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Smels Like Teen … Piss

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The hole city is stinking of piss. Both Nørrebro, Vesterbro and the Old City. Is hasn´t  rained for weeks, and after Pisstortion the smell is just not going away. So every time you go somewhere or sit down, the smell hits you. And there is no rain coming in the next week.

We need water. Water to drink, water to swim in, and water from the sky. The two first are no problem. You can swim in the harbour, and drink plenty of water. But we need some serious rain, to wash the dirt of the streets

Concerts

There are a few concerts that sounds good in the coming days. At Pumpehuset  Current Swell is a pretty good blues/ indie guy Performing. And by the youtube it sounds good for a free concert wendesday 6th . By some beer to support the place and the bands playing there.
Also at wendesday At Alice  in Nørrebro Meta Meta is Psycedelic / Rocky Salsa from Brazil, and that sounds like it could be a really fantastic dance and sweat concert. Check the video.
And Loppen – Christiania have tuesday June 5th a fairly new Danish rock / punk band playing. Dødens Triumf  consist of People from Halshug, and with guest fra Orm and Slægt, this could turn out to be a very good evening at Loppen. They sing in danish.

And remember that tuesday June 5th is national holiday. It is Constitution day 169 years since 1849.

 

Photo: The sound reduction in the ceiling at Loppen. 

 

Tattoos, Torsos and Tans

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Cool off

According to CNN Copenhagen is the best city destination where you can go swimming. The weather right now is perfect for taking a cooling dip in the harbour, or to go to one of the beaches. The official harbour pools with life guards are opening up today, June 1st. But who cares? You can practically swim anywhere you want in the harbour.

Tattoo

The oldest tattoo shop in the world is in Nyhavn. Dating back to 1884. The restaurant next door wants to close it, for a bigger kitchen.   Nyhavn was until the 1960´s known as the red Light District in Copenhagen, but now it has changed into being a Tourist trap. It is in Nyhavn 17, you can find it, hidden behind alle the chairs and tables from the restaurant. There is a support party on saturday for the tattoo shop. The former king Frederik lX got some of his tattoos here.

Concerts

Howard Gelb and Giant Sand is a legend from the 1980´s . Now he lives in Aarhus (Met a girl from there ;-)) and he is playing saturday in Lille Vega. So it is a change to see a really great musician in a not so big venue. There is also a small concert at Beat Records around the corner from Vega.

And now for something completly different. In Ungdomshuset there is a punk evening headlined by Guddommelig Galskab (Divine Madness) It is cheap and dirty and funny. Also June 1st. 

Distortion is continuing at Refshaleøen, but now you have to pay an entry fee. So Nørrebro and Vesterbro is safe again. 🙂 .

And Folkets Hus in Stengade, Nørrebro is opening up again. That is today June 1st. all day and evening.

 

Photo: Big party at Distortion wendesday at Møllegade

Pisstortion, Police, Pushers and Play It

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Distortion
The neighboors hate it: The stink of piss and shit and old beer. They hate the broken glass puncturing the bikes. They hate the loud music that should end at 10 PM but the party keeps on going.
The kids from the suburbs love it. Here is a change to get really drunk, make a date, listen to some good music and dance in the streets. Wendesday on Nørrebro, Thursday on Vesterbro, before it moves out to Refshaleøen in the weekend, and becomes a party where you have to pay an entry fee, and cant bring your own alcohol.  Check it out
I probaply join the party one both Nørrebro and Vesterbro, but more like a observant, looking at the crazyness going on. And drinking a few beers of course. You can buy a bracelet to support the street party. The full deal for all five days (incl. Sunday) is 550 Kr.

The Street

At Christiania the situation on Pusher street is getting worse. On friday the local people opened up The Street again, after throwing out some of the younger dope dealers. But then the police announce that now they want to make visits everyday. And both saturday and monday morning they came with there trucks and chainsaws and removed all the stands. The result can be seen here at Nørrebro where I am living. The pushers at Nørrebro Parken have stepped up and placed guards around. So it can only go from bad to worse, with another gang war coming up. So over the summer we will have drive by shootings again, and more people filling the jails. And more people with PTSD.
It is sad that the danish government is so conservative and without visions.

Play It – Play it Sam

Stengade at Nørrebro has an open mic evening every month or now and then. You can bring your Guitar and check out your latest composition before a live audience. It is of course free, and you can sit and hang around. Its been a tradition since the 1990´s , and the staff works voluntarily. So a big hand for that.

