Public Holidays

New Year's Day: 1/1
Maundy Thursday: 3/27
Good Friday: 3/28
Easter Sunday: 3/30
Easter Monday: 3/31
Common Prayer Day: 4/25
Ascension Day: 5/8
Whit Sunday: 5/18
Whit Monday: 5/19
Constitution Day: 6/5
Christmas Eve: 12/24
Christmas Day: 12/25
Boxing Day: 12/26
New Years Eve: 12/31

A sculpture from the Man & Gods exhibit at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

Regions

DANISH TOURIST BOARD
655 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 885-9700
Fax: (212) 885-9710

Other Attractions

1997
Fall Events in Denmark:

September 15 - February 1, 1998
The Fleet and the Danish West Indies Royal Danish Naval Museum, Copenhagen. The exhibition highlights that it was 80 years ago, April 17, 1917, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies - the Caribbean islands of St. John, St. Thomas, and St. Croix to the United States for the sum of 25 million dollars.

September 26 - December 20
Russia's Danish Tsarina Dagmar. Royal Reception Rooms, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen. Denmark's King Christian IX was known in the last century as the father-in-law of Europe. Three out of six children dominated the royal houses of Britain, Russia, Greece and Denmark. Princess Dagmar (1847-1928) married Russian Tsar Alexander III (1845-94) and was Empress of Russia for 36 years until the Russian revolution in 1917.

October 3 - February 8, 1998
New Art from Denmark and Scania. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, North Sealand Exhibition focusing on the current state of affairs in Danish and Scanian art. Scania is the southernmost province of Sweden. On view is new art created for the exhibition by painters, sculptors and video and installation artists of all ages living or working in Denmark or Sweden.

October 10 - January 11, 1998
Missing Links - Alive! National Museum, Copenhagen. Major visiting exhibition brings the million year-long history of the human race to life, raising questions about the origins and development of the human species through the use of four amazing dioramas featuring moving robots. The public can experience the small, intelligent Austral-opithecus in the rain forest jungle three to four million years ago; progressing via Homo Erectus in the African Savannah two million years later; the extremely strong Neanderthal's harsh life during Europe's Ice Age, and the Cro-Magnon's paintings in the caves of Southern France.
Information: Tel:+(45) 33 13 44 11. http://www.natmus.dk

November 6 - 9
Autumn Jazz Music. Copenhagen. This fall jazz celebrations can be heard in Europe's "Jazz Capital." The three-day weekend festival fills Copenhagen's nightclubs with strains of New Orleans Jazz, swing, bebop, and fusion. For further information. Tel:+ (45) 33 93 20 13

November 7 - March 1, 1998
Danish Design 1910 - 1945. Functionalism and Art Deco. Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen.

November 21 - December 22
Christmas Market at Tivoli Gardens. Copenhagen. Tivoli celebrates the holiday season with more than 50 kiosks and tents filled with gift items and Danish foods; holiday fare and drinks served in a number of restaurants and cafes; and ten of the famous rides open to be enjoyed by children as well as adults. Opening hours: Daily 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Price: Adults 20 kroner. Children under 12 free. Information. Tel: +(45) 33 15 10 01.

November 26
Jazz Visits. Copenhagen JazzHousePoul Jackson, Mike Clark, Aske Jacobi, Anders P. Jensen.

November 29
The Great Christmas Parade. Copenhagen. 11 a.m. Father Christmas arrives at the Copenhagen railroad station. He will lead the parade through the city of Copenhagen and light Christmas trees in the streets and squares. A multitude of children, jazz musicians, angels, and fairy-tale figures will be around to assist him.

Royal Theater, Copenhagen


Opera and ballet schedule during the holiday season. For schedule call Scandinavian Tourism. Tel: (212) 885-9700. To order tickets directly with the theater: Tel: + (45) 33 69 69 69. Fax + (45) 33 69 69 30

All Year of 1998
Roskilde 1000 Years. Roskilde, 20 miles west of Copenhagen. The whole of 1998 will be characterized by celebrations in Roskilde, a town in Denmark noted for its impressive Cathedral with 38 royal tombs, its Viking Ship Museum, and its townscape. January 17 - official opening; June 23 - Midsummer Eve floating fireworks on the fjord; September 5 - Roskilde Night to mark the opening of the official anniversary weekend. The year is split up in three themes: Jan.-Apr. The Dane; May-Sept. The European; Oct.-Dec. The Roskilde Citizen. For further information contact: Roskilde 1000 År.
Tel: +(45) 46 32 09 98. Fax: +(45) 46 32 10 98