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, ...

Christiania K (Chris) Nietz, of Bowling Green, Ohio passed away peacefully on January 16, 2026, at the age of 80 in her home in Naples, Florida. Christiania (Chris) was born in Toledo, Ohio to Charles ...

The film from director Karl Friis Forchhammer, world premiering at the Copenhagen documentary fest, explores the alternative society shaped by hippie culture and governed by consensus democracy. By ...

Denmark’s Christiania Gas has secured the safe return of nine crew members who were kidnapped by pirates from an LPG carrier off West Africa on 3 December. Eitzen-family controlled Christiania said in ...

Back in 2017, we sent James Wright and Seb White to Copenhagen to find out all about Christiania Sports Club for Issue 10. Recently, Seb returned to the Danish capital with hummel. Jan was still ...

The signs put up by the community of the formerly very cannabis-friendly, self-governing hippy commune in Denmark’s capital city are clear: please don’t buy your weed here any more. Freetown ...

THE centenary of the birth of the famous Norwegian mathematician Henrik Niels Abel was celebrated in Christiania by a festival, or rather a series of festivals, which lasted from September 4 to 7, to ...

Fridtjof Eitzen-led Christiania Shipping has revealed the capture of a modern chemical tanker as it prepares to take delivery of its first ever newbuilding. The Denmark-based operation said it had ...

In Copenhagen's Christiania, residents are leading hands-on efforts to make homes warmer, greener, and fairer while in Europe communities on the margins confront energy poverty and housing inequality.

Firstly, Freetown Christiania’s story began when a group of hippies claimed an empty military area. They wanted a space that rejected strict rules and embraced an alternative way of living. Over time, ...

Christiania it’s a self-managed neighborhood within the city of Copenhagenin Denmark. It has existed since 1971when a group of hippies he occupied the area and founded a community. The Danish ...

Feature'Repairing the Earth' (6/6). Denmark's pioneering capital has set itself the goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2025. It has already reduced its emissions by 75% since 2005. Half of all ...