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Freetown Christiania (Danish: Fristaden Christiania), also known as Christiania or simply Staden, is an intentional community and commune in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of the Danish capital city of Copenhagen. It began in 1971 as a squatted military base. Its Pusher Street is famous for its open trade of cannabis, which is illegal in Denmark.
- 34 ha (84 acres)
- Partially autonomous (until 2013)
Aug 10, 2019 · Utopian ideal: Christiania Freetown was founded nearly half a century ago after hippies and anarchists began squatting in a former military installation.
Dec 5, 2023 · The semiautonomous community of Christiania, in the heart of Copenhagen, was created as a post-’60s anarchistic paradise. But violence and drugs may spell its end.
- Valeriya Safronova
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Apr 6, 2024 · Found within a kilometre of the Danish parliament, Freetown Christiania was established in 1971 when a bunch of anarchists and hippies squatted inside a vacant military base. They set up an...
Christiania is the 84-acre anarchic enclave founded in 1971 when a brigade of young squatters and artists took over an abandoned military base on the edge of town and proclaimed it a...
Nov 21, 2021 · 4:36. Christiania: The hippy commune that survived for 50 years. In 1971 squatters took over a disused military barracks in the middle of Copenhagen, Denmark. They established a self-governing...
Oct 18, 2023 · Christiania: Important Things to Know About Copenhagen’s Hippie “Free Town”. Sam Peet | © Culture Trip. Aliki Seferou 18 October 2023. If you’ve heard of Freetown Christiania, the autonomous anarchist district in Denmark’s capital, it is probably due to the open cannabis trade that took place there for close to half a century.
