Hotel Royal Christiania owned by Nordic Choice Hotels. Hotel Royal Christiania Hotel Royal Christiania is a hotel located on Biskop Gunnerus' gate in Oslo, Norway. Formerly known as the Hotel Viking, the building was the design work of architects Knut Knutsen and Fredrik Winsnes for which they were awarded the Houens fonds diplom in 1961. The hotel was financed and built by Oslo Municipality to accommodate the 1952 Winter Olympics. At the time of its formal opening on December 10, 1951, it was the largest hotel in Scandinavia. Today, the hotel remains one of the largest in Norway, with 532 rooms and 21
Freetown Christiania disturbances in Copenhagen (which prosecutors claimed was "in a state of rebellion"). On 24 April 2005, a 26-year-old Christiania resident was killed and three other residents injured in a violent gang assault on "Pusher Street". The reason for this was a feud over the cannabis market of Copenhagen. After the open cannabis trade was ended in Christiania the year before, criminal circles outside Christiania were eager to take over the market. Those responsible for the shooting were one such gang residing in Nørrebro, a northwestern borough of the city. They had repeatedly asked the Christiania pushers to allow them on