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The Kalvebod Garden Association, where residents live year-round but do not yet have permission to do so. Foto: Jens Dresling

Fourteen Copenhagen garden associations have been granted the right to use their allotment gardens as year-round residences. The reasoning: The allotment garden owners live there anyway. The decision turns the gardeners into multimillionaires.

Municipality yields to violations: Plan could turn allotment garden owners into millionaires

The Kalvebod Garden Association, where residents live year-round but do not yet have permission to do so. Foto: Jens Dresling
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Just 4,500 meters from Copenhagen’s City Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen) lies Haveforeningen Kalvebod (an allotment garden association), a stone’s throw from Valby Park’s lawns and whispering willow trees, and close to the new metro in Sydhavnen.

Here, you find both green spaces for a breath of fresh air and proximity to the city’s attractions and cultural offerings. A haven in a bustling capital, nestled behind high hedges and quirky houses in vibrant colors.

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