But a number of points common to all the countries are worth noting. In order to use certain sites you may need a camping carnet, which you can buy at the first site you visit; camping rough Is, with certain exceptions, legal In Norway and Sweden; and most campsites have furnished cabins, though If you intend to use these take a sleeping bag as bedding Is not usually provided. POLICE AND TROUBLE Scandinavia is one of the least troublesome comers of Europe. You will find that most public places are well lit and secure, most people genuinely friendly and helpful, and street crime and street hassle have a relatively low profile. PETTY CRIME AND MINOR OFFENCES ] It would be foolish, however, to assume that problems don't exist. The capital cities have their share of petty crime, fuelled as elsewhere by a growing number of drug addicts and alcoholics after easy money. But keep tabs on your casn and passport (and don't leave anything visible i" POLICE. TROUBLE AND THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENTn 9 vour car when you leave it) and you should have пГгеазоп to visit the police. If you do, you II nd them courteous, concerned, and rriost impor antirusually able to speak English. If you ave Sing stolen, make sure you get a pohce rort essential if you are to make a claim aaainst your insurance. As for offences you might commit, topless sunbathing is universally accepted in all the major resorts (elsewhere there'll be no one around to care); and camping rough is a tradition enshrined in law in Norway and Sweden, and tolerated in Finland, though in Denmark it's more difficult. However, you are not allowed to drink alcohol in public places, and being drunk on the streets can get you arrested drinking and driving is treated especially rigorously. Drugs offences, too, meet with the same harsh attitude that prevails throughout the rest of Europe. sPyDATHARASSMENT & THE WOMEW'S MOVEMENT In general, the social and economic position of women in Scandinavia is more advanced than in almost all other European countries something which becomes obvious after a short time there. Many women are in traditionally male occupations, and sexual harassment is less of a problem than elsewhere in Europe. You can walk almost everywhere in parative comfort and safety, and although in me capital cities you can expect to receive unwelcome attention occasionally, it's very rarely wth any kind of violent intent. Needless to say veiling alone on the underground systems in «agen, Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki late at пда ,s unvvise. If you do have any problems, the ад №a almost everyone understands English resSs unambiguous WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS Denmark's women's movement is In a state of flux: the once prominent Redstremper (Red Stockings) the Radical Feminists are now less active. But there are lots of feminist groups around the country, and in Copenhagen a couple of active women's centres: Dannerhuset, Gyl denslovesgade («33141676), and Kvindehuset, Gothersgade 37 («33142804).