Events, Copenhagen

Favorite thing: Each year can watch movies in Copenhagen for free. The movies are shown outdoors, so you just show up with a blanket or a little chair if you want to sit down. (Or you can buy it at the spot.
The entrance is free and the movies start when it gets dark. You can buy hot and cold beverages and popcorn.
This year the free films are organized by TV2 Zulu, which is a Danish TV-channel. The movies are shown in the big towns of Denmark, but most are in Copenhagen (21 July – 24 August)

Fondest memory: Here you can see this years program: http://zulu.tv2.dk/event/sommerbio/
or search the web for “Zulu Sommerbio” or “Fri Film”

Favorite thing: The Gay Parade in Copenhagen is a great event which takes place each year in summertime (Year 2005: 6 – 14 August). Thousands of people take part in this event, either in the parade or just watching it. Also many non-homosexuals of Copenhagen enjoy this big party.

Copenhagen pride lasts for over a week, and every day there are events such as an auction, where the sum is donated to "Stop Aids", Open Air Movie, hearings on different topics and then there are all the parties.

Fondest memory: The Parade in Copenhagen starts at Nørrebrohallen and spends about two hours on the streets of Copenhagen until it arrives at Rådhuspladsen (Town Hall Square). Here there will be three hours of music, prize awards, show and fun. On the last day, Sunday, there is a Pride Service at Christians Church at Christianshavn. The Service does not remind you of the service one would normally experience in a Danish Church.

The website of Copenhagen Pride: http://www.copenhagenpride.dk

Favorite thing: Grøn Koncert (Green Concert) is an annual concert held outdoor in mayor towns of Denmark during the summer.
The concert is held during the daytime where several Danish bands entertain. Many people go to this concert as it is a friendly and relaxed event for both children and adults. Here people sit on the grass having a picnic while they listen to the music or they just relax, having a beer while soaking up the sun. Near the stage people dance and have fun.
The concert is a charity concert for a foundation which goal is to improve the conditions for people with the disease progressive muscular atrophy.

Fondest memory: In Copenhagen the concert is held in the huge park: Valbyparken that is located in Valby just outside Copenhagen next to the waterfront. Take the s-train to Ellebjerg or Åmarken Station.

Read more about the concert here: http://www.groenkoncert.dk

Favorite thing: The Cultural Harbour has become a yearly recurrent harbour festival. Cultural and leisure time activities are made available throughout the harbour for the citizens of Copenhagen, tourists and others who wish to participate in or get familiar with the cultural life of Copenhagen. The Cultural Harbour stand for four days of dance, theatre, music, artistry and a variety of sports events, in the harbour and on the quay - all activities are for free.
This year the festival presents 112 activities

Fondest memory: The festival area covers:
- The Harbour Park at Islands Brygge
- Havneholmen including a new swimming pool in the harbour at the "Beach Copencabana"
- Kalvebod Brygge, to which the festival has expanded to include more sailing activities.

The festival is this year: 4th – 7th of August 2005

Read more about it here: http://www.kulturhavn.dk

Favorite thing: If you are in Copenhagen on the begining of October, don't miss Culture Night (Kulturnatten).

More than 300 venues all over the city will be turned over to artists, musicians and creative forces for a spectacular night of art and entertainment. Museums, churches, musical venues, art galleries, theatres, libraries, schools, bookshops, and lots of other venues will open their doors from 6 to 12 pm offering all sorts of special events for the curious and adventurous public.

For tourists The Night of Culture offers a unique opportunity to experience an exciting evening of cultural exploration. Join The Night of Culture and see another side of Copenhagen after nightfall.

Favorite thing: Every year around Whitsun (around the beginning of June) there is a carneval celebration in Copenhagen which is really worth seeing if you're there at that time. Lots of different groups get together to dance, sing, play and perform in a huge parade. They dance down the walking street in great costumes, so you can either find a place somewhere along the walking street or at Rådhuspladsen (town hall square) where the parade ends, or go to Fælledparken where there is also put on a great show, and where there's a tradition for celebration and drinking afterwards.See my carneval album for more pictures of the Copenhagen carneval.

Favorite thing: Come here during the summer solstice some time.There are hundreds of parties going on,many of which are on beaches with bondfires.I celebrated on Nyhaven street which had bands playing,people walking the streets singing,and at sunset had the burning of a straw witch to bannish the witches from the area.

Fondest memory: Celebrating the summer solstice with locals