Lots to see Friday on Culture Night in Copenhagen

More than 200 museums, theatres, libraries, churches, ministries across the city welcome Copenhagen’s biggest annual one-day event. It provides a unique chance to see places otherwise inaccessible to the public.

Københavns Museum at Culture Night. Photo: Flemming Bo Jensen, Kulturnatten

Since 1993 there has been Culture Night in Copenhagen. It is always held the Friday in October when the schools’ autumn holidays (week 42) begin.At the beginning, there were 45 participating institutions. Since then, Culture Night has grown into one of Copenhagen’s most organized, peaceful and well-attended cultural events, the number of visitors has multiplied […]


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