Cannabis, Consensus Democracy and an Alcoholic Black Bear Called Rikke: ‘Christiania’ Goes Inside Copenhagen’s (In)Famous Anarchist Commune

Director Karl Friis Forchhammer, who was born in the community and debuts his doc about one of the world's largest social ...
Time

Christiania: The Free Town That Is About to Be Sold

Tanja Fox, 44, the daughter of a Danish hippie and an American photographer on the run from the Vietnam draft, was only four when her mother brought her to Christiania, the autonomous enclave in the ...

‘Christiania’ Filmmaker on the Anarchic Commune That Battled With Drug Pushers, Biker Gangs and an Alcoholic Bear (EXCLUSIVE)

Danish filmmaker Karl Friis Forchhammer’s “Christiania” is a tale of anarchy, violent biker gangs, drug pushers and an alcoholic black bear, but also one of peace-loving hippies in search of a better ...
Courthouse News Service

Historic Danish commune takes aim at open-air drug market

Pusher Street, in the Christiania area Copenhagen, Denmark, has operated as an open-air drug market for more than 50 years. It is only possible to photograph it from afar, as dealers forbid ...
WRAL

In Anarchic Corner of Copenhagen, Police and Dealers Play Cat and Mouse

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — When a phalanx of Danish policemen in bulletproof vests crosses the boundary into Christiania Freetown, the hippie commune in the center of Copenhagen, many things happen at once ...