Six Quirky Events at Copenhagen Culture Night 2015

You can stay in next Friday and watch Netflix, we promise. But this Friday is Culture Night (Kulturnatten) in Copenhagen: the night when businesses and institutions all over the city open their doors to host informative, engaging and straight up weird events for the public.

Get out there and enjoy what this city has to offer!

Tour a Historical Bathhouse from 1909

Every hour, on the hour, you take take a tour of this old-fashioned public bath house. In addition to learning about the building and usage, you’ll also get a chance to experience the beautiful acoustics with specially selected music. Public bath acoustics! There’s a first time for everything, guys.

Sofiebadet

Sofiegade 15A-B
1418 København K
6:00 – 11:00 PM

Test the Age of your Muscles

There’s no further elaboration in the program as to how, actually, these tests will be conducted. All the same, it sounds pretty intriguing. Will your muscles be carbon dated? Will you have to lift dumbbells? Who knows! Go see for yourself – you’re bound to learn something about the human body. This is at the Medicinsk Museion, the University of Copenhagen medical museum and one of the most interesting museums in Copenhagen.

Medicinsk Museion

Bredgade 62
1260 København K
6:00 pm – 12:00 am

Botanical Gardens After Dark

For all of Culture Night, the Botanical Gardens will be glowing. This includes the beautiful Palmhuset, which will be transformed with both light and sound. A must-see!

Botanical Gardens

Gothersgade 128
1123 København K
6:00 pm – 12:00 am

Mathmetical Gaming Cafe

Ever wondered about the mathematical-based winning strategies for sports and board games? Neither have we, but now we’re curious. Every hour, Mathematics professors will give a talk on the topic, then you’ll have time to play games and put these theories to good use!

Botanical Garden

Øster Farimagsgade 2C
1353 København K
6:00 pm – 12:00 am

Squeeze Your Own Juice on a Bicycle

There’s not much need to explain this one, is there? You get to squeeze your own juice. On a bicycle. Yum! At the same place, you can taste food that’s made from leftovers and learn how to use your own food more sustainably.

Ministry of Food & Environment

Slotsholmsgade 12
1216 København
6:00 pm – 12:00 am

Light Show and Bonfire

In the courtyard of Designmuseum Denmark, you’ll get to roast marshmallows over a bonfire, listen to music and check out a lights show. Sounds like a pretty groovy way to spend an evening, right?

Designmuseum Danmark

Bredgade 68
1260 København K
6:00 pm – 12:00 am

Not exactly quirky but still worth checking out

Copenhagen Trans Fashion Show, KBH-Huset at 6:30 pm – 12:30 am
Denmark’s Relationship to Africa’s Gold Coast; Past and Present, Center for African Studies – University of Copenhagen at 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Meet a Danish Member of Parliament, Folketinget (Parliament) at 6:00 – 11:30 pm
Observatory at the top of the Round Tower, 7:00 pm – 12:00 am
Greelandic Polka Dancing, The Greenland House at 7:00 – 7:20 pm and 9:30 – 9:50 pm
Free neoclassical raft concert with light installation on Kayak Bar, with burgers on the grill from 8pm, a sauna, and free guided kayak tours at 9 pm.

Where to buy Culture Night Tickets

Buy your Kulturpas ticket (Culture Pass), which is required for entrance and is good for all events, at any 7-Eleven, libraries or museums in Copenhagen.

Price per pass is 90 DKK and it includes public transport for the night. Children ages 11 and under attend for free!