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How Denmark’s Hippies Fought For Their Druggy Paradise

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Christiania, a utopian paradise of communal living and plentiful marijuana, was founded in 1971 in Copenhagen—and still thrives today.

Nina Strochlic

Updated Oct. 11, 2019 3:39PM ET / Published Jul. 25, 2015 10:00PM ET 

Just a 10-minute walk from the Danish parliament exists a hippie utopia of colorful houses, plentiful marijuana, and communal living.

Cars are banned, along with weapons, “hard drugs,” and talking on cellphones.

In 1971, a group of 700 citizens entered an abandoned military base in Copenhagen, settled in the old barracks, and proclaimed it as an autonomous city of their own.

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