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An Emotional Place

I met K., a very lovely person who has been here almost since the beginning. I learnt a lot from her about Christiania. She says: - Christiania is a magic place. Many people think they can get help here, and they actually do: they relax. Here are no commercials, no logos! - If she could be the good fairy she would bring the old and strong enthusiasm back to maintain things in an alternative way - Christiania can be seen as a psychic landscape, with different emotions in different places - in the 70ties hash here was considered the tree of life, that gives health also in case of some sicknesses - The fund is a an opportunity to save Christiania. Negative about the fund is that things might become more stiff and difficult to change. She perceives it as a ‚forced change’ and feared that Christiania might not be a ‚living political body anymore’... - Christiania is a bit like living in the countryside, rough, with a kind of wild west society. And there is still a lack of girls... who do not enjoy the lack of luxury. - names of streets and people in Christiania are very important. - some people also got fed up with all the meetings and leave. - There are some rituals in Christiania that have a strong tradition, like e.g. the woodburning with kids or Christmas in the Grand Hall - every year free dinner for 2000 people! I think I will go there. - She says: clothes are very important for people in Christiania; that there is a kind of dress code... there are also free clothes... (I see a lot of guys with hooded pullovers) - she says there is a christianitisk language...- ????? - She says people here do not steal and honesty is very important (what Nis said also). If there are problems with one person there are meetings where he/she can defend her/himself and in the worst case someone gets banned for a while, that happened only very few times. - Health: kids here often stronger than city kids. But there have been cases of tuberculosis. - people here need the tourists and visitors to leave money to sustain Christiania...

14.11.2007, 16:29