​180 YEARS OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ​IN THE OLD ​TIVOLI PARK

​180 years of christmas lights ​in the old ​Tivoli park

​180 YEARS OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ​
IN THE OLD ​TIVOLI PARK


TIVOLI

COPENHAGEN

DENMARK
LENGTH:  3:02

DECEMBER 7, 2023

SOURCE: dkvnr

PRODUCER/photo: ANDERS KONGSHAUG +45 23103058

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Story.

No compromises are made when the second oldest amusement park in the world, the Tivoli Garden in Copenhagen, Denmark, lights up for Christmas.

 

A total of 1 million lights are lighting up the park, which pre-opened in 1843 and will celebrate it´s 180 years old birthday in the coming year.


“I mean, first of all the lights, right. And here we are in the midst of it, with the music playing and the lights. You can just sense that Christmas feeling”, says visitor Nicolaj Vernal, 34.

 

Buildings are still standing from the first years among the hotel Nimb, which used to be an arabian/berber inspired marketplace.  The pantomime theater, which is runned without using electricity.

It got 3,102 pcs. bulbs light set upon its facade, towers and domes on the roof. 

For the recordare all the energy for the Christmas lights in Tivoli purchasing from renewable sources of green energy. 

A 3.5 kilometer long fir garland is snaked around the theme garden with 130,000 light.


“I love coming to Tivoli in the winter time. Its like Christmas magic”, says OH LAN, Danish international singer and composer, 38.

 

In 1844 Denmark’s most famous writer, Hans Christian Andersen among others visited the park. It was also the year his friend Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol”.

 

“It’s very cozy and and “hyggeligt” as we say in Danish”, says Annette Kongshammer, Visitor, 56.

Tivoli is the most visited amusement park in Denmark with 3.4 mio. guest.

Tivoli will stay open until December 31.
Ends.

SHOT

  • DRONE OVER TIVOLI WITH LIGHTS
  • CHRISTMAS TREE WITH NIMB BUILDING IN BACKGROUND 
  • PEOPLE SITTING DOWN AT CAFÈ IN TIVOLI
  • SOUNDBITE NICOLAJ VERNAL, Visitor, 34: (30.Nov.2023):
    “I mean, first of all the lights, right. And here we are in the midst of it, with the music playing and the lights. You can just sense that christmas feeling”
  • PEOPLE SKATING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
  • PEOPLE WALKING IN THROUGH TIVOLI´S ENTRANCE
  • DRONE ALONG CHRISTMAS STANDS WITH LIGHT
  • MAN IN STALL ROASTING ALMONDS IN BIG POT
  • MAN WITH CUP LOOKING AT LIGHT
  • TEENAGERS LAUGHING AMONGST STALLS
  • SOUNDBITE, MILLE KONGSHAMMER, Visitor.(30.Nov.2023):
    “It’s very nice every yeah, so beautiful. And if you are not in the christmas mood, you will be it when you are here”
  • PEOPLE WALKING UNDER THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
  • PEOPLE WALKING ALONG STALLS/STANDS
  • DRONE OVER CHRISTMAS STANDS WITH LIGHT
  • SOUNDBITE NIELS ERIK FOLMANN, Mark. manager Tivoli, 58.(30.Nov.2023):
    “It’s fantastic, it’s better than ever. Now we have the snow and the frosty weather, it’s so fantastic”
  • GUESTS WALKING AMONG THE MANY LIGHTS
  • THE GLASS HALL DECORATED WITH MANY LIGHTS
  • ICE RINK AND SPINNING RIDE IN BACKGROUND
  • DECORATED WINDMILL
  • LIGHTS PROJECTED ON THE NIMB IN TIVOLI
  • TREE COVERED IN LIGHTS
  • SMALL TOWER WITH PROJECTION OF ELVES MAKING TOYS
  • CHRISTMAS TREE CHANGING COLOR IN FRONT OF NIMB
  • DRONE OF VARIOUS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN TIVOLI
  • SOUNDBITE, OH LAN, singer and composer, 38 (30.Nov.2023):
    “I love coming to Tivoli in the winter time. Its like christmas magic”
  • PEOPLE WALKING IN BETWEEN THE STALLS
  • GUESTS LOOKING AT MULTIPLE LIGHTS AND LASERS 
  • SOUNDBITE, ANNETTE KONGSHAMMER, Visitor, 56 (30.Nov.2023):
    “Its very cozy and and “hyggeligt” as we say in Danish”
  • CHILDREN IN TIVOLI GUARD COSTUMES IN FRONT OF CHRISTMAS TREE WITH CHINESE TOWER IN BACKGROUND
  • DRONE OF VARIOUS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN TIVOLI

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LINKS:
https://www.tivoli.dk/en/haven-og-forlystelser/saesoner/jul