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 ...

Ever-so intriguing, Freetown Christiania is actually a controversial part of Copenhagen due to its completely different set of rules – resulting from the fact that it's completely independent of the ...

In 1971, a group of squatters took over a military base in Copenhagen and called their enclave "Christiania." Their plan was to break away from Denmark and its laws, to stop living under a ...

Located in Denmark's Copenhagen, and covering an area of 0.34 sq km (34 hectares), the controversial Christiania Freetown is located within the city’s 17th century fortifications and military barracks ...

The unconventional lifestyle of this self-governing community fuels open debates in Danish social and political circles. An excursion to Copenhagen's gated Christiania reveals particularised laws, ...

Pusherstreet isn't what it used to be. The leading source of retail cannabis in all of Denmark, in one of the largest and oldest anarchic enclaves in all of Europe, is no longer the bustling, friendly ...

After nearly four decades of independence from Denmark and the EU, Christiania's dream of a subsistence lifestyle, free from capitalist constraints and social segregation, is finally coming to an end.