Tag: Copenhagen Pride
Copenhagen among the most LGBTQ+-friendly capitals in the world
Copenhagen has steadily established itself as one of the world’s LGBTQ+ capitals, and it was no surprise when World Pride chose the city to host its 2021 event. Indeed, Copenhagen and neighboring Malmö won the right to also host the EuroGames at the same time, but the restrictions prevented ‘Copenhagen 2021’ from being one of…
Play Scrabble with pride!
As Copenhagen Pride prepares for the Parade tomorrow afternoon, the capital is lit up in the colors of the rainbow to celebrate and shine a light on the LGBTQ+ community. Scrabble will contribute to this by showing words of love and inclusion in both English and Danish at Arbejdernes Landsbank in Copenhagen. This will be…
Local Round-Up: Record number of sailing ships visiting Copenhagen, but a steep drop in cruise ship visitors
The number of ships mooring in Copenhagen’s marinas has never been higher. There have already been 3,200 arrivals this year – a new record. In July several vessels had to share space in some of the better places. City & Harbor could open a new marina“The new record and the large number of visitors show…
Culture Round-Up: Music critic Thomas Treo says ‘Roskilde is dead’
Thomas Treo, the popular and polemical Danish music critic, has blown up Roskilde Festival review for tabloid Ekstra Bladet. “Before, people got smarter in Roskilde,” writes Treo, “Now you get stupider.” “Teenagers have bad taste”Treo blames the organizers for booking artists loved by teenagers when, according to him, “teenagers have bad taste in music”. In…
Local Round-Up: Road paved to new city bus terminal
Almost 200 buses a dayA new terminal has been on the map for a while now due to the traffic chaos that is hampering cyclists, cars and passengers on Ingerslevsgade by DGI Byen, where they are currently located. The buses serve about 1.4 million passengers annually, and the new terminal is expected to handle about…
Copenhagen 2021: Now we are all here!
When Copenhagen 2021 kicks off on 12 August, it will be the culmination of several years of work. In 2015, the team behind the annual Copenhagen Pride Parade began an ambitious plan to bring the largest LGBTI + event in the world – WorldPride – to Copenhagen. Meanwhile, the sports association Pan Idræt had a…
Politisk regnbuefest folder sig ud i København
Demonstrationerne blev en vigtig katalysator for kampen for rettigheder for homoseksuelle. Lidt over 50 år senere vil LGBT+-personer gå i Københavns gader for at mødes i Fælledparken. Det kulminerer i Pride-paraden i København, som afslutter den internationale begivenhed WorldPride. København og Malmø er værterne i år. WorldPride holdes for første gang sammen med EuroGames, som…