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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey

‘World’s coolest neighbourhood’ threatened by Danish ghetto law

The Nørrebro district in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Nørrebro district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Photograph: Stefano Guidi/Getty Images

A trendy neighbourhood in Copenhagen named the “coolest in the world” is bracing itself for a major protest over an anti-ghetto law that critics say is racist and pushing out the remaining social housing residents.

Hundreds of demonstrators, supported by the Danish capital’s mayor for the environment, Line Barfod, are expected to mass on the edges of the Mjølnerparken housing estate, in the popular Nørrebro area, on Saturday.

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