Photo: Christiania, Copenhagen

I had heard a lot about this commune in the middle of Copenhagen. I have some advice for anyone wishing to visit Christiania -- do not go early in the morning.

Early in the morning, Christiania has the menacing ambience of an abandoned amusement park. Trash littered the ground, dogs wandered the streets, and the few other people I saw gave me the old stink-eye.

Christiania is known as a place where they make their own laws, but there was only one law I saw, posted in large letters all over the grounds:

NO PHOTOS!