Selected events

Our brains have enormous resources and undreamed-of potential. But if your brain – and you – are to remain healthy, the brain must be used, maintained and challenged. And that’s something you’ll have plenty of opportunity to discover at THE BRAIN,  Experimentarium’s major special exhibition for the whole family. Here you can challenge, tr...

Copenhagen is famous for its many bikes, and in connection with the Climate Change Conference, the Copenhagen Museum provides the settings for an imaginative exhibition on bicycles seen from all possible angles. Follow the history of the bicycle from the kick bicycle and the penny-farthing up to today's designer bikes and speciality bikes, fro...

"The Argentinian Dinosaurs" will take you back to a wild nature of rivers and forests where only the law of nature ruled. An encounter with a wide collection of the oldest, the largest and the smallest dinosaurs that ever lived on this planet await you in the exhibition.  You can experience newly hatched versions of the Argentin...

Moesgård Museum invites you into a glittering treasure chamber with glass beads from all over the world, of every conceivable shape, colour and pattern. Behind these glass beads lies a wealth of stories about the cultures who made and wore them and this exhibition tells them!

The world championship of sand sculpturing is launched in the small charming town of Søndervig, close to Hvide Sande. Here 30 sand sculptors from a number of different nations will compete for the title as the world's best sand sculptor.

The scupltors will create eight 4-metres high sculptures and an impressive wall of sculpture meas...

During the summer,  the stately rooms of Gavnø Castle exhibit rare museum pieces and modern table settings from Royal Copenhagen in a spectacular historic presentation - and at the same time you get an insight into 230 years of impressive porcelain history. Centerpiece of the exhibition is the Blue Fluted service, which has been...

Etape Bornholm is a marathon running over five day. The adults total distance over 5 days is the classical marathon of 42.195 km starting in Hasle. The running courses are placed so that you will see the variety of the nature the 30 km times 20 km Baltic island Bornholm has to offer with its white sandy beaches on Dueodde, the forest in Almindingen...

The viking moot offers a wealth of activities. Archery is especially popular, and so are the warriors and horsemen, who demonstrate their skills on Saturday and Sunday at twelve and three o'clock. The warriors cross swords in formidable battles, incited by a cheering crowd. Horsemen on Icelandic horses ride in procession, and the most daring plunge...

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 acquainted with the cultural life of Copenhagen The Cultural Harbour means three days of dance, music, theatre, arti...

Race at the center of Copenhagen with classic cars participating in a thrilling race around the major park of the Copenhageners, Fælledparken. The Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix is one of Europe's two largest and most interesting street races (the other one is the historic grand prix in Monaco in mid-May) showcasing some of the best historic motor ...

An active outdoor experience for the entire family at Tirsbæk Gods (manor estate) by the Vejle Inlet. You can experience a lumberjack show, falconers, hunting challenges, a regatta, carp fishing, clay pigeon shooting, horseback hunting, and much, much more! Parking is free.

This is a festival of major importance to all of Scandinavia, involving all of Aarhus. Several shows, theatre performances, concerts, opera, ballet, music, sport and much more all day long through the entire period for all ages. Several performances are free. Aarhus Festival always work according to a certain theme which is treated in a great numbe...

More than 100.000 musicians, knights, pilgrims and monks participate in the coming European Medieval Festival in Horsens. Tournaments with knights from different countries, shows and parades. For two days the entire city of Horsens is transformed into a village from the 15th century. The citizens, or more than 5.000 persons, dress up in the correct...

This traditional market, originating from the herding and selling of sheep, has developed into an enormous festival for people from all of Western Jutland. The sheep market itself always takes place on the last Saturday in August, but all the fun of the fair can be experienced during the entire weekend.

Witness raw muscle power, when the election of Denmark's strongest man takes place at Bakken, the world oldest amusement park. A number of powerful and spectacular tasks - such as log-lifting - must be accomplished!

Each year during the first weekend (starting with Friday) of September the wide beach of the island of Rømø just off the West coast of Jutland to the south sets the scene for a terrific kite flying festival. Thousand of Danish and international kite fliers meet to fly, show their kites, and see what new stuff other kite fliers have come up with.

Withness "Days of Tordenskold" in Copenhagen. "Days of Tordenskiold" offers a series of exciting events including a battle between several grand three-mastered training ships, some of which are carrying guns along with wooden vessels.

Robots do not only belong to the future. They belong to the present as well. And they will be invading Odense, the birthplace of world-famous fairytale writer, Hans Christian Andersen, during the robot festival.  Visitors touring the festival will explore a wide range of fascinating events in the field of robotics. The activities and exhibitio...

Bornholm's farmers supply the raw ingredients for sublime gastronomic experiences. Products that chefs from near and far use in their dishes. Businesses on Bornholm make prize-winning cheese, meat products, chocolate, ice cream, rapeseed oil, flour, bread, biscuits and much, much more. Experience them all during the Gourmet Festival which takes pla...

Two countries, four cities (Copenhagen, Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg), and 16 cultural institutions join forces to open the eyes of Swedes and Danes to the rich cultural life happening on both sides of the Sound - and tourists of other nationalities are of course invited as well.  The festival Music and Art Around celebrates the 10 ye...