Tivoli

Tivoli Gardens was founded in 1843 and is the third oldest amusement park in the world. It also tops the list of “must-sees” in Denmark.

Tivoli’s founder Georg Carstensen convinced King Christian VIII to open the park, because “as long as people were amusing themselves then they wouldn’t have to think about politics” and he wouldn’t have any opposition.

Walt Disney visited Tivoli multiple times to get inspiration before opening Disneyland in 1955 and Tivoli inspired Hans Christian Andersen to write the fairytale “Nightingale.”

Today the park features beautiful gardens, a theater, rides and roller coasts, and many restaurants and shops. Tivoli is open from approximately April to September, and then opens for roughly three weeks during Halloween and Christmas – where they deck out the park for the holidays!