Christianshavn

district, Copenhagen, Denmark

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feature of Copenhagen

  • Copenhagen
    In Copenhagen: The contemporary city

    The old quarter of Christianshavn is on the harbor to the south. It contains the 17th-century Church of Our Saviour. This neighborhood is also the site of Freetown Christiania, a countercultural community set up in abandoned military buildings in 1971. It has since become one of Copenhagen’s largest tourist…

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