Tivoli Friheden
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Tivoli Friheden is an amusement park
located in Aarhus
, Denmark
. The park was visited by more than 365.000 visitors in 2009, and the figure is rising.The park is situated about 2 km to the south of the city centre. It has several themed sections with different types of attractions. There are more than 40 attractions.
The water section (Tivoli VanDvittig) covering an area of 5.000 square meters. It has themed rock with unic
scripture as "ias iaa hat og brnllez", which in today's language can be interpreted as "I's has a brain". There is also the Chinese Pagoda
, and the African themed part of the park.
On July 31st, 1904 Hans Rising received permission from the town council to build a pavilion and two months later the Restaurant Terrassen was ready. The pavilion was designed by architect S. F. Kühnel, who also designed Mejlborg Aarhus Centrum. The restaurant became popular in short time. Since 1909 concerts took place in every Sunday. Some contemporary artists like Lauritz Melchior
or Gerda Christoffersen made his show. In 1927 Hans Rising erected the large hall. It was later turned into a theatre.
After the World war I swings and children's slides are installed, the restaurant became a place of meeting for several festivals folk music.
In 1949, the park opened mini-golf. In 1950 pedal boats and a large chess game in front of the restaurant were introduced.
In 1954, after 50 working years, Hans Rising leave the restaurant and the city council engage the restaurateur Dan Christophersen, who was also compositor and manager of cabaret. There had been many different owners of Tivoli Friheden. In 1958 the municipality Århus and the owner signed a partnership.
On 2 May 1958 the enclosed amusement park was opened with a resounding success of over 400.000 visitors.
In 1984 local authority fully took over the operation.
Amusement park
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located in Aarhus
Aarhus
Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. The park was visited by more than 365.000 visitors in 2009, and the figure is rising.The park is situated about 2 km to the south of the city centre. It has several themed sections with different types of attractions. There are more than 40 attractions.
The water section (Tivoli VanDvittig) covering an area of 5.000 square meters. It has themed rock with unic
Runic alphabet
The runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet and for specialized purposes thereafter...
scripture as "ias iaa hat og brnllez", which in today's language can be interpreted as "I's has a brain". There is also the Chinese Pagoda
Pagoda
A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and other parts of Asia. Some pagodas are used as Taoist houses of worship. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most commonly Buddhist,...
, and the African themed part of the park.
History
In 1903 the citizens of Aarhus went on Sunday picnics to the woods where the forester served beer, coffee and cakes. The forester was so engaged with the restaurant that the city council was concerned that the forester was more of a restaurateur than a forester. In result the council gave one of the city’s restaurants permission to serve on the visitors in the woods.On July 31st, 1904 Hans Rising received permission from the town council to build a pavilion and two months later the Restaurant Terrassen was ready. The pavilion was designed by architect S. F. Kühnel, who also designed Mejlborg Aarhus Centrum. The restaurant became popular in short time. Since 1909 concerts took place in every Sunday. Some contemporary artists like Lauritz Melchior
Lauritz Melchior
Lauritz Melchior was a Danish and later American opera singer. He was the pre-eminent Wagnerian tenor of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and has since come to be considered the quintessence of his voice type.-Biography:...
or Gerda Christoffersen made his show. In 1927 Hans Rising erected the large hall. It was later turned into a theatre.
After the World war I swings and children's slides are installed, the restaurant became a place of meeting for several festivals folk music.
In 1949, the park opened mini-golf. In 1950 pedal boats and a large chess game in front of the restaurant were introduced.
In 1954, after 50 working years, Hans Rising leave the restaurant and the city council engage the restaurateur Dan Christophersen, who was also compositor and manager of cabaret. There had been many different owners of Tivoli Friheden. In 1958 the municipality Århus and the owner signed a partnership.
On 2 May 1958 the enclosed amusement park was opened with a resounding success of over 400.000 visitors.
In 1984 local authority fully took over the operation.