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I wonder if this includes Christiania, the billion Euros of cannabis sold there each year, and the big lift all those drug tourists impart on the local service

I wonder if this includes Christiania, the billion Euros of cannabis sold there each year, and the big lift all those drug tourists impart on the local service industry. Beautiful place by the way, would recommend.

futharkshill 5y ago
Why is it that all weed enthusiasts always believe that MJ has any relevance to the, in this case Danish, economy? The amount of MJ use in Denmark is minimal compared to other countries, and certainly there is no where near "billions" of Euros sold. Certainly "drug tourists" make little to no impact on the tourism of Copenhagen.
- simonklitj 5y ago
  Maybe drug tourism has little impact, but 24% of adolescents report that they’ve used it in the past year, and 41% report they’ve tried it. With it being illegal, there’s no doubt that a fair amount of money is being moved around society shadily because of it. Source (from 2015): https://www.dst.dk/da/informationsservice/blog/2015/12/narkotika https://www.dst.dk/da/informationsservice/blog/2015/12/narko...
  - harles 5y ago
    It’s probably still less than what an average adolescence spends on burgers.
    - simonklitj 5y ago
      I think that's true.
hjort-e 5y ago
Christiania is like the least beautiful place in the country...
- throwawayboise 5y ago
  Yeah it's a dump. I traveled there a few years ago with a buddy who was very excited to visit Christiania, like it was the key thing he wanted to do on the whole trip. He came away pretty disappointed.
- petre 5y ago
  I agree. We went to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and walked from the station. The surroundings are stunning. Rural Denmark looks really nice. Christiania not so much. A lot of dubious looking people in the station. At least they didn't attempt to sell us drugs, maybe thanks in part to Danish culture.
mikl 5y ago
Even if we assume that “the billion Euros of cannabis sold there each year” is not a wild overstatement (that’s an unimaginable amount of weed), the Danish GDP is some 300 billion Euros. As for tourism, it’s just one of a long list of tourist attractions in and around the city. It would not make a huge difference if Christiania disappeared tomorrow (although Christianshavn would be a much nicer place).

futharkshill 5y ago

Why is it that all weed enthusiasts always believe that MJ has any relevance to the, in this case Danish, economy? The amount of MJ use in Denmark is minimal compared to other countries, and certainly there is no where near "billions" of Euros sold. Certainly "drug tourists" make little to no impact on the tourism of Copenhagen.

simonklitj 5y ago
Maybe drug tourism has little impact, but 24% of adolescents report that they’ve used it in the past year, and 41% report they’ve tried it. With it being illegal, there’s no doubt that a fair amount of money is being moved around society shadily because of it. Source (from 2015): https://www.dst.dk/da/informationsservice/blog/2015/12/narkotika https://www.dst.dk/da/informationsservice/blog/2015/12/narko...
- harles 5y ago
  It’s probably still less than what an average adolescence spends on burgers.
  - simonklitj 5y ago
    I think that's true.

hjort-e 5y ago

Christiania is like the least beautiful place in the country...

throwawayboise 5y ago
Yeah it's a dump. I traveled there a few years ago with a buddy who was very excited to visit Christiania, like it was the key thing he wanted to do on the whole trip. He came away pretty disappointed.
petre 5y ago
I agree. We went to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and walked from the station. The surroundings are stunning. Rural Denmark looks really nice. Christiania not so much. A lot of dubious looking people in the station. At least they didn't attempt to sell us drugs, maybe thanks in part to Danish culture.

mikl 5y ago

Even if we assume that “the billion Euros of cannabis sold there each year” is not a wild overstatement (that’s an unimaginable amount of weed), the Danish GDP is some 300 billion Euros. As for tourism, it’s just one of a long list of tourist attractions in and around the city. It would not make a huge difference if Christiania disappeared tomorrow (although Christianshavn would be a much nicer place).