Copenhagen, Denmark: A social experiment

Christiania is a hippie idyll in the heart of Denmark’s prim and proper capital

A strong whiff of marijuana hits us as we walk by the lake shore on a sunny afternoon. We are strictly told not to talk on our mobile phones, to hide our cameras and to not run as we enter the locality. The intimidating instructions are the least of my concerns when I see people in black masks selling cannabis on Pusher Street.

This is Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania, translated from the Danish moniker Fristaden Christiania, a recently seceded autonomous hippie society right in the heart of Copenhagen. And apart from the slightly dodgy vibes of Pusher Street, where masked drug dealers accompanied by pit bulls sell a variety of pot (but never any hard drugs), this wonderfully weird world of Christiania is a study in contrast, sitting as it does within an otherwise prim...

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