 

Photo: Young Skaters ready to move at Vesterbro Skatepark, Enghave Plads. See how they copy the grown up guys. 😉 

Still summer in the city

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This weekend we give you the best that Copenhagen has to offer. The weather is incredible warm, and it will become the sort of nights, that you dont want to end. With the sun rising at 4.40 you just as well stay awake.

Concerts

At Alice in Nørrebro, there is percusion for you when one of the most hyped bands in the UK is playing. Tomaga is on the poster on friday 25th and next day, saturday there is a record release with danish Addis Abeba who is doing the task of combining Ethiopian Jazz and Nigerian Afrobeat. I am more likely to head for Lygtens Kro with Finnish Hard Action. In the Meat packing District at KB 18 There is Metal in your ears with Swedish RAM and the next generation metal kings danish Slægt.

On sunday, 27th Nemoland at Christiania starts there new set of free concerts with local Danish bands. They have some real good names on the poster. I dont understand why they are hiring so big names, and make so much advertisment. There is only room for around 1000 people, and the audience will be crammed like fish in a barrel. 🙂 . And on sunday when Fastpoholmen and Wafande is playing and the sun is shining, I will rather find a nice place by the harbour and take a dip in the water.

Clever at Bloom

 Bloom is in Søndermarken, Vesterbro near the Zoo, there is a nature and science festival. It is pretty long haired as we say, with talks and debates. Most is in danish, but there are also international speakers. And some music now and then. It is for free! , but you can buy a writsband and get access to more for a 100 kr. It is saturday and sunday May 26th and 27th.

Street party

And then on saturday there is a street party at Vesterbro on Enghave Plads . Things for kids, a flea market, music, food, beer, drinks. Mostly for locals, but it will be nice and the sun is shining, and int he evening you can find a bar to watch the CL Mens final, Liverpool playing Real Madrid.

 

Photo: Bell Rays at Loppen tuesday night. Good concert, even they were only playing for a small crowd 

Pusher street

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Things are happening at Christiania. The famous Pusher Street, where you can buy illegal cannabis products, have been closed by the local residents at Christiania. Tuesday may 22nd in the morning, the Street was sealed of by a fence, and som black curtains. So all trade has stopped, and it is not possible to buy any stuff.
My normal source is out of town, but rumours tells that they are tired of very young pushers ( down to 16 years), that are trying to control it. Also the everyday fighting with the police, and the many arrests has led to this action. They say The Pusher Street will open up again on friday, ”in a new and more hyggelig way”. It will be exciting to see what happens, and I will keep you updated. If you really need to buy something to smoke, ask around. And dont buy in the streets leading up to Christiania.
And as usually, the police wants to ”cooperate”. The rest of Christiania is open, so you can still visit it.
In my humble opinion the only thing to do, is to legalize cannabis, but it seems like there is a long way to go in conservative Denmark.

 

Picture: The pusher street in Christiania is closed until friday

Sleep, swim and art

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Hope you had a good long weekend. The coming days  also have something good for you.

Art week

Today, tuesday May 22nd, the Copenhagen Art Week is opening up. There are a lot of events, exibitions, performances, talks, films, debates and much more. Full program.
It opens up at The Charlottenborg, Royal Academy of art, at Nyhavn 6 pm. It is free, and you can have the change of catching a glass or two of Rosé wine, and have a a small canapee.

Sleep

Wendesday 23rd I will mayby go to Sleep at The Grey Hal Christiania. It is stoner rock, and good. I saw them some years back at Roskilde Festival, and I will go again. Afterparty at Loppen, with more stoner. And also at Loppen tuesday 22nd you can find the Bell Rays  . It is grovvy rock soul funk.

Swim

The water in the harbour is gettting warmer and warmer, and has now reached 18 degress. Officially you can only swim at the designated areas, but I have never heard about anybody being fined for swimming, where ever they wanted. So bring your towel and take a dip. Its nice.

 

Picture. I found the spider at a cafe by the habour. It is not open yet (The cafe), tell you more later. 

Reffen

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The new food market at Reffen opened up in the weekend. I was there at Saturday, and I am surprised to see the amount of people there. It was a bit late, and more than half of the diners was sold out. Thats good going for a first weekend.

