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Summer solstice | The twinkling Tivoli [photo journal]

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A serial of photographs as well as around text from our eventide explore the warmly lit wonderland; the Tivoli.
 



Camera inwards mitt , I followed Nicholas as well as Uffe – our host – through the fairy-lit gardens of the Tivoli.

“You could telephone band this ‘hygge’ ,” said Uffe.

“What’s hygge?” Nicholas asked.

“It’s like…” Uffe paused to honour the words , “… cosy.  It’s when at that topographic point are fairy lights as well as candles , peradventure pelting exterior , as well as yous sit down within as well as convey Glögg.  Like Christmas.  When at that topographic point are friends , as well as low-cal as well as warmth.”


Uffe left us to explore on our ain spell he caput habitation for bed.  He showed us where to become for the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation present , as well as pointed us inwards the administration of around cafes as well as sweetness shops as well as rides.

One of the oldest entertainment parks inwards the globe , the Tivoli has enchanted magic-makers for years – from Walt Disney to Hans Christian Andersen.  There are sections for carnival rides , too equally restaurants , a hotel as well as a phase for performers.  Uffe said that Elton John was to play at that topographic point inwards the coming weeks.







We wandered as well as wandered , belongings hands as well as getting caught upwards inwards the lights as well as the glitz as well as the aroma of toffee popcorn.  Just earlier 11pm , at that topographic point was a Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation present at the cardinal lake.



A mixture of smoke , burn downward , colourful lasers as well as H2O fountains , the present felt to a greater extent than similar a trip the low-cal fantastic of low-cal than whatsoever Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation present I’d seen before.  The music , the shapes as well as colours reminded me of going to the ballet alongside my woman raise , of beingness enthralled past times induce as well as sound. 

“Here’s where the X-Wings come upwards inwards ,” Nick said , equally tearing strikes post shadows across the H2O as well as pyrotechnics erupted from the lake.







The heaven was most dark forthwith – the goal of the longest twenty-four hours of the twelvemonth – as well as nosotros filed out of the little magic state as well as dorsum into the urban , sprawling streets of Copenhagen , giggling as well as chatting all the means dorsum to our Frederiksberg apartment.



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