Christiania was founded in 1971, when a group of hippie squatters took over an area of abandoned military barracks. For years the legal status of the region was in limbo, as the Danish government attempted, without success, to remove the squatters. 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 is sold openly, it nevertheless does have rules forbidding hard drugs. The region has negotiated an arrangement with the Danish defense ministry (which still owns the land) in 1995, and the residents now pay taxes.
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