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Apr 6, 2024 · CNN — Residents in Copenhagen’s famous hippie enclave Christiania began digging up its main street known for its cannabis trade on Saturday, hoping to free the area of criminal gangs following...
- What Is There to See and Do in Christiania?
- How Long Should You Spend in Christiania?
- What Are Christiania Bikes?
- How Do I Get to Christiania?
- Can I Take A Tour Instead of Exploring Alone?
- Can You Still Buy Weed in Christiania?
- What Happens If You Buy Weed in Christiania?
- Can I Take Photos in Christiania?
- Is Christiania Safe?
- What Are The Rules in Christiania?
Christiania has around 850 inhabitants, including some of the people who first moved into the area back in the 1970s. Some will be happy to show you around and chat about the good old days, while others very much prefer their privacy. The residents’ cute and peculiar houses are easy to spot as you wander around. Most are brightly painted and many a...
You’ll get a feel for life in Christiania quite quickly, but you can easily spend a few hours here exploring, grabbing a coffee and a bite to eat, or even relaxing with a beer or at a concert. You might even want to sign up for an art or crafts or yoga workshop. Because Christiania is car-free and basically non-commercial, it’s a great place to esc...
As Christiania is a car-free environment, the favoured mode of transportation is the Christiania bike – otherwise known as a tricycle with a big box at the front. These distinctive bikes were first made in the 1970s in the blacksmiths at Christiania, but are now used right across Copenhagen, and further afield. The distinctive wooden box at the fro...
Christiania is in the eastern part of the city centre. It’s easy to reach by bus or metro (just get off at Christianshavn station). You can even make a stop there on your way to the city from the airport. Alternatively, it’s an easy fifteen-minute walk from Nyhavn to Christiania.
If you really want to get to know Christiania and learn all about it’s fascinating history and how it works, it’s worth visiting on a guided walking tour. Paid guides are not allowed to enter Christiana itself and show you around, but several walking tours of the city will take you to entrance and give you the lowdown on the community and its lifes...
The best-known part of Christiania is Pusher Street. Despite regular crackdowns, cannabis is still often sold from little booths along the street. Joints, blocks of resin, bags of skunk – you name it, you’ll probably find it here. This ‘green light district’ has been the subject of curiosity and indignation for many years, with the government tendi...
People are still buying and smoking weed in Christiania, but locals have agreed to video surveillance and police raids do happen more often than before. So, if you do decide to buy weed and smoke it there, do so at your own risk. Remember that buying marijuana is illegal in Denmark, even in Christiania. If you do buy, listen out for people shouting...
For a long time photos were banned on Pusher Street, for fear that pictures would help the police to identify dealers. And there are still plenty of ‘no photos’ signs around, especially around Pusher Street, where taking pics is a definite no-no. If you do want to take snaps else where in Christiania, always be courteous and ask permission if peopl...
Christiania is still considered a bit dodgy, so you should take the usual precautions that you would normally do when visiting a rough neighbourhood. Don’t flash expensive phones around, keep your wits about you, don’t go on your own after dark – and don’t buy or smoke weed. This particularly applies to the area around Pusher Street, which is contr...
As you enter Christiania, there is a sign with three rules on it. They are: 1. Have fun 2. Don’t run – it causes panic 3. No photos – buying and selling hashish is still illegal However, other – probably more important – rules that are set by the community include no violence and no cars. There is a zero tolerance approach to weapons, hard drugs an...
Oct 18, 2023 · Christiania has been famous for many years thanks to the permanent stalls along Pusher Street—or ‘The Green Light District’, as it was once known—that sold all types of cannabis (illegal elsewhere in Denmark).
Murals and signs around Christiania make the community's opposition to heroin clear. Since its opening, Christiania has been famous for its open cannabis trade, taking place in the centrally located Pusher Street, although named "Green Light District" by the Christianian council.
Apr 6, 2024 · COPENHAGEN, April 6 (Reuters) - Residents in Copenhagen's famous hippie enclave Christiania began digging up its main street known for its cannabis trade on Saturday, hoping to free the area of...
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Dec 5, 2023 · Christiania has long embraced cannabis while shunning more dangerous substances. But as gangs overtook the drug trade, harder drugs made their way in, along with some of the violence that ...
Apr 6, 2024 · For more than 50 years, the hippy neighbourhood of Christiania has been a haven of counter-culture, in the very heart of the Danish capital Copenhagen. Popular with tourists, it is known for its...
