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Øresund

/ œːrəˈsʊnd /

noun

  1. the Danish name for the Sound Swedish nameÖresund
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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They are mainly found in the Femern Belt, the northern part of Øresund, Storebælt, Lillebælt and in Kattegat along the Swedish west coast.

The Øresund Bridge – yes, that bridge, is an engineering marvel linking the Swedish city of Malmö and Copenhagen which normally transports 70,000 people daily.

On the Swedish side, the Øresund remains open, although, understandably not many are making that journey.

Malmö, 25 miles from Copenhagen by the Øresund crossing, has been the scene of many of the gangland bombings and shootings that have recently struck Sweden.

The spot checks at ferry ports and on trains and vehicles crossing the Øresund bridge separating the Danish capital from Malmö, Sweden’s third-largest city, were aimed at “preventing serious and organised crime from spreading”, the police said.

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