When Karen Dulong began planning her wedding last winter, she intended to say “I do” on March 8. She wanted to honor International Women’s Day and the sixth anniversary of when she told her partner that she really liked him.
So she called the City Hall in Copenhagen, where she and her partner live, as soon as registration opened to reserve a slot. Immediately, she was disappointed.
“When I called, it was already booked,” said Ms. Dulong, 28, who owns a gallery. “How could it be booked already?”
Ms. Dulong is hardly the only bride in Denmark to find City Hall overwhelmed. In recent years, a surging number of foreign couples have flocked to Denmark, in part because it requires fewer documents and has a more streamlined process than many other countries.
“There’s so many people from other countries coming to Denmark to get married — it’s really crazy,” said Cecilie Julbo, a Danish wedding planner, who said some of her local clients could not find a good time slot in Copenhagen.
The competition has grown so intense that Danish authorities have struggled to accommodate everyone who wants a civil wedding, prompting Copenhagen to announce in June that it would start reserving slots for locals.
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