Tivoli Gardens is a famous amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on August 15, 1843 and, except for Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg, it is the oldest amusement park which has survived intact to the present day. It was first called “Tivoli & Vauxhall”: “Tivoli” alluding to the Jardin de Tivoli in Paris (which in its turn had been named from Tivoli near Rome), and “Vauxhall” alluding to the Vauxhall Gardens in London.

Tivoli’s founder, Georg Carstensen (b. 1812 – d. 1857) obtained a five-year charter to create Tivoli by telling King Christian VIII that “when the people are amusing themselves, they do not think about politics”. The monarch granted Carstensen use of roughly 15 acres (61,000 m²) of the fortified glacis outside Vesterport (the West Gate) at the annual rent of 945 kroner. Therefore, until the 1850s, Tivoli was outside the city, accessible through Vesterport.

From the very start, Tivoli included a variety of attractions: buildings in the exotic style of an imaginary Orient: a theatre, band stands, restaurants and cafés, flower gardens, and mechanical amusement rides such as a merry-go-round and a primitive scenic railway. After dark, coloured lamps illuminated the gardens. On certain evenings, specially designed fireworks could be seen reflected in Tivoli’s lake.

Copenhagen, Tivoli Gardens GPS coordinates: 55.6735° N 12.568° E

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A statue of the Little Mermaid sits on a rock in the Copenhagen harbor. This small and unimposing statue is a symbol of Copenhagen, and a major tourist attraction.

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid, Copenhagen GPS coordinates: 55°41′34.39″N, 12°35′56.59″E

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