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Copenhagen is highlighted as one of the safest cities in the world amidst rising terror attacks and violence in other regions, such as the US and parts of Europe. The discussion touches on the appeal of visiting Copenhagen, including the historic Bohr House, and the interest in the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics, though it's noted that many locals may not be familiar with it. Switzerland is also mentioned as a safe destination, with inquiries about visiting CERN and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). While the LHC is operational and not open for tours during this time, limited visits are possible during winter shutdowns, allowing access to certain facilities and exhibitions. The conversation emphasizes that the likelihood of dying in a terror attack is significantly lower than in traffic accidents, reinforcing the overall safety of places like Copenhagen and Switzerland.
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With so much terror attack in Europe like London, Belgium, Madrid, etc. and shooting, violence, mob attack in the United States and elsewhere.. Copenhagen seems to be one of the safest place on Earth (agree?). Has anyone visited Copenhagen? Is Bohr house still there? Have you gone inside it? It would be cool to spend a night there to contemplate on the heart of the quantum.

By the way.. how many percentage of the people at Copenhagen are Copenhagenists (those who prescribe to the Copenhagen Interpretation of QM)?

Switzerland is also one of the safest place on earth. Is the LHC open to your public. Has anyone visited it? Up to what level or area were you toured? With possibility no major discoveries there for the remaining of its lifetime.. it would be great to make it a tourist or school field trip spot.
 
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Unless you plan to visit Syria or some high-risk places in Afghanistan or similar, the risk to get injured or killed in a terror attack is utterly negligible compared to the risk of traffic accidents.
At the day of the deadliest mass shooting in US history, about the same number of people were shot elsewhere in the US for a variety of reasons (but not terror), and twice that number died in traffic. And that happens every day, not once in a year like mass shootings.

Copenhagen, as most places in Northern and Western Europe, has a very low crime rate compared to the rest of the world.
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By the way.. how many percentage of the people at Copenhagen are Copenhagenists (those who prescribe to the Copenhagen Interpretation of QM)?
Most won't even know what that is, and for the rest I don't expect anything special.The LHC is running, you cannot visit it during operation. It is possible to visit an experiment during the winter shutdown (typically December to March), although the number of visitors is very limited and work on the experiments has priority. CERN has many tours the whole year, you can see a control room, the magnet testing facility, the exhibition in the globe and some other places.
I have been in two experiment control rooms and seen one experiment, but working for one of the experiments makes that much easier...
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it would be great to make it a tourist or school field trip spot.
CERN is a research facility. It does particle physics, entertaining school classes is done only if it doesn't disturb the science.
 
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With so much terror attack in Europe like London, Belgium, Madrid, etc. and shooting, violence, mob attack in the United States and elsewhere.. Copenhagen seems to be one of the safest place on Earth (agree?).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Copenhagen_shootings
 
Oh. Any shooting in Switzerland? I planned to visit Bohr house in Copenhagen in my trip next year... but if his house no longer exist.. then Switzerland would be the place to go. Is there hotel suggestions to stay near LHC? It would be the ultimate trip that would combine the alps (nature) and the most advanced technology in the planet. In case it's running.. then perhaps the best I can see if its lobby or entrance or maybe the library of the CERN building? Initially I wanted to have vacation in Japan or South Koreans but couldn't take the thoughts of nukes raining down.
 
There are various hotels in Geneva, they are typically quite expensive however.
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In case it's running.. then perhaps the best I can see if its lobby or entrance or maybe the library of the CERN building?
See above: The magnet testing facility and one control room (typically from the ATLAS experiment or the LHC control room) are common stops of the guided tours, other places might be part of it depending on the tour. The exhibition in the globe and the microcosm exhibition are publicly accessible.
Without knowing someone at CERN (to get a visitor pass) you won't get to the library, lobby or other buildings not part of a guided tour. You can see the entrance from the outside, of course, but that doesn't look very interesting. If you fly to Geneva during the day, you can typically see the main CERN site from above. The mountain ranges are quite impressive as well.
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Initially I wanted to have vacation in Japan or South Koreans but couldn't take the thoughts of nukes raining down.
Same as above: You are much more likely to die in a traffic accident. You are probably more likely to get struck by lightning as well.
 
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Unless you plan to visit Syria or some high-risk places in Afghanistan or similar, the risk to get injured or killed in a terror attack is utterly negligible compared to the risk of traffic accidents.
At the day of the deadliest mass shooting in US history, about the same number of people were shot elsewhere in the US for a variety of reasons (but not terror), and twice that number died in traffic. And that happens every day, not once in a year like mass shootings.

Copenhagen, as most places in Northern and Western Europe, has a very low crime rate compared to the rest of the world.Most won't even know what that is, and for the rest I don't expect anything special.The LHC is running, you cannot visit it during operation. It is possible to visit an experiment during the winter shutdown (typically December to March), although the number of visitors is very limited and work on the experiments has priority. CERN has many tours the whole year, you can see a control room, the magnet testing facility, the exhibition in the globe and some other places.
I have been in two experiment control rooms and seen one experiment, but working for one of the experiments makes that much easier...
CERN is a research facility. It does particle physics, entertaining school classes is done only if it doesn't disturb the science.

What experiments during shutdown were you talking about when it is in winter shutdown? Shutdown means it is turn off.. so what experiments are possible? What particular experiment have you witnessed and what machines were involved?
 
The whole accelerator complex is shut down for maintenance work, upgrades and everything else that needs physical access to the machines.

"Experiment" refers to the detectors. The LHC has four main experiments: ATLAS, ALICE, CMS and LHCb.
 
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