Just five km from the centre of Copenhagen the city's new beach park was officially inaugurated on the 18th August 2005 by HRH Crownprince Frederik and Crownprincess Mary.
The shoreface of the existing beach was very shallow, which resulted in the lack of wave exposure and water exchange. These conditions resulted in a poor beach quality and a poor water quality at the shallow water. These conditions were mitigated by constructing a new beach in deep water on the sea side of a new island, which is located at a water depth of 3-4 m. The beach was built of good quality marine sand. The new beach is divided into two sections separated by a headland and both beaches are secured by terminal structures. The two sections are orientated against the prevailing wave directions NE and SE, respectively, whereby both sections are made stable. The shallow area between the new island and the coast is excavated to form a lagoon and the excavated material was used to form the body of the island.
