Occupied

The last program here on Steps Beyond focused on free spaces but in both cases that were mentioned, the Candy Factory and Christiania there are some agreements and links between the communities living there and the governing bodies of Copenhagen. Next week´s program would be more focused on occupied places in which the people living there have no bureaucratic or else links with the government. Not so many of these places around so after searching all over Copenhagen and asking around I will probably manage to include only two such places that have no internet representation. One will be the squatted buildings next to the building that was given to the Candy Factory in Raghilgade and another will be an occupied harbour and trailer area next to Christiania. In both places because of the lack of communication between the people living there and the  government the sittuation is uncertain so the places might not be there for long.

But just to give an idea of what people can do if left to their own I also interviewed people in Makvärket, a former abandoned ceramics factory 70 km outside Copenhagen that is now under use by a small group of young people that self organise to create workshops and concert halls. More on the place can be found here: http://makvaerket.wordpress.com but also on http://www.wwoof.dk/ and http://www.helpx.net/

As an unexpected bonus there will be a feature from the Gangeviertel, a squated center in the center of Hamburg that managed to stay open for two years so far. Let´s hope the cops won´t come to ruin the party but if they do it will all be on "tape". http://das-gaengeviertel.i

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Unfortunately I will miss a camp outside Berlin which is exchanging volunteers with the place pictured above in Makvärket. If you will be in the area I am sure they will be happy to have help out and learn from all the great things they are preparing to build, mainly with clay and other natural materials. Here is a blog for the place called KuBiZ: http://lehmofen.blogsport.de/