Science Fair Project Encyclopedia Christiania, also known as the
Freetown Christiania, is a partially self-governing neighborhood
in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark, which has established semi-
legal status as an independent community. Christiania was
founded in 1971, when a group of hippie squatters took over an
area of abandoned military barracks. One of the more influential
persons was Jacob Ludvigsen , who published an anarchist
newspaper, which widely announced the proclamation of the free
town. For years the legal status of the region was in limbo, as
the Danish government attempted, without success, to remove the
squatters. Later, a biker gang took control of the area for a
period of time. The neighborhood is accessible only through two
main entrances, and cars are not allowed. Famous for its main
drag, known as Pusher Street, where hash was sold openly from
permanent stands until 2004, it nevertheless does have rules
forbidding so-called hard drugs. The region negotiated an
arrangement with the Danish