Sounds pretty cool should be more places around the world like this.

"The sort of development of this area you would have, if it was to be controlled by market Mechanisms would be just to level everything down, build apartments with a great view of the lake water, and it would be super highly priced. But there wouldn't be a fox around anymore."

I have been there once to play a gig with an old band, and I loved it. I have always wanted to visit again.

I really like Christiania as a case study for different ideas. It's interesting to see how the same community-based NIMBYism that is so pervasive everywhere is also really strong in Christiana, with not a lot of dense housing at all despite being situated in the middle of Denmark's biggest city. Other aspects of the experiment I really love though, like the community volunteering to get public works done. Municipalities could learn from this, there are a lot of people with free time looking to have an impact. Instead of always hiring expensive companies to maintain parks or do shovel work they could tap into this desire to make a difference and get things done cheaper and better by giving people the chance to help. I know a town in Germany that renovated its public pool that way when there weren't enough funds to cover the full project.

It's a beautiful place with a strong feeling of freedom. It's so sad that there are not more of these places in the world. Would be interesting to compare the rate of depression with other districts in Copenhagen.

Its actually SUPER good for the environment of Copenhagen. It's like the only green patch in the city!

christiania is a good place.🖤❤

Copenhagen doesn’t have a housing problem. It has areas that are very sought after that are expensive, and I’d argue that that is quite ok. Awful as that area is from a planning perspective, Ørestad is quite affordable and close to the city center. 1/2 an hour from Copenhagen centre you are able to find lots of affordable housing, primarily because those areas are also planning disasters from the 60s (Copenhagen west). As Jan Gehl said, we need to look at the areas surrounding Copenhagen and make those better.

Cool! Sounds like my kind of place. Like a commune.

Christiania is JAMMIN'

Hey if you can pull this off in New Orleans without crime. I’m on bored

Sounds like this place excludes a lot of people

Hi i would love to visit and stay for 2 weeks or so, just need to get away from England, i love the vibes and great people, can someone advice to on cost of renting room, food, general expenses etc and how i can arrange to rent room. fingers crossed i can visit soon♥🤞✌🙏

The guy made it sound like literally anyone could apply to live there. I wonder if he meant anyone that's a Danish citizen..or literally anyone who can actually get to Denmark.

omg, that looks amazing. how do i move there?

I find it ironic that he complains that the government would build large apartment complexes, when that in fact would be more social, allowing more people into the city, compared to large plots for single families. That can be done without sacrificing all the nature.

The way the guy was explaining it was actually socialism. “If you improve the house, it’s not really yours” lol

I would say the biggest problem of Christiania is that they have absolutely no incentive to increase the housing supply despite being in the middle of Denmark's biggest city. Whether it's through high housing prices or a long waiting list, either way you're not getting a roof over your head.

I was kinda getting mad the video was glossing over how ridiculously large of a pice of land this occupies, for such a small population, but it is great that they are aware of the problem and are on to fix it.

Christiania must be renamed to Drug-Christiania, which is more accurate . Drug trade in this place is rife .

So cool. And very soon they’re going to be proven right on pretty much everything they do.

He made it sound so but the place is a slum full of crimels and drug adicts there are people half dying on the street and there a stabbing 6 times a week

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It's funny how left wing ideological systems in practice end up looking a lot like right leaning Libertarianism. I'd be very curious to see how many people who live there also work for the Government during the day...

Their currency is Pot 😅

lol we dont discriminate based on money we only discriminate based on the opinion of our inhabitants

actually copenhagen is slum in scandinavian design. rectangular-- cold. but. with caffe latte cino shit. and hey. and you find work capable paying the 2k rent....and to drive your small car-to work. maybe you can afford a wooden house too. for more vegetable and less pork.❤🖤

It's still too individualistic. The fact that each house has a different style, with no concern for a broader vision, demonstrates this. They also don't seem to have a religion. They could make one up, even if it's like a football team. Division of function by sex would also be cool.

Don't value money my ass. You ever been there?

This sounds like a shi**y place basically Brooklyn, NY & Portland, OR

The community votes you in but what if they want you out? It’s like a city built for free loaders. Just terrible.