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Tivoli Review
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Tivoli 
- Address: Vesterbrog. 3, Vesterbro, Copenhagen | Map It
- Phone: 33/15-10-01
- www.tivoli.dk
- Category: Parks, Arts/Performance Venues, Gardens/Arboretums
- Location: Vesterbro
Fodor's Review:
Copenhagen's best-known attraction, conveniently next to its main train station, attracts an astounding number of visitors: 4 million people from mid-April to mid-September. Tivoli is more sophisticated than a mere amusement park: among its attractions are a pantomime theater, an open-air stage, 38 restaurants (some of them very elegant), and frequent concerts, which cover the spectrum from classical to rock to jazz. Fantastic flower exhibits color the lush gardens and float on the swan-filled ponds.
The park was established in the 1840s, when Danish architect George Carstensen persuaded a worried King Christian VIII to let him build an amusement park on the edge of the city's fortifications, rationalizing that "when people amuse themselves, they forget politics." On Wednesday and weekend nights, elaborate fireworks are set off, and every day the Tivoli Guard, a youth version of the Queen's Royal Guard, performs. Try to see Tivoli at least once by night, when 100,000 colored lanterns illuminate the Chinese pagoda and the main fountain. Call to double-check prices, which vary throughout the year and often include family discounts at various times during the day. Tivoli is also open from late November to Christmas.
- Cost: Grounds DKr 68, ride pass DKr 195
- Open: Mid-Apr.-mid-Sept., Sun.-Wed. 11-11, Thurs. 11 AM-midnight, Fri. 11 AM-1 AM, Sat. 11 AM-midnight; late Nov.-Dec. 23, Sun.-Wed. 11-9, Fri. and Sat. 11-10
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