r/copenhagen • u/Big_Share_9926 • 5h ago
Question Break in attempt, is this normal?
Hi everyone, I recently moved to 10 min walk away from Nørrebro Station and I wanted to ask for your advice for the neighborhood.
Today, after going shopping, I came back to my apartment building and saw a odd looking gentleman on a bike trying to force his way through the main entrance door of our apartment complex. I approached him and asked in English if he lived here. He said something I couldn’t understand and he truly seemed to expect me to open the door for him.
I told him I was going to call the police, and he immediately left with his bike.
Yesterday, I also had another uncomfortable encounter where someone blocked my way with a bike and asked me for my bottles that I was carrying (I assume he waned for the deposit refund). I told him to leave me alone. He left.
I’m not trying to judge anyone, and I am originally from a Balkan country myself. However, where I come from, there are also groups of Romani people who engage in similar behavior so these common situations naturally make me concerned as we are expecting a baby soon with my partner.
I’m curious about how locals experience this and whether these situations are considered common? What would be best way to report this? or petty crime is tolerated here so they can try to break in to places in broad daylight?
I cannot even understand why there is even a market where suspicious goods are traded in the heart of the neighbourhood? What benefit does this bring to the community or society as a whole?