The food I got was not worth the price of 80 kr. It was a vegan asian noodle, and shouldn´t cost more than 30 kr. on Nørrebro, Vesterbro or Christiania. And the beer was 55 Kr., for an okay but not very good IPA. Too Much. My friends had some italian Spaghetti with meat sauce, and that was expensive as well. A Corn roll roasted with Creame cheese is 70 Kr.!
I dont know if the rents are too high, or the food sellers are to greedy, but it is too much money for that quality of food and drinks. You have to eat it outside on a bench at a dirty tabel, and for these prices you need better facilities.

I have to try out some more places, and see if they have better food for the price. It got cold, and we left again, but so far I am not impressed. The setting is nice with the sundown over the harbour, and the old industrial shipyard. Check it out yourself and send me your recommendations.
But going back I met David, who will soon be opening up a small bar out on one of the docks. I will tell you more about it later.

 

Picture: Long lines for food at Reffen

Pentecost weekend

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This is Pentecost weekend, so shops and schools are closed on monday. Another three day weeekend!!!

More food at Reffen
The new outdoor foodmarket opens up at the old shipyard at Refshaleøen (Say that again 😉 ) It is a bit out from the city center, so I think it will take some time before people really start flocking like at the old one at Paper Island.  But with concerts, events good eating and drinking I believe it will succeed. It opens here on friday may 18th .

Live music

Loppen is the oldest, and one of the best live music venues in Copenhagen. And now they are 45 years old, which is celebrated with a free concert. It is Folk, Hip Hop and old school rock on the program, and it is free entrance, so it will be packed. And even if you cant enter, there is a party outside.
And on saturday, here are a couple of one man bands at one my old favorite bars: Mærkbar at Vesterbrogade.

Prepare for next week, with design festival, and Distortion street party.

Picture: Gogol Bordello at Grey Hall, Christiania Last weekend. Fantastic concert 🙂

I´m dancing on sunshine

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What a fantastic weekend. Again!!! With nice summer weather, swimming, Concerts and so much more. Whats next?

Ice Hockey World Championships is still going on, and the fans are very peacefull, no drunken people fighting so far. Very goood.

Norwegians
Thursday is the national independance day for Norway, and since there are about 10.000 Norwegians living in Copenhagen (Weather is better – beer is cheaper), they make a march from Christiansborg – the parlament – to the Norwegian Church at Amager. All dressed up in tradional costumes. It is a party, and among other places it continues at Loppen with Norwegian bands playing. Next to Christiania, there are also Copenhagen Norwegian DJ Mashti playing at Kaj.

The arcitecture festival, is still there, check it out here. Last day is wendesday 16th May. The Danish Architecture Center – DAC –  is now opened. I havent yet been there, so tell me what you are thinking. DAC

Free Concerts
And then Pumpehuset is starting its free koncerts on wendesdays in the courtyard. It is local bands, and May 16th it is Doktordoktor (Mellow hip hop) and Ravi Kumar (at bit more aggressiv Hip hop. ) I might come by and drink a beer or two. 🙂

Picture: Its not that difficult to make a concert. A Bike and a PA system. Caught at Dronning Louises Bro.

Summer and holidays

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What a fantastic weekend we just had! And the next 3 days, it will even be better. So go out and enjoy the sun, until thursday when temperaturs drop, and the clouds come. I´ve been taking a dive in the harbour both saturday and sunday. The water is very refreshing (cold). Remember that thursday May 9th is a bank holiday, and schools, banks, public offices are likely to be closed on friday 11th as well. But shops are open.

Concerts

I can find many good things to recommend. At Loppen you should remember your earplugs when Polish Metal band Batushka take a look around. This is Tuesday May 8th
And at Alice, you can find psycidelic freejazz / progrock, when Greek – Australien Xylorius White playing Wendesday May 9th. And remember that the weekend starts at wendesday.

Kaj, on Christianshavn, is electronic music for free. But the weather is looking to be clouded and windy, so this is a mayby from my side.

Hockey

The Hockey Fans are mainly in the center of the city, around Strøget and Nyhavn. Nice and friendly beer drinking people. But if you wants a good time with the danes you should hang out at Dronning Louises Bro (Queen Louises Bridge, the gateway to Nørrebro). In the afternoon there are so many friendly people hanging out, drinking coffe or beer, or eating an Ice cream. Best place in town for just watching.

And there is the new food court, with outdoor seatings by the harbour, opposite the Inderhavns (inner harbour) Bridge. I havn´t tried it, but it is very popular.

Test at NYT

Test your knowledge about Copenhagen and Denmark here at New York Times . It is quite easy. 😉
And remember to enjoy yourself. 😀