Last week in the city was 48 -TIMER, a two-day cultural festival in Nørrebro synonymous to hip, cool, and Copenhagen. For me it was more like a guide to what's cool about Copenhagen's Nørrebro neighborhood, good vibes, and music more than it was a festival. The festival consisted of almost 50 outdoor concerts and other events, including workshops, city walks and much more. So when I biked through the neighborhood on Friday afternoon everything seemed extra lively: a mini concert on this plaza, a boom box on this street corner, a band playing here, another playing elsewhere. It was neat. Usually when you walk toward Nørrebro there is a bridge that connects the old city center past the lakes where all sorts of handsome hipster people hang out on the street under the sun. Even at night I've biked over this bridge pretty extensively and there is always a group of hippies banging drums and making contagious beats. Nørrebro has even been my preferred place to party because everything is chill: cheap beers, lay back bars, artsy scenes, and the atmosphere hip. Since I've been here I've met the most interesting characters in Nørrebro, danced to great vibes, and enjoyed delicious cheap shwarma. It's a highly diverse neighborhood in the middle of homogeneous-everyone-is-blonde-and-white Denmark that pretty much screams 'Rene, here you belong.' Me and a Danish friend I made went to some concerts around the area with extra extra cheap beer and it was nice to see that Copenhagen has the alternative down. On Saturday there was an 'underwater concert' event at the local pool. Needless to say, me and my friends were extremely intrigued as to how, why and what this meant. I had gone to the beach the week before and the idea of a pool party sounded so appealing and so right.
We packed our swimming suits, got real excited, and headed to the pool. The minute we got there we were hooked. All lights were off and the only glimmering rays of fun were big floating light bulbs and the underside light of the pool. There was a DJ playing great beats and underwater speakers that made everything feel existential when plunging into the depths of the pool. It was wet, it was wild, it was cool. I felt a nice mix of being a fun kid and being a hip adult. The sauna was opened too where we experienced perhaps the most hilarious/interesting/relaxing sauna session ever. Overall, that night (and rest of the weekend) was a good time!
We packed our swimming suits, got real excited, and headed to the pool. The minute we got there we were hooked. All lights were off and the only glimmering rays of fun were big floating light bulbs and the underside light of the pool. There was a DJ playing great beats and underwater speakers that made everything feel existential when plunging into the depths of the pool. It was wet, it was wild, it was cool. I felt a nice mix of being a fun kid and being a hip adult. The sauna was opened too where we experienced perhaps the most hilarious/interesting/relaxing sauna session ever. Overall, that night (and rest of the weekend) was a good time!