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Starting May 1, the Vesterbro passage will be closed to car traffic and temporarily turned into a green area. The experiment is meant to shed light on how the area can be developed in the future.

From May, part of Vesterbrogade will be car-free: »It sounds like a pretty good climate measure«

A previous version of the city park (2019), designed to be roughly the same size as City Hall Square. Visualisering Tivoli/Gehl Architects
A previous version of the city park (2019), designed to be roughly the same size as City Hall Square. Visualisering Tivoli/Gehl Architects
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In recent years, the debate has gone back and forth: Can part of Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen be transformed from a major traffic artery into a green urban refuge? The proposal has been launched, criticized, shelved, and brought back again.

But now it’s happening.

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