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4 unusual facts about Øresund


1960 Danish football air crash

On 16 July 1960, after take-off from Copenhagen Airport at 15.38 local time, a de Havilland Dragon Rapide plane (registration OY-DZY) chartered from Zonens Redningskorps by the Danish Football Association crashed into the Øresund, about 50 metres from shore, after the pilot lost control of the aircraft in severe weather.

Amager Øst

Also the areas along the Øresund coast has undergone considerable redevelopment, most notably with the establishment of Amager Strandpark in 2005 with a 2 km long artificial island and a total of 4.6 km of beaches.

Amager Vest

The western part of Amager island is mainly an enlargement from shallow parts of the Øresund sea.

Barnim VIII, Duke of Pomerania

In 1427 he and his relative, the Danish king Eric of Pomerania, led a combined Danish-Swedish Fleet defeating the Hanseatic fleet in a battle in the Øresund.


DSB Øresund

DSB Øresund operates train services on the tendered Coast Line and half of the train service between Copenhagen Central Station and Malmö via the Øresund Bridge.

Karen Andersdatter

However, he arranged to have Karen endowed with the island of Hven (then a part of Denmark, but now, with the name of Ven, a part of Sweden, in the Øresund) and an annual pension.

Morecambe Bay

, have compared the proposed bridge's importance to that of the Øresundsbron (the Øresund Bridge) near Copenhagen and the Angel of the North.

Øresund Bridge

The Øresund Bridge crosses the border between Denmark and Sweden, but in accordance with the Schengen Agreement and the Nordic Passport Union, there are usually no passport inspections.

Yoldia Sea

The Littorina Sea – with the rise in sea level and the submergence of the Øresund strait, the Baltic again communicated with the North Sea beginning ~ 7,800 ΒP to present.


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