This seemingly utopian communal society I spotted via Messy Nessy Chic recently, came about from an actual hippie commune in Denmark in the early 1970s. It has quite a history and immediately brought to mind Nimbin, northern NSW, near where I grew up and it also made me think of my mum’s sister’s family and the commune they lived on in Petaluma, California, when I was little.
Part social experiment, part commune and part fairy tale, Christiania’s gotten quite a bit of press in the last few years and it looks like a very creative, interesting place.
What a gorgeous and interesting place! My family are Danish (my Mum migrated when she was about 7) and we still have family there. I will have to ask them about Christiana. It does look a bit like a hippy fairytale doesn’t it!
You should totally ask them Amy!