Area guide: Christiania
Christiania is a vibrant free space in central Copenhagen: A green oasis where tranquillity meets creative energy. It’s a strong, diverse community where homemade architecture, culture, nature, poetry, and everyday life coexist.
Since its founding in the early 1970s, Christiania has existed as a unique free town and an alternative community in the heart of Copenhagen. What started as a social experiment during the summer has developed into a living fristad built on values such as community, creativity and freedom.
Over the years, Christiania has often been associated with Pusher Street, but this is only a small part of its story. Today, the free town is undergoing change and development, with a stronger focus on sustainability, culture and shared responsibility. Christiania is a green oasis filled with art, music and everyday life, where diversity and new ideas continue to flourish. Colourful, free and different, Christiania remains a place that looks forward and offers visitors something inspiring and unexpected.
Guidelines for your visit to Christiania
- Show respect for residents, community and nature – Christiania is a home, not just a place to visit. Please refrain from peeping into people's windows.
- Walk slowly, enjoy the peace and quiet, and make room for diversity.
- Follow signs and instructions – they are there for everyone's safety.
- Be considerate when taking photographs and respect areas where photography is prohibited.
- Keep the area clean – use bins and take care of green areas.
- Important: It is NOT legal to buy cannabis – neither in Christiania nor anywhere else in Denmark. Always comply with Danish law.
Christiania gives a lot back if you take the time and approach the place with openness and responsibility.
Food and drink
Food and drink in Christiania is informal, green and made with care. Here, homemade meals, freshly baked bread and cold beers are shared at long tables, on the grass and between the houses – always with a focus on community, togetherness and good ingredients.
Café Månefiskeren is Christiania's cosy meeting place where coffee culture and community blend together in a warm, relaxed atmosphere.
Grøntsagen in Christiania is a cosy meeting place where colourful food, community and the special atmosphere of the sanctuary come together in a warm and lively oasis.
A creative brewery in the heart of Christiania combines local freedom with experimental beer brewed from hemp and a strong sense of community.
Shops and artisan
The shops and workshops in Christiania are driven by hands, ideas and personality. Here you will find unique, handmade products, recycled goods, art and design created on site, with time, soul and creative freedom as the common denominator.
Den Grønne Hal is Christiania's colourful building market where history, creativity and recycling come together in a lively atmosphere filled with quirky finds and community spirit.
The women's smithy in Christiania combines art and craftsmanship in a lively workshop where female smiths create raw and modern designs with creative freedom.
The shopping centre in Christiania is the living grocery store of the free town, where everyday life, community and colour come together in a unique mix of local goods and atmospheric chaos.
Christiania Art Gallery is a colourful and vibrant artists' home in the middle of the free town, where visitors encounter intense creativity and Copenhagen seen through glowing brushstrokes.
Urban spaces and nature
Christiania combines urban spaces and wild nature in one vibrant landscape. Here, green paths, open spaces and homemade urban spaces blend with the ramparts, the lake and the trees making it a place where the city feels slower and nature is always close by.
Pusher Street is a safe and creative gathering place in Christiania where community, culture and tranquillity have replaced the former hash trade.
The Christianshavns Vold is the only part left of the old fortification that surrounded Copenhagen. Here is the little windmill from 1700-1800.
Nemoland is Christiania's open and colourful oasis where music, food and community come together to create a unique atmosphere that draws visitors back again and again.