In 1971, hippies started squatting on a decommissioned military base a few minutes walk from downtown, and the enclave is still going strong these days, with a thousand or so inhabitants who live in charmingly ramshackle, often colorful houses made of found lumber, steel panels, and the like. And it´s become a popular tourist attraction, of course, complete with shops, galleries, and cafés catering to visitors. Of course, its most notorious feature, the open-air weed market "Pusher Street," was just this past April closed and even dug up after multiple shootings. The soul of the neighborhood remains intact, though, and it´s a fascinating look at a Danish counterculture scene that´s still alive and well.
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