The origin of the now-famous Christiania Bike was in the autonomous neighbourhood of Christiania, Copenhagen. One Christmas in the early 1980s, resident Lars Engstrøm gave his wife, Annie Lerche a handbuilt cargo bike, and the workshop expanded from there. The company now manufactures 5000 bikes per year, and is amongst the most popular designs of cargo bike, in addition to the other Copenhagen stalwart, the Larry vs Harry Bullitt