https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The closure of the Pusher Street market in Copenhagen’s hippy enclave Christiania earlier this month has not resulted in drugs sales spreading to other parts of the city, police say. Pusher Street was known for its illicit cannabis market. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240422/closure-of-copenhagens-pusher-street-has-not-caused-spread-of-drug-sales Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:03:16 +0200 closure-of-copenhagens-pusher-street-has-not-caused-spread-of-drug-sales Copenhagen's libertarian Christiania neighbourhood, an old hippie paradise tainted in recent years by drug trafficking violence, is clearing out its famous Pusher Street, where cannabis used to be sold freely. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240406/why-denmarks-hippy-christiania-is-closing-down-its-open-drug-market Sat, 06 Apr 2024 10:41:58 +0200 why-denmarks-hippy-christiania-is-closing-down-its-open-drug-market Pusher Street, a market in Copenhagen enclave Christiania known for illicit sales of cannabis, is to be permanently closed this year, Denmark’s justice minister said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240123/danish-government-to-close-infamous-market-in-2024 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:13:32 +0100 danish-government-to-close-infamous-market-in-2024 Copenhagen Police are to implement a special zone around the Christiania enclave, within which they can issue harsher fines for sale and possession of cannabis. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240108/copenhagen-police-announce-christiania-cannabis-trade-clampdown Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:06:26 +0100 copenhagen-police-announce-christiania-cannabis-trade-clampdown Denmark’s government wants to build subsidised housing in Christiania, an alternative enclave of Copenhagen first established as a squat in the 1970s. https://www.thelocal.dk/20211012/denmark-proposes-affordable-housing-in-christiania-enclave Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:28:56 +0200 denmark-proposes-affordable-housing-in-christiania-enclave A refuge for anarchists, hippies and artists, Denmark's 'freetown' Christiania turns 50 on Sunday, and though it hasn't completely avoided the encroachment of modernity and capitalism, its free-wheeling soul remains intact. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210925/denmarks-freetown-christiania-hangs-onto-soul-50-years-on Sat, 25 Sep 2021 11:25:12 +0200 denmarks-freetown-christiania-hangs-onto-soul-50-years-on A ban preventing public use of parts of the Christiania area in Copenhagen has been lifted after more than 100 days and repeated extensions. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210421/police-ban-on-copenhagen-enclave-christiania-lifted-after-100-days Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:27:15 +0200 police-ban-on-copenhagen-enclave-christiania-lifted-after-100-days A ban preventing public use of parts of the Christiania area in Copenhagen has been extended for a seventh time. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210224/new-extension-of-ban-on-visiting-copenhagen-area Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:59:00 +0100 new-extension-of-ban-on-visiting-copenhagen-area Copenhagen Police have confirmed a sixth extension of a ban preventing public use of parts of the Christiania area. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210217/copenhagen-police-extend-christiania-ban-for-sixth-time Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:07:39 +0100 copenhagen-police-extend-christiania-ban-for-sixth-time A police ban preventing public use of parts of Christiania has been extended again and is now in place until February 3rd, Copenhagen Police said in a statement. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210127/copenhagen-police-extend-ban-on-christiania Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:05:34 +0100 copenhagen-police-extend-ban-on-christiania A police ban preventing public use of the Christiania area is to be extended until January 27th. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210120/denmark-extends-covid-19-ban-on-copenhagen-enclave Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:14:20 +0100 denmark-extends-covid-19-ban-on-copenhagen-enclave The Christiania area in Copenhagen is to come under a ban allowing the public only to pass through, but not stop in the area. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210107/danish-police-impose-ban-on-copenhagen-area-due-to-covid-19 Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:21:20 +0100 danish-police-impose-ban-on-copenhagen-area-due-to-covid-19 Seven people, including a Dane and a number of tourists, have received hospital treatment after consuming baked products containing cannabis. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190905/seven-hospitalized-after-eating-hash-cakes-from-denmarks-christiania Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:41:58 +0200 seven-hospitalized-after-eating-hash-cakes-from-denmarks-christiania A woman who was pushed by a police officer during a raid on the Christiania enclave in Copenhagen, in an incident that was caught on camera and posted on social media, has been given a custodial sentence. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190208/woman-from-controversial-christiania-video-given-prison-sentence Fri, 08 Feb 2019 19:48:16 +0100 woman-from-controversial-christiania-video-given-prison-sentence Illicit trade of cannabis at the Pusher Street market in Copenhagen’s Christiania is being put under pressure by an intensive effort from law enforcement, according to Copenhagen Police. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190123/danish-law-enforcement-increasing-pressure-on-christiania-cannabis-trade Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:37:35 +0100 danish-law-enforcement-increasing-pressure-on-christiania-cannabis-trade Police fired warning shots during a brief disturbance in the alternative enclave of Christiania in Copenhagen on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181219/police-fire-warning-shots-in-response-to-stone-throwing-in-christiania Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:09:15 +0100 police-fire-warning-shots-in-response-to-stone-throwing-in-christiania A police raid on the Pusher Street market in Copenhagen resulted in violent confrontations on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180601/police-officers-return-to-christiania-after-violent-scenes Fri, 01 Jun 2018 15:12:07 +0200 police-officers-return-to-christiania-after-violent-scenes Stands selling marijuana and related products in the alternative enclave of Christiania in Copenhagen have become more and more improvised after repeated police actions against the market. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180530/after-five-raids-in-five-days-christiania-hash-traders-stop-rebuilding-market Wed, 30 May 2018 15:22:47 +0200 after-five-raids-in-five-days-christiania-hash-traders-stop-rebuilding-market Police in Copenhagen tore down stands in the Pusher Street market area in Christiania for the third consecutive day on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180528/danish-police-in-new-christiania-clampdown-as-hash-market-pulled-down Mon, 28 May 2018 11:40:37 +0200 danish-police-in-new-christiania-clampdown-as-hash-market-pulled-down Residents in Denmark’s alternative enclave Christiania on Tuesday fenced off an area known as Pusher Street, from where cannabis is usually sold. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180522/pusher-street-in-denmarks-christiania-closes-off-cannabis-trade-zone Tue, 22 May 2018 15:30:11 +0200 pusher-street-in-denmarks-christiania-closes-off-cannabis-trade-zone