abstract
| - Police started to clear the building early on Thursday, 1 March 2007. Demolition began on 5 March 2007 and was completed two days later. Ever since the eviction in March 2007, former users and supporters have held weekly demonstrations for a new Ungdomshuset, the demonstrations starting from nearby square 'Blågårds Plads' every Thursday at 5 p.m. and going to various places in Copenhagen. The starting point has recently been changed to Gammel Torv in response to the demonstraters saying they are getting closer to the politicians concerning a solution for a new Ungdomshus at an old school. Faderhuset has, as of 20. September, put the lot at Jagtvej 69 for sale at 15 million DKK. In the summer of 2007, an initiative known as G13 announced that on the 6th of October they'd stage a massive public attempt to squat an old public waterworks located on Grøndalsvænge Allé 13 in northwestern Copenhagen to be used as a new Ungdomshuset. The event, which gathered several thousands, was announced as non-violent, but was met with heavy opposition from the police who arrested 436 people and threw large amounts of tear gas Recognizing that the event, which had received heavy public attention, had been carried out with peaceful means, Ritt Bjerregaard - the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen - on October 11 invited spokesmen from Ungdomshuset to have negotiations concerning a peaceful solution to the conflict. The new Ungdomshuset opened successfully on July 1, 2008 in North-West Copenhagen's Bispebjerg area.
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