Welcome to My Danish Christmas Advent
Calendar! Join me every day in opening a new door. I’ve got
a host of goodies to share with you – traditional Danish Christmas recipes,
traditions, songs, games, decorations, crafts and landscapes… So sit back,
relax and enjoy!
16 DECEMBER
Christmas in Copenhagen just wouldn’t be Christmas without a trip
to…Tivoli!
The Tivoli Gardens
The sun was just setting when we arrived at 3.30pm…
The Nimb Hotel
We headed towards the centre of the gardens…
Giant Nutcracker
And bought icecream (!) and hot chai. No rides for us today because a) the
queues were massive, b) we’ve been on them all tons of times before (we have
yearly membership cards) and c) we only had a short time to spare. So we just
wandered around lazily and enjoyed looking at all the stalls. Didn’t buy
anything, of course. All very overpriced! [typed the canny Scot]
Inside the “Russian” Xmas market
How about a romantic boat trip?
Starboard is which way?
It was an exceedingly mild 4 degrees (39f) today but the Tivoli lake is still
frozen – so the ducks were skating! 
Chilly ducks
One of my favourite places are the paths around the pirate ship…
Lake is still partly frozen
But at Christmas I just love looking at all the glitzy baubles…
Bling, bling!
Hmmm. Not quite so keen on
the live reindeer…
Rudolph…what happened to your nose?
Tivoli was jumping with Danes and foreigners. Busy, busy, busy. But still
magical! 
Goodbye Tivoli – see you in the spring!
Don’t forget to check back here tomorrow when we open the next door!
Diane