Twice as expensive to buy property in Copenhagen as elsewhere in Denmark show new figures

Home prices in the capital area are rising significantly more than in the rest of the country. New home buyers need to earn quite a lot to enter the market in Copenhagen and the suburban municipalities

Copenhagen is now almost twice as expensive to buy a home as Denmark’s second largest city, Aarhus Photo: Home

It is almost twice as expensive to buy a home in Copenhagen compared to Denmark’s second largest city, Aarhus. At the start of 2024, a square meter in Copenhagen cost just over DKK 47,300 compared to Aarhus’ DKK 25,200. Copenhagen is approximately three times as expensive as Odense’s 17,500 kroner and Aalborg’s 15,500 kroner per […]


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