The colourful residents of Copenhagen's libertarian Christiania enclave, long a refuge for anarchists, hippies and artists, fear new housing within its borders could spell the end of the freetown's ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Danish filmmaker Karl Friis Forchhammer’s “Christiania” is a tale of anarchy, violent biker gangs, drug pushers and an alcoholic ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dario Sabaghi covers the cannabis industry with a focus on Europe. Once a paradise enclave for hippies, Christiania Freetown has ...
In 1971, a group of squatters took over a military base in Copenhagen and called their enclave "Christiania." Their plan was to break away from Denmark and its laws, to stop living under a ...
When Christiania, the world's best-known commune, first opened in 1971 there were no rules. It was an anarchist's dreamland that attracted hippies, artists, drug addicts, criminals, idealists, ...
A wooden sign over the gate into Christiania emphasizing, how the rest of Denmark may be part of the EU, but Freetown is not (Mie Olsen/Courthouse News Service). CHRISTIANIA, Denmark (CN) — “The ...
Initially “Christiania” appears as a homage from a filmmaker to a place and time he feels a nostalgic pull for even though has not actually experienced it. In trying to tell the story of the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents in a bar in Christiania in 1976.Francois Lochon/Gamma-Rapho/Getty In 1971, a group of squatters took over a military ...
Verità Films has come on board to handle international sales ahead of the world premiere at Copenhagen documentary festival CPH:DOX Danish filmmaker Karl Friis Forchhammer’s “Christiania” is a tale of ...