es in order to be able to pay down some of the Gay House's debt to Christiania. According to Dunst, however, neighbours would never readily accept them and the newcomers were accused of not understanding "the Christiania lifestyle". Dunst claim they received verbal abuse, threatening letters and even in one instance, had a baseball bat brandished against them. Some disliked Dunst's loud parties, their contemporary electro-punk style music being described as techno. After 9 months, they were asked to leave Christiania.
In 2004 Dunst participated in 'Christiania Distortion', an event supportive of Christiania. As they could not make use of the Gay House, Dunst's part of the event took place in a bus circling around Christiania.
Eviction and riot
An eviction from the second floor of a house called Vadestedet on 29 October 2008 led to a day of rioting which included the blockade of a bridge for 25 minutes. The next day, Christianites were at work reconstructing the second floor.
Grenade attack
On 24 April 2009, a 22-year-old man had his jaw blown off by a grenade thrown into the crowds seated at Cafe Nemoland. Four or five others had minor back and leg injuries. A perpetrator has not been found
