Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 622: Anarchist Free City

In Europe, anarchism was popular for a long period of time.

Of course, this ideology without a developmental basis soon became an excuse for some criminals to justify their actions.

Many thieves and robbers, once caught, would claim to be anarchists.

Because they did not acknowledge the existence of a government, nor did they recognize laws, they believed they hadn't committed any crimes at all.

Of course, these claims didn't stop the government from arresting them as needed.

However, after World War II, due to the war, a large number of houses and lands were left vacant.

So a group of young people in Copenhagen seized the opportunity to occupy an abandoned naval camp.

This group of young people wanted to create a place without government control or laws using this location.

Moreover, these people were quite smart.

They not only practiced anarchism but also anti-private property, leaderless, and anti-authority ideals.

In other words, in this Freedom Town, theoretically, no one had private property, no leaders would be elected, and there would be no attempt to establish any institution representing this land.

This significantly reduced the conflict between Freedom Town and the government. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

After all, to the Danish government, it was just a group of rebellious people refusing to obey rules and occupying an abandoned land to play among themselves.

From a threat perspective, these people were less dangerous than gangs.

It is also for this reason that this Freedom Town, named Christiania, has existed until now.

"Wait a minute." Chen Yiyang, after listening to Schaefer's introduction, felt something was off.

"How many people are there in Freedom Town in total?"

"About more than a thousand residents," Schaefer answered.

"Without laws, no authorities, and no private property, then what do these people live on?"

"Most people are nominally not accepting Danish government control, but they are actually still Danish residents.

Because they declare themselves without any private property, the Danish government has to give them aid money."

"Uh," Chen Yiyang instantly understood why such a place could only be born in the capital of Denmark.

This place essentially cannot support itself and relies entirely on government aid.

Chen Yiyang and Schaefer toured Denmark for a few days and took the opportunity to view the Little Mermaid statue, Copenhagen's most famous attraction.

How should I put it, very disappointing.

It's like going to Lin'an, hoping to see West Lake, which exists in countless literary stories, and finding that this lake is no different from the lakes you can see everywhere in your hometown.

The Little Mermaid statue was sculpted in 1912 by sculptor Eriksen, based on Andersen's fairy tale "The Little Mermaid."

According to Chen Yiyang, this shouldn't even be considered a tourist attraction.

Picture of the Little Mermaid statue attraction.

"Why don't we go over to Freedom Town and take a look?" Chen Yiyang said to Schaefer, "During the day, bringing two bodyguards, I feel like there wouldn't be much danger."

"Of course not." Schaefer didn't understand Chen Yiyang's cautiousness and said directly, "Actually, apart from Green Street, the rest of the place is quite safe."

"Green Street?"

"A district within Freedom Town specifically used by criminals to trade prohibited goods," Schaefer said. "There's no police in Freedom Town, and the police won't enter.

So many criminals hide illegal goods prohibited by law on Green Street, openly trading at night."

Impressive.

Chen Yiyang didn't expect the capital of a country to so openly have such a place.

Now he finally understood why in Harry Potter, there was such an openly existing street for dark wizard trades.

It turns out there's an original model in reality.

Chen Yiyang hired two bodyguards, and then Schaefer arranged contact with a resident in Freedom Town.

The group took a car to the famous Freedom Town.

It was currently winter.

Upon arrival in Freedom Town, Chen Yiyang found it reminiscent of those post-apocalyptic movies where after human activity diminished, the whole city became utterly barren.

Of course, the faint smell of contraband in the air here still told outsiders that there was indeed human activity.

"That's Green Street over there." Schaefer pointed to a distant spot for Chen Yiyang.

"But we'd better not go there. You're not allowed to wander or roam around there, and practically all you'll see are criminals."

Schaefer, while speaking, led Chen Yiyang to another part of Freedom Town.

"This is the legitimate residential area for the residents of Freedom Town," Schaefer introduced.

Chen Yiyang stood on tiptoes to look.

He noticed that the houses here were scattered in a very haphazard manner across the land.

And unlike the houses seen elsewhere.

The houses here looked like they'd been built by people themselves using scrap metal, just meeting the basic condition of not collapsing.

Judging purely by appearance, they were quite distinctive.

Picture of the Freedom Town houses.

After walking a few more steps, Chen Yiyang noticed that there were even children riding horses over there.

"There's a horse farm here," Schaefer explained why there were horses present to Chen Yiyang.

No wonder Europeans are known for their artistic imagination.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yiyang felt quite sentimental.

Their real life seems to be quite imaginative too.

Dirty, muddy land.

Randomly constructed houses.

Criminals lurking in the dark.

And teenagers riding horses past steel buildings.

Chen Yiyang felt that this place truly had a novelistic vibe.

As long as he didn't live there, this place was quite cool to Chen Yiyang.

Schaefer took Chen Yiyang into Freedom Town and found a house surrounded by a garden.

An elderly white man came out to welcome them in.

"Welcome to Freedom Town," the old man greeted everyone warmly.

The old man's house was quite a typical wooden European countryside house.

Upon entering, Chen Yiyang found that it even had electricity.

"Just call me Robert," the old man introduced himself.

Chen Yiyang chatted with the elderly man and discovered that he was actually a North American, already in his seventies.

"In 1969, I attended the Woodstock Festival."

The old man explained to Chen Yiyang and the others why he came to Denmark.

The Woodstock Festival is historically quite famous, not only lasting three days and nights but also drawing over fifty thousand attendees.

"But at that time, everyone thought only fifty thousand people would attend the festival, so when people realized fifty thousand came, everyone went crazy.

After it rained, we directly stripped naked, rolled in the mud, bathed in the river, and engaged in intimate activities on the grass."