When I looked back through my album of Copenhagen from our road-trip earlier this year, what really popped out at me was the multicolored snapshots of the city. It is not just wall graffiti, as I shared in my accounts of street art in Barcelona, murals in Stockholm or graffiti in Athens, but there were several installations that makes this city so vibrant and brings together people in a special way. All the flowers seemed bright & happy in their full spring glory!
And then there is Christiania, a self-proclaimed autonomous ‘region’ inside of Copenhagen which claims to be not a part of the EU, but is rather governed by its own Christiania Law of 1989. Visitors are gracefully allowed inside, but asked to be respectful of the citizens and not bother them by wielding cameras all over the place. There is food & drinks and knick-knacks you could buy, or simply walk around the streets and listen to people singing or playing musical instruments, or watch children play in charming DIY playpens. And of course, there is that undeniable whiff of weed in the air. It’s an extraordinary feeling inside, so atypical as though from a book or a movie, but unfortunately I don’t have pictures to help describe it. There are a few from the vicinity of the neighborhood, though.
Beautiful pix! Love the pink blossoms in the background! 🙂
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Thanks for the kind comment, Globalresidence!
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Y W, Bipasha! 🙂
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Great photos, all the colours make me happy!
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😀 You saying that makes me happy!
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Great post. Copenhagen is a wonderful city and Christiania is very interesting.
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Ahh yes, I hope to go back again soon 🙂
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Really so colorful it is. And your photos make them more vivid. You have captured them so beautifully. 🙂
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Thanks Suyash, the colors do quite stand out 🙂
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Absolutely 🙂
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Beautiful photos and colours! The first photo reminds me of Venice 🙂
Ayesha xxx
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It’s the Nyhavn waterfront area, so colorful and with great food places to hangout. Thanks for dropping by, Ayesha!
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The colors in these photos are just stunning. Marvelous. Beyond divine!
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Oh my! Kimberly, your praises mean a lot, thank you!!
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You are so welcome:)
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Wow, the graffiti’ed areas are colorful, all right — but hardly resemble the Copenhagen I remember! The opening photos (lovely) much more so!
Time never stands still —
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Hey, then you must visit the lovely city again! Thanks for dropping in 🙂
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I never got to see Christiana when I went to Copenhagen because my Danish relatives were big skeptics about it. I’m glad to know you had a great experience there! I will have to try and make it again one day to see it myself
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Hi Claire, I felt a bit on the guard myself before I ventured in, but if you mind your own business, they are really quite accepting of us ‘outsiders’. Hope you get a look yourself soon!
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Lovely colorful photos! Merci for visiting 24/7 in France, author of “Solitary Desire-One Woman’s Journey to France” See video http://youtu.be/xG_YTa5sDac
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Thanks for sharing the video, I quite enjoyed the snaps 🙂
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Looks perfect!
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The flowers ❤
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I know!!
Thanks for dropping by 🙂
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