Tivoli Gardens
Theme park · Bernstorffsgade ·
Historic amusement park with antique rides, gardens, entertainment
Historic amusement park with antique rides, gardens, entertainment
"Pretty and fun in any season, this original amusement park — the inspiration for Walt Disney’s Disneyland — truly comes alive over the holidays, when short winter afternoons turn to darkness and thousands of lights brighten the sky. Right in the city center I can ride roller coasters or an Elf train, ice skate or drive bumper cars, and even meet Father Christmas; there’s an admission fee, but it’s well worth it. More than 1,000 decorated Christmas trees and countless lights illuminate the festivities, and it also hosts the city’s largest Christmas market." - Henrietta Lovell
"Entering Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens during the holiday season feels like wandering into an undiscovered Nordic village. This 175-year-old theme park is transformed annually into a Christmas market with 60 stalls swathed in magical decor, including log cabins draped in pine cones and layers of snow—and that’s without mentioning the garden itself, which glows with over 70,000 Christmas baubles and 1,000-plus trees draped in lights." - Nicole Kliest
"Tivoli Gardens becomes a fairy-lit winter theme park—decked out in more than 500,000 lights—where I warmed by log fires while listening to the Tivoli Youth Guard, enjoyed rollercoasters and family stage shows at the Glass Hall Theater and Tivoli Concert Hall, and sampled Danish treats like aebleskiver and honninghjerter; it’s the very embodiment of hygge during the holidays." - Caitlin Morton
"Opened in 1843 and the world’s second-oldest operating amusement park, Tivoli Gardens offers rides for everyone from young children to ageless thrill-seekers, plus archery, old-school fair games, themed gardens, shops and daily shows from performers and musicians. Autumn is particularly atmospheric as the illuminations switch on earlier, fairy lights guide your way along the paths, and Halloween (running 9th October–1st November 2020) brings ghosts, bats, spiders and over 20,000 pumpkins, with stalls selling tricks, treats and decorations, a children’s treasure hunt and themed activities; from 28th–30th October artist Malik Mabe will be carving giant pumpkins to display in front of the Nimb water fountains. Tickets can be purchased for admission only or as all-inclusive ride packages." - Elizabeth Winter
"The third-oldest amusement park in the world, opened in 1843, it pairs a must-ride wooden rollercoaster with enchanting evening strolls through landscaped grounds, the Nimb Water Fountains, a Chinese-inspired bamboo forest, and the peaceful Pergola Gardens with a serene Japanese pergola; the pagoda hosts rotating pop-ups from world-renowned guest chefs, and The Alley recreates a traditional Danish market town with old-world shops, signs, and handicrafts." - The MICHELIN Guide Nordic Editorial Team