Infrastructure

Traffic over the sound
Private travel over Øresund 1999: 19.5 million
Private travel over Øresund 2006: 31.6 million

The total number of private journeys over the sound has increased
by 62% since 1999.
Vehicle traffic has increased by 200%.

International airports
Copenhagen International Airport, with 129 destinations and some 20
million passengers a year.

Malmö Airport with 24 destinations and over 1.1 million passengers
a year.

Turnover of goods in the largest harbours
Copenhagen Malmö Port 14.8 million tons
Trelleborg 10.8 million tons
Helsingborg 7.0 million tons

Establishment of Nordic head offices

	1920-2006	2000-2003
The Øresund Region	47	19
Stockholm	49	17,5

Establishment of Nordic distribution centres
Since the Øresund Bridge opened in 2000 an increasing number of
companies have chosen to locate their Nordic distribution centres
in the Øresund Region, e.g. Honda, Toyota, L’Oreal, Acerinox and
BMW Spare Parts.