Frederiksberg Municipality is launching a pilot project that will fit around 300 parking spaces with sensors and show availability in an app. The trial is expected to begin in early 2027 and run for about one year.
DR reports that the municipality will soon test parking sensors in the area around Frederiksberg Svømmehal. The sensors are meant to give drivers an overview of where free spaces are, so they avoid circling the streets in search of a spot.
Jan E. Jørgensen of Venstre, chairman of the Environment and Traffic Committee, told DR that the purpose is to help motorists who spend a long time driving around because they cannot find a space. Per his account, the app should let drivers see where a space is free and shorten search times.
300 spaces in Svømmehalskvarteret
Magasinet KBH reports that politicians in Frederiksberg have just approved the scheme. According to the outlet, small sensors will be placed in the asphalt on about 300 spaces in Svømmehalskvarteret, north of Frederiksberg Centret.
The same outlet notes that the pilot area holds roughly 2,000 parking spaces in total. That means the trial initially covers about 15 percent of the spaces in the neighborhood. A specially designed app will show in real time which of the covered spaces are occupied.
Magasinet KBH adds that the municipality wants to use the test to assess whether similar technology should be rolled out across a larger area later. The project is designed as a time limited trial of approximately one year.
Frederiksberg drivers already use app based systems to pay for on street parking. The municipality’s own parking information page lists approved providers including APCOA FLOW, EasyPark, ParkMan, ParkPark and ParkOne, alongside meters. That page does not yet mention the new sensor pilot.
Some motorists welcomed the plan. Tine Vitkov told DR that she can see an advantage in it, and that finding a space can be difficult. As reported by DR, she said arriving home before four o’clock is usually easy enough, while returning after six sometimes requires several laps, and she once drove around for half an hour.
Copenhagen moved first
DR notes that Copenhagen Municipality started a similar project last year, in which around 4,500 parking spaces are set to receive sensors once a supplier has been selected. The initiative appears in a Copenhagen Finance Committee agenda from September 2025 under the heading “Smartere trafikløsninger, etablering af parkeringssensorer.”
Magasinet KBH frames the Frederiksberg decision as the municipality following in Copenhagen’s footsteps. No official municipal document confirming the exact start month, the app provider or the sensor supplier has been published.
