Christiania Residents Dig Up Pusher Street to Remove Drug Trade and Integrate with Copenhagen
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Christiania residents started digging up Pusher Street, the area known for illegal hashish sales, to renovate it and try to remove the criminal element.
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The plan is to integrate Christiania into the broader Copenhagen area while maintaining its unique freethinking community spirit.
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Christiania was established in 1971 when squatters took over an abandoned military base and set up a hippie enclave.
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Over the years, authorities have pressured Christiania to halt illegal activities like unpermitted construction and open drug sales.
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Residents hope that removing Pusher Street will help eliminate the criminal gangs that control the hashish trade so Christiania can become a legal yet alternative neighborhood.