Housing, falling prices and rental cycles

Thursday 10 November 2026: Københavns Kommune (the local authority) has put part of Bystævneparken up for sale as part of a new residential area. At the same time, the prices of owner-occupied apartments in København fell by 1.1 percent in October, and on Frederiksberg, De Konservative want more regulation of rental bicycles and scooters (kick scooters).

Apartment prices fall in Copenhagen

According to Boligsiden (a digital property portal), the price of Copenhagen owner-occupied apartments fell by 1.1 percent in October. This is the third consecutive month of price declines. In October, one square meter of an owner-occupied apartment cost 74,638 kroner, which is 12.3 percent more than a year earlier. At the start of November, the average asking price was 79,708 kroner per square meter, equivalent to 6.38 million kroner for an 80-square-meter apartment. TV 2 Kosmopol and TV 2 Kosmopol

First plot in new residential area under way

Bystævneparken in Husum has been characterized by several care homes and institutions since the 1970s, but Københavns Kommune has decided that the area near Vestvolden is to be transformed into a large residential district. The future Bystævneparken will accommodate up to 680 dwellings, 250 care apartments, assisted-living facilities and two day-care institutions. The first tender for construction rights for private housing comprises approximately 25,000 square metres, according to the municipality’s financial management department in a press release on Tuesday. TV 2 Kosmopol

Frederiksberg wants to regulate rental vehicles

The Conservatives at Frederiksberg City Hall propose that Frederiksberg Municipality approach the Ministry of Transport (the national transport authority) with a view to tighter regulation of rental bicycles and scooters. The party dreams of introducing an app that can dictate where rental vehicles may be parked. According to the Conservative environment and transport spokesperson at Frederiksberg, the problem is that the vehicles are often parked so that people in wheelchairs, with white canes or rollators are obstructed from getting around. DR Nyheder København

Dansk Industri criticizes advertising ban

Last week, a majority in Københavns Borgerrepræsentation (the city’s elected council) adopted a ban on fossil fuel advertising on municipal premises, such as bus shelters. The ban on advertising for flights, cruises, and petrol and hybrid cars is intended to reduce CO2 emissions and air pollution. The business organisation Dansk Industri Hovedstaden calls the ban pure symbolic politics and believes it is unfair to businesses, while SF and Alternativet reject the notion that it is symbolic politics. DR Nyheder København

Hørsholm wants answers about radar radiation

Hørsholm Kommune has involved the Ministry of Defence (the national authority for defence) in a case concerning radiation from the company Weibel Scientific, which among other things tests radars for the Danish Defence. The mayor of the municipality sent a letter to the Minister of Defence on Monday with questions about radiation safety for the neighbours. According to TV 2 Kosmopol, a warning label on one of Weibel Scientific’s radars says that members of the public must keep a distance of 984 meters due to the risk of radiation, while a neighbour lives 250 metres from the site where the radars are tested. Weibel Scientific wrote in an email that the neighbours have nothing to fear and that the radars automatically stop transmitting if they are pointed in a direction where people may be present. A civil engineer with a specialisation in radiation physics assesses that the neighbours should not fear harmful radiation, because the radar points upwards. TV 2 Kosmopol

Hvidovre IF remains unbeaten

After two draws, the top-flight team Hvidovre IF returned to the winning track in 1. division (the second-highest football division), beating Aarhus Fremad 3-0 on Monday evening. The team thus maintained its unbeaten run at the top of the table, and Hvidovre has still not lost this season. TV 2 Kosmopol

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• A teacher and school librarian at Holmebækskolen in Herfølge south of Køge have invited the Education Committee (the Folketing's education committee) to Christiansborg (where the Folketing, Denmark's parliament, is located) for a visit following the latest PISA survey; he believes that screens are the main problem. DR Nyheder København
• A new forecast by researchers at Rockwool Fonden and Københavns Universitet shows that nearly every other man born in 1989 or later whose highest level of education is primary school will never have children, and that around every third woman without an education will ultimately be childless. TV 2 Kosmopol
• Københavns Politi (the police force in the capital) is warning of an increased presence on the streets in the coming days due to a major event and a restricted zone over Copenhagen's airspace from Monday evening until Thursday morning; the police have declined to explain the reason. TV 2 Kosmopol