December 20th, Sunday, we went to the part of town called Christiania. Christiania is a special place for two reason. First, its probably the only part in town in which no pictures can be taken and second It is not part of the European Union. This very small section of Copenhagen is found around 1 to 2 kilometer away from downtown Copenhagen in an island called Christianshavn (please do not ask me how to pronounce it). The most interesting thing is that the Christiania Community is separated from the European Union, they are not govern by the laws of Denmark nor the laws of Copenhagen, they don’t even pay taxes. Years ago, anarchists took over the small community and resided there ever since, until today.
Just this Sunday we visited Chistiania. We wondered a around a little bit. Poster of “No Drugs, No Guns and No Violence” is everywhere along with a big picture of “No Photography.” They do not like photographs since they do not want to exploit their little town, there are some shady stuff happening in the community too. It is truly interesting on how they completely separated themselves with the Danish Government. And since they are not govern by any government, most of their streets and structures are not well maintain, roads are really slipperyand police don’t go there with the exception of the periodical raids. But still people come back to this small community to escape and to be free of government.
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