About Blizzards, Riots, and being sick
In the beginning of March month where the calendar tells us that spring has arrived, Denmark suffered a blizzard. Of course the snowfall came as a big surprise to the Danish people since we do have snow almost every year?! And every year Danes are taken by surprise and have suddenly forgotten how to drive their cars in the snow which results in massive trafic problems everywhere.
The weather in Denmark in general is nothing to be proud of. We have a lovely summer though, which lasts an incredible 3 months or so. The remaining 9 month it is just grey skies, rain, wind (and fire?). I would be surprised if anyone said they moved here because of the weather. And the bad weather always has it’s effect on me resulting in a bout of flu.
In the past weekend the Danish police finally decided to evict the young people at “Ungdomshuset”. The operation was quite dramatic with anti-terror police gaining access to the building via helicopters and bulldozers. The eviction resulted in numerous violent clashes between demonstrators and police all over Copenhagen. This lasted for a few nights with a lot of molotov cocktails, stone throwing, tear-gas, burning cars and sirens. I am quite pleased that I do not live in inner Copenhagen and pity a friend of mine who lives in one of the worst hit areas. In my humble opinion the politicians made a very bad call on this one by using the police to force out the young people. The results at least speak for themselves.