Artificial islands to expand Copenhagen

The 26 million cubic metres of material required to create the islands would largely come from waste material from other building sites with some being dredged from the sea

The Government of Denmark and the local Hvidovre Municipality have revealed a plan to expand the City of Copenhagen by creating nine islands off its southern coast writes Dag Pike.

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