Gardens of Tivoli

History

The gardens of Tivoli were open the August 15th 1843, which makes the older second of it Amusement park of the Denmark, after Bakken, the garden of the deer, having been preserved in a form close to the origins.

At the time, the Denmark was an absolute monarchy, and Copenhagen a strengthened city, surrounded by ramparts and ditches. Tivoli was an immediate success for the 120.000 inhabitants of the time.

Position

The founder Georg Carstensen (1812 - 1857), convainquit the king Christian VIII of Denmark of the cogency of this company in him blowing that when the people have fun, it does not think of the policy . The king rented to him, for 945 Kroner per annum, approximately 61.000m ² of a Glacis outside Vesterport the door of the west . Until in the Years 1850, Tivoli was thus outside the town of Copenhagen, whereas currently (2004) and with the expansion of the city, Tivoli is found in its heart.

Among the first buildings having been set up close to Tivoli, the Town hall Københavns Rådhus (1905) and the central Gare Københavns Hovedbanegård (site 1847, building 1911) are most important and of same the époque.
The park of Tivoli was founded as public limit company which gathered a great number of the craftsmen who took part in his construction.
The general aspect of Tivoli knew to be preserved with the wire of time, even if the gardens from now on are bordered of avenues with strong traffic. The main entrance did not change a site since construction into 1843 and is illuminated using approximately 115.000 bulbs.

The name

The name Tivoli comes from the town of Tivoli in Italy where the Villa Adriana is and where was built in 1550 the Villa of Este which is recognized like offering more the good example of gardens of the Renaissance.

The gardens were initially named Tivoli & Vauxhall by allusion to the gardens of Tivoli to Paris and to the Jardins Vauxhall with London.

In 1944, the Nazis tried to reduce the Danish culture by burning a good number of buildings of Tivoli, of which the concert hall. Danish built temporary buildings then what made it possible the park to take again its activity a few weeks later.

Currently

Tivoli receives approximately 4 million visitors per annum, which makes of it the principal attraction of the Denmark (2004). The majority of the visitors are Danish, and among the foreign visitors, the Swedish are most numerous.

Attractions

Tivoli has two seasons:

the season of summer mid- April until end September, with fires of artifices and concerts.
the season of Christmas mid- November until the Danish December 23rd, and its traditions.

Tivoli is a place mainly appreciated of Danish because it is cordial. He visits himself especially in family. He has a great number of plays, ten dynamic attractions, a score of calm attractions (2004).

Attractions make it possible to discover the Scandinavian Mythologie (with the extremely of Valhalla , Valhalla Borgen ), the tales of Hans Christian Andersen (with the flying bags , Den flyvende Kuffert ), the sight on Copenhagen (with the tower ), and the theater of mimes which proposes a perpetuation of the Italian Commedia dell' arte (in a softened form).
" Mountains russes" of Tivoli (1914), belong to oldest built out of wood. Attraction " Himmelskibet" , (the boat of the sky-2006), is highest of the world with its 80 meters.

The current director of Tivoli (2007) is Mr Lars Liebst.

External bonds

Official site of Tivoli
Seen satellite on Google Maps

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