The Rough Guide to Copenhagen

Copenhagen has a decidedly European flavour, from the innocent hedonism of the famous Tivoli gardens to the sleazy goings-on around Vesterbro's red-light district.

It's no surprise that the city's most famous export is a beer, Carlsberg, and the freedom with which it flows in the city's thousands of bars is in stark contrast to the puritanical licensing laws found elsewhere in Scandinavia - a fact attested to by the thousands of thirsty Swedes who descend on the city each year.

Yet ! Copenhagen is also a flagship example of the Scandinavian commitment to liberal social values, as exemplified by its laid-back attitudes to everything from gay marriages to toplessness and pornography, and is also home to the unique "Free City" of Christiania, whose drop-out community is one of Europe's most intriguing social experiments.

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