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 ...

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 ...

COPENHAGEN(Reuters) - Residents in Copenhagen's famous hippie enclave Christiania began digging up its main street known for its cannabis trade on Saturday, hoping to free the area of criminal gangs ...

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 ...

Christiania is a special quarter of Copenhagen based on alternative living and consensus democracy, established by squatters at a 34 hectare military area and barracks in 1971. Just steps from modern ...

The democratic process in Christiania is based on a consensus mechanism, and cannabis sellers are often present at community meetings: to have a hash stall in Christiania, you must be a resident. Some ...

For more than 50 years, Copenhagen has been home to Europe's largest hippie commune. Freetown Christiania was formed in 1971 when about 150 squatters decided to leap a fence and take over a section of ...

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 ...

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 ...