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Wonder why there are so many candlelights in the windows on friday night? It is the evening of the liberation after 5 years of nazi occopation. In 1945 the people tore down the dark curtains and put lights in the windows, so that everybody could see that we were free again. So on May 4th. this is celebrated.

Hockey Championships.

On friday May 4^th starts the World Hockey Championships. Here in Copenhagen we have group A with Russia, Sweden, Czeck Republic, Slovakia, France, Belarus, Austria and Switzerland. So welcome to the Hockey fans, and everybody else. And take care out there.

Mary Jane

First saturday in May is international Marijuana march day. Off course it leaves from Christiania, and goes to the Parlament at Christiansborg, and back again. There will be a smoky afterparty at the Moonfisher Christiania.

Festival

Architecture Festival has started and continues until may 16^th. There are movies, talks, debats, guidede tours and much more. And on sunday 6^th the new Bloks architecture center opens with the Queen and ministers and a lot of other people. There is a debat about it. You can read this review in The Guardian.

Earplugs

In DIY Ungdomshuset, there is a Metal festival here in the weekend: Northern Discomfort. It is cheap entry price, cheap beer, and a lot of young people . It is a bit out of town, take bus 5C or 350S towards Nord West. European and US Metal Bands. Remember earplugs 😉 . Cash only. Ungdomshuset

If you are into dancing, mayby you shold look towards The Opera at Christiania at saturday, where there i Danish/ Ugandian Feridah Rose sings, and there is a after party as well. Cash Only.

Labour Day

In Copenhagen we say Happy red first May, and Green Beer. There is demonstrations from all over the city and they all end in Fælledparken. Here there will be Speeches, concerts, exibitions and a lot of beer drinking. The revolution is far away, but people are having a good time. So go to Fælledpark and drink some beer. The weather wil be cold and windy, but no rain. In the evening, there will be concerts around the city, specially in Nørrebro. Ungdomshuset and Kroteket
I will be found at the AFA party.

Food

After the Papirøen foodmarket closed in december 2017, there has been a long way to cheap food near the center. But now it comes. Just across the bridge from Nyhavn, you can find new street food stalls, selling relatively cheap food for Copenhagen prices. And there are also beer for sale, and of cours it is not the cheap Carlsberg beer. It is expencive crafted micro brewerie beer. But it tastes good.

African music

And what to do on a wendesday? Well you can go to Alice and listen to nice nice soft mellow Kora music, and dance a little around. The kora is played by Dawda Joabarteh, and with him there is a band af some of the best Jazz musicians in Copenhagen. Sounds really good. https://www.youtube.com