Freetown Christiania — Copenhagen's Alternative Utopia
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Freetown Christiania — Copenhagen's Alternative Utopia

Freetown Christiania (Fristaden Christiania — the self-proclaimed autonomous district occupying 34 hectares in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, established in 1971 when hippies and squatters occupied an abandoned military base (the Bådsmandsstrædes Barracks) and declared it a 'free town' governed by its own laws): Christiania is one of the most remarkable social experiments in 20th-21st century European history — a community of approximately 850-1000 permanent residents that has maintained its alternative, self-governing character for over 50 years in the face of repeated attempts by the Danish government to normalize or demolish it.

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