Copenhagen Municipality has received 30 noise complaints about events in the new cultural free zone beneath Langebro, where parties have been held since August.
DR reports that the city’s Climate, Environment and Technical Administration has logged 30 contacts about noise. The complaints concern an indoor venue and an outdoor area under the bridge that can be rented for cultural events. Programming has ranged from experimental sound art to rave parties.
The municipality calls the site a cultural free zone. According to DR, the arrangement is a trial scheduled to run until the end of 2027. TV 2 Kosmopol identifies it as Copenhagen’s first cultural free zone.
Andreas Mark owns an event boat moored on the other side of Langebro. He told DR that music from a recent electronic event disturbed the surrounding neighborhood, particularly late at night. He pointed to the many residents nearby and to hotels with overnight guests.
Not everyone objects to the events. Daniel Bruhn Jensen, a DJ and cultural organizer, said places like this are gradually disappearing. Per DR, he said there are far fewer licenses and venues left where this kind of culture can develop.
As reported by DR, Bruhn Jensen described the chance to build something up as important for youth life and for the cultural life of Copenhagen. DR noted that the tone between him and Mark remained friendly despite their disagreement.
Mayor says complaints will feed into evaluation
Christopher Røhl of Radikale Venstre is Copenhagen’s mayor for culture, leisure and citizen services. He told DR that the noise complaints did not surprise him. According to Røhl, the system is working when residents can complain about disturbances near their homes.
Røhl said reactions are to be expected when culture is set free in a local area. He described the zone under Langebro as an ongoing experiment that also generates complaints and input. All of it will be condensed into an evaluation, he said.
The purpose, according to Røhl, is to better balance an active cultural scene with residents’ ability to live in the city as Copenhagen develops. He said the complaints received must be addressed and included in the evaluation of the trial. He added that more activity will come to the area in the run-up to 2027.
TV 2 Kosmopol reports the same figure of 30 noise complaints and states that Røhl does not yet want to conclude that the trial is producing too many. The outlet also covered the opening of the venue Pylonen beneath Langebro, which it reported opened on September 25.
Mark filmed one of the electronic events from his event boat on the opposite side of Langebro, and DR published the footage with its report. The broadcaster’s story was published on September 25, 2026.
