Christiania Is A Draw For Copenhagen's Fringe. But The Times, They Are A' Changin, And Rules Are Rules After All, It Seems

There is little heating in the sparsely furnished ex-barracks. The ashtrays need emptying, the tables need customers, and the walls need a fresh coat of paint, but 22-year-old Montreal-born Nicco doesn't seem to mind.

It's the end of a day's work at the Infocafe. The Canadian-Dane-Christianite is pouring leftover coffee down the sink. He has spent most of his adult life living and working in the Free State of Christiania.

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