Author: Kapplak McKayla
The hippies themselves in the early ’60s did not disappear completely. There are still a handful of them who build their homes with environmentally friendly materials, they are painted with graffiti, smoke marijuana, ride bikes and are vegetarians. If you want to find them, you can do in Christiania, a self-governing district located in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.
Want to know how it all started, why are located there and how is your lifestyle? Would you like to know this area by far exotic? This and more after the jump.
Remontémosnos to 1971, the Danish army barracks abandoned the city center and a hippie squatter movement decided to live and stay in the 22 hectares of land abandoned military. Since then made this neighborhood a common project, seeking alternative lifestyle, away from the consumerist and materialistic society. Thus, little by little began building houses, opening shops, restaurants, and more all under the original hippie philosophy. In Christiania the grass is sold by weight and prohibits private property.
The bike shops, antique dealers, environmental projects, cooperatives, markets, street clothes and lots of color and creativity is what you can find in this neighborhood already managed to reach the semi-legal status of independent community.
1000 people are those living in these 35 acres of Copenhagen, but his lifestyle is worthy of recognition. Some would flatter him, others criticize him, but at least we all know.
They are responsible to make clear that outside the European Union with a sign at the exit of the neighborhood in which it clarifies.
If you visit Denmark, be sure to visit this neighborhood, highly eco-friendly.
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