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May 5, '04 2:22 AM
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a few pics I took in christiani. a neighbourhood/village from 60's in Kopenhagen. Kinda spooky place, the again I showed up there unprepaired -- no camouflage, no blending in, all grando-duro-turisto looking, somewhat cautiously shooting my ultra-compact.

..6-cop patrols on every other corner.. those 6 in the pic actually pulled me asside, checked my story+papers.. sorta.. so whatcha doing.. [all smilley happy] taking some pictures?.. well, suggested it's not really safe to do that, i figured i'll go pick up some souvenirs and get the h.. outta there.


	6 politi's


	say _no_ to hard druqs 2 Comments


	hipiu pievos


	christiania what..?


	batai 2 Comments


	pievos


	takaj


	the door


	self portrt 2 Comments


	falafel - 3$ 2 Comments


	dumpster grafiti


	grafiti 1 Comment


	grafiti


	grafiti

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Tags: kopenhagen, christiania, denmark, weed, best pic

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jsting2001 wrote on May 5, '04

Doesn't that area have no laws or something like that?
Drugs and anything goes?

viktorijad wrote on May 6, '04

this is good one: "geras"

samethia wrote on May 6, '04

cool :)

vilius wrote on May 7, '04

i guess for such a place to survive 25years it had to have some idea behind it.. well, a self governing entity.. self governing anarchists if such thing's possible. If you wanna read up.. christiania.org has one version of the story..
for me.. it's just a spooky place full of druggies, not very fun ones too..

balazs wrote on May 7, '04

The place looks as crappy as the website :-) Here's the first sentence from the "Story behind Christiania":

The story of Christiania is colour full, long, and filled with battles, victories and defeats.