https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed If you're taking the train between Malmö and Copenhagen in the weeks ahead, be prepared for crowded trains and delays. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250528/rail-services-between-sweden-and-denmark-reduced-as-summer-holidays-get-under-way Wed, 28 May 2025 10:57:36 +0200 rail-services-between-sweden-and-denmark-reduced-as-summer-holidays-get-under-way Politicians in the Swedish city of Malmö have decided where the first three stops will be if a new Öresund Metro is built, linking the city to the Danish capital - and they are planning on using the earth excavated to build a whole new city district. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240424/heres-where-malmo-plans-to-place-its-first-three-copenhagen-metro-stops Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:56:42 +0200 heres-where-malmo-plans-to-place-its-first-three-copenhagen-metro-stops The Bridge Run 2025, a half-marathon across the Öresund Bridge from Denmark to Sweden, sold out within hours when tickets went on sale on February 1st. But disappointed runners who missed out may still be able to toe the starting line. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240206/how-you-can-still-get-a-ticket-for-the-sold-out-oresund-bridge-run Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:38:30 +0100 how-you-can-still-get-a-ticket-for-the-sold-out-oresund-bridge-run A half-marathon across the Öresund Bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden, scheduled for June 2025, sold out in two hours after tickets went on sale on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230511/how-you-can-run-from-denmark-to-sweden-in-2025 Thu, 11 May 2023 13:22:58 +0200 how-you-can-run-from-denmark-to-sweden-in-2025 A new Copenhagen Metro line, M5, could further expand the Danish capital’s underground rail and eventually include an international link to Swedish city Malmö. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230209/copenhagen-moves-towards-new-m5-metro-line-with-potential-malmo-station Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:58:55 +0100 copenhagen-moves-towards-new-m5-metro-line-with-potential-malmo-station Plans for a new rail service running from Oslo and stopping in Gothenburg, Malmö and Copenhagen before arriving in Hamburg are in the works, Swedish state-owned rail operator SJ has said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230202/new-train-service-through-norway-sweden-and-denmark-to-hamburg-planned Thu, 02 Feb 2023 13:57:16 +0100 new-train-service-through-norway-sweden-and-denmark-to-hamburg-planned A tasty return match could be on the menu after the 1-1 draw between Malmö FF and FC Copenhagen on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191004/copenhagen-and-malm-even-in-feisty-battle-of-the-bridge Fri, 04 Oct 2019 15:38:42 +0200 copenhagen-and-malm-even-in-feisty-battle-of-the-bridge FC Copenhagen fans have arrived in their hundreds in the Swedish city of Malmö, which is 30 minutes by train from Copenhagen. The two cities go head-to-head tonight in the UEFA Europa League. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191003/who-will-take-scandinavian-bragging-rights-in-tonights-battle-of-the-resund Thu, 03 Oct 2019 20:10:13 +0200 who-will-take-scandinavian-bragging-rights-in-tonights-battle-of-the-resund Or should that be the Øresund Bridge derby? https://www.thelocal.dk/20190830/copenhagen-and-malm-to-clash-in-europa-league-resund-bridge-derby Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:50:01 +0200 copenhagen-and-malm-to-clash-in-europa-league-resund-bridge-derby A train over the Öresund Bridge linking Denmark and Sweden was brought to a sharp halt on Tuesday after one of the passengers discovered he was travelling in the wrong direction and pulled the emergency brake. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190704/man-pulls-emergency-brake-on-swedish-train-because-travelling-wrong-way Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:07:18 +0200 man-pulls-emergency-brake-on-swedish-train-because-travelling-wrong-way Two Swedish men were killed in Copenhagen on Tuesday night after unknown assailants fired more than ten shots into their Malmö-registered car. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190626/two-swedish-gang-members-shot-dead-in-copenhagen Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:37:48 +0200 two-swedish-gang-members-shot-dead-in-copenhagen Malmö's Turning Torso tower looks set to remain the tallest building in the Öresund region for some time to come, after Copenhagen's city government rejected plans for a 280 metre tower. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190515/malms-turning-torso-sees-off-threat-to-tallest-tower-status Wed, 15 May 2019 17:55:09 +0200 malms-turning-torso-sees-off-threat-to-tallest-tower-status A 32-year-old Malmö asylum seeker has been found guilty by a Danish court of planning a terror attack using a bomb made of sulphur stripped from 17,000 matchsticks. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190411/malm-man-found-guilty-in-denmarks-matchstick-terror-case Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:30:44 +0200 malm-man-found-guilty-in-denmarks-matchstick-terror-case A second Danish train strike threatens to shut down traffic across the Öresund Bridge on Monday, meaning commuters will have to take replacement buses between Malmö and Copenhagen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190404/new-danish-strike-threatens-to-stop-resund-trains Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:06:04 +0200 new-danish-strike-threatens-to-stop-resund-trains The population of the Öresund Region has grown by 300,000 people over the last decade, taking its total population to more than four million, according to new figures presented at the Business Arena conference in Malmö. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190402/this-is-how-many-people-now-live-in-the-resund-region Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:49:59 +0200 this-is-how-many-people-now-live-in-the-resund-region British citizens who already live in Sweden and commute across to the Öresund Bridge to work in Copenhagen will be able to continue working under the same tax and employment conditions as today, even if there is a 'no-deal' Brexit. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190312/british-oresund-commuters-protected-in-event-of-no-deal-brexit Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:27:42 +0100 british-oresund-commuters-protected-in-event-of-no-deal-brexit Commuters from Malmö to Copenhagen are up in arms over being hit by a near ten percent fare hike on what was already the most expensive stretch of rail in Europe. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181205/oeresund-commuters-protest-10-percent-fare-hike Wed, 05 Dec 2018 19:08:10 +0100 oeresund-commuters-protest-10-percent-fare-hike "I feel no hate for the man," Ingrid Wall, the mother of talented Swedish journalist Kim Wall, writes of the moment her daughter's killer Peter Madsen was jailed for life. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181113/i-feel-no-hate-kim-walls-mother-ingrid-wall-in-new-book Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:35:11 +0100 i-feel-no-hate-kim-walls-mother-ingrid-wall-in-new-book The murder of the Swedish journalist Kim Wall on board Peter Madsen's submarine is to be turned into a mini-series by one of the writers behind the Danish TV hit Borgen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181011/kim-wall-murder-to-be-made-into-a-tv-series Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:59:45 +0200 kim-wall-murder-to-be-made-into-a-tv-series The mayors of Copenhagen and Malmö say that an underground train line connecting the two cities – and thereby Sweden and Denmark – across the Öresund strait would strengthen Scandinavia’s position in Europe. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180528/tale-of-two-cities-copenhagen-and-malm-plan-international-metro Mon, 28 May 2018 19:16:58 +0200 tale-of-two-cities-copenhagen-and-malm-plan-international-metro