Christiania: Copenhagen’s hippy commune

Christiania: Copenhagen’s hippy commune

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In the heart of Copenhagen, a former military base transformed into Christiania, a self-proclaimed anarchist commune where residents built a new way of living, free from traditional rules. But as the years passed, external pressures and internal conflicts—especially a growing ...

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