With no government oversight, Christiania's residents didn't stay chaotic for long. Their first rule was no violence; they enforced it through social pressure and shunning. Their second priority was garbage collection. Even radical anarchists, it turns out, hate litter.
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Josh and Chuck marvel at how human nature asserted itself even in a fully anarchist environment: residents first formed a garbage team, then agreed on a no-violence rule enforced entirely through social pressure and shunning. Josh calls it 'very Hobbesian' — the natural drift toward order when enough people live together. Within a few years, Christiania had blossomed into a fully self-organized micro-city: communal baths, cafes, shop collectives, a kindergarten, and the Gray Hall, which seats roughly 1,500 people and has welcomed some of rock's biggest names. The community's motto of 'Black Sheep from All Classes Unite' drew in artists and musicians who covered the walls in murals — a visual character the neighborhood still holds today.
The Gray Hall, Christiania's largest theater — built by residents — seats about 1,500 people and has hosted acts including Bob Dylan, Metallica, and Rage Against the Machine.
Christiania has roughly 800 to 900 residents, approximately 150 of whom are children raised within the community's self-built social infrastructure.
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