Christiania

[chichi]

Badbone I feel for you and the gun. That would affect you greatly.

Your whole post up there is very true about Christiania and you have done some good research.

It is very, very expensive as stated. Check out Hotel Nemo right by train station and Tivoli because it was where we stayed. We asked for a smoking room and didn't get one so i went down to ask. The desk guy didn't have any so he reached under the counter and pulled out an ashtray and said your room is smoking now! It was cheap with little rooms but the BREAKFAST was increduble. OMG.

Cheers and hope you are fine!

[boneymaroni]

sorry boneymaroni & chichi...bad day

hmm...tell ya what...let me help ya out with this one...you fire off a whiney PM to Lemming...tell him that that horrible, mean boneymaroni told you to go fuck yourself.

I stand by my post

[badbone]

Well i have never been there but i asked many locals in different forums who told me that police sometimes comes even twice or three times a day at the moment but when they leave the hash is back again on its tables for sale within a few minutes...
They have mostly given up the attempt of being able to stop the trade there... they just show presence. Very few bigger raids anymore.

Maybe they are not very nice to foreigners but i have no sign on my forehead telling "hey i'm not danish"... and it is supposed to be the second popular tourist attraction in Copenhagen behind the Tivoli Park visited even by families with children every day...

Many people from whole Scandinavia and northern Europe come there to buy their supply so i think it is not too special showing up with more than just a few pennies.
In my opinion it should not be that problem buying two plates and a hand full of buds, leaving and making my day in the hostel with a little glass-spoon-pipe...

And about the quality i'm really excited myself. So many people told me that it is the same or even better than Amsterdam especially concerning import-hash (NOT weed!) I have also heard that coffeeshops don't buy the first-quality-import because it's too expensive for them...they can earn much more money by selling iceolator. They double the price.

I don't think that most of the people who travel to the Dam do that only for the quality that is offered there. I think the point is the freedom of the city being able to smoke in cafes in public without getting in trouble for and of course the huge variety of coffeeshops for everybodys' taste and every strain being available that has ever been found on that planet. I think the quality of the buds is nearly untouched there.

But also people from California who have the same weed in their despensaries come to Amsterdam to feel that vibe and not for the outstanding quality...

And i'm looking for import-hash as i mentioned above, not for buds... and the locals told me:
"don't worry it is easy to score high-grade quality there!" /
"there is so much hash in Christiania that it is easy for every smoker to find the piece he is looking for" /
"buying larger amounts (50g+) makes it much cheaper than Dam" /
"I have never found something better in Dam than in Christiania" /
"You won't be dissapointed"

So i'll give it a try... and i'm not too scared of getting smashed because i won't walk in there with a transparent briefcase full of cash... i'm aiming at a fast transaction and then i leave and come back the next day with a little piece to have some fun...

And by the way 11 years ago when i was 18 and the first time alone in the Dam (well i was pretty fresh and naive) i found myself in a little side-road with a gun barrel between my eyes while i was trying to buy some coke... that experience gave me kind of a sense for critical situations.

you`r absolutely right..
they have almost given up against the traders...but be careful anyway...if the police catch you with a greater quantity of hashish, you will be charged as a dealer (4-10y).. and they mostly bring K9`s at the raids
and the police not being nice to foreigners part.. no sign on forehead, but do you speak dainsh
but i definitely think you should try... Christiania IS a great place and the hash is, mostly , very high quality most of the weed thou really suck big time
ps. sorry about the gun incident.. tried it... NOT funny

[badbone]

sorry boneymaroni & chichi...bad day

hmm...tell ya what...let me help ya out with this one...you fire off a whiney PM to Lemming...tell him that that horrible, mean boneymaroni told you to go fuck yourself.

I stand by my post

why should i
i apologized, to both you and chichi...that you are too petty to accept the apology is your problem, not mine

[boneymaroni]

Fair play, please accept my apologies for my reaction

[badbone]

Fair play, please accept my apologies for my reaction

accepted

[pengaldinho]

My mate went last year, think he said he had recon and lemon haze. He said they were good but he gets stoned of smoking anything.

[toulouse]

IMHO . . . what has changed in Christiania over the years is that hard to define "vibe" . . . (or maybe not so hard) . . . I have great memories of this place. . . this place was my first earth bong. . . the vibe then was mellow. . .loose but not threatening. . . NO POLICE PRESENCE . . . pusher street was there and some of the most beautiful carved wood chillums that I have seen were casually spread on a blanket and offered for sale . . .

Today, it is my understanding that the value of the land and realty manipulation are putting the pressure on Christiania. . . like many places in northern EU, the current government is tending towards conservative thought. . . developing the hectares that are Christiania represents great profit to the developers . . . and so, while this great experiment in social structures persists. . . the fiscal thumbs screws, as manifested by regular police presence, continued to be tightened…

As a tourist, do not avoid this place. . .that is what "they" want . . . Read. . .Understand what you are experiencing . . .and then go . . if this valuable alternative social structure is deemed dysfunctional and non productive for the greater good of the order, those who see the world solely through ROI, indeed, win!

I'm getting too old for this shit.