10 Facts About Tivoli Gardens

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Tivoli Gardens, known simply as Tivoli, is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Tivoli Gardens is the fifth-most visited amusement park in Europe, behind Disneyland Park, Europa-Park, Walt Disney Studios Park and Efteling.

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Until the 1850s Tivoli Gardens was outside the city, accessible from the city only through the Vesterport.

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From its beginning Tivoli included a variety of attractions: buildings in the exotic style of an imaginary Orient: a theatre, band stands, restaurants and cafes, flower gardens, and mechanical amusement rides such as a merry-go-round and a primitive scenic railway.

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5.

The absence of spoken dialogue is an advantage, for Tivoli Gardens is an international tourist attraction.

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6.

In 1943, Nazi sympathisers burnt many of Tivoli Gardens's buildings, including the concert hall, to the ground.

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7.

Tivoli Gardens is always evolving without abandoning its original charm or traditions.

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8.

In 2017, Tivoli Gardens added an optional virtual reality experience to the ride, simulating a flight through ancient China, along with encounters with dragons and demons.

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9.

On 1 May 2009, Tivoli Gardens opened the new ride Vertigo, a looping plane ride where the rider pilots the ride, able to control the plane.

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10.

Tivoli Gardens Concert Hall is a classical concert hall featuring concerts with some of the largest names in international classical music.

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