Former Bohemian Communities
By extension, Bohemia meant any place where one could live and work cheaply, and behave unconventionally; a community of free souls beyond the pale of respectable society. Several cities and neighborhoods came to be associated with bohemianism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries:
- Europe
- Montmartre and Montparnasse in Paris
- Chelsea, Fitzrovia, and Soho in London
- Beyoğlu (Pera) in Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Mitte in Berlin
- Schwabing in Munich
- Skadarlija in Belgrade
- Tabán in Budapest
- Cais do Sodré, Mouraria, and Alfama in Lisbon
- Užupis in Vilnius
- United States
- Greenwich Village, New York City
- North Beach, San Francisco, California
- Venice Beach, California
- Topanga, California
- Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
- Tiburon, California
- Australia
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Newtown
- Potts Point, Sydney
- Fitzroy in Melbourne
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