Ben Hamilton
June 5th, 2018

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No amount of foam is going to block out the sound (photo: Michel Pascual)

The Distortion street party festival, which concluded on Sunday after five days of  action, exceeded noise levels agreed in its permit, according to tests carried out by Copenhagen Municipality, which has warned this might jeopardise future festivals.

The municipality conducted 50 measurements on each day of the street festivals in Nørrebro and Vesterbro on May 30 and 31 and found that 30 to 40 percent were over the legal 80 decibel limit permissible at city residences (the limit at public squares is 60).

On the streets, measurements tended to range from 90 to 102 decibels, and a number of concerts were discontinued as a result of the excessive noise.

Fundamentally unsatisfactory
Rikke Hvelplund, the head of the municipality’s Center for Miljøbeskyttelse, told DR that the measurements contravened the festival’s permit agreement and that the findings are “fundamentally unsatisfactory”.

She indicated the results could jeopardise future permit applications.

“It’s too early for me to say what the consequences will be,” she said. “It’s a question of what they will want next time, so we will have to wait and see.”

Honestly, we’re not Rickrolling you! He really is returning
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Finally a completed Olafur Eliasson building in Denmark
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