 2 Kosmopol
• The housing association A/B JoJo on Nørrebro wants to convert a ground-floor apartment into a guest apartment, but expects Copenhagen Municipality to say no, while a majority on Nørrebro Lokaludvalg have given written support. TV 2 Kosmopol