Tivoli Gardens is a famous amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on August 15, 1843 and, except for Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg, it is the oldest amusement park which has survived intact to the present day.

Tivoli Gardens is Copenhagen's most popular tourist destination. Millions of people fill the gardens, dine in the 40 restaurants, enjoy the entertainment, ride the amusement rides, play the games, or just sit and eat ice cream and people-watch from mid-April to late September each year.

History
It was first called "Tivoli & Vauxhall": "Tivoli" alluding to the Jardin de Tivoli in Paris (which in its turn had been named from Tivoli near Rome), and "Vauxhall" alluding to the Vauxhall Gardens in London.

Tivoli's founder, Georg Carstensen (b. 1812 - d. 1857) obtained a five-year charter to create Tivoli by telling King Christian VIII that "when the people are amusing themselves, they do not think about politics". The monarch granted Carstensen use of roughly 15 acres (61,000 m²) of the fortified glacis outside Vesterport (the West Gate) at the annual rent of 945 kroner. Therefore, until the 1850s, Tivoli was outside the city, accessible through Vesterport.

Ride Tickets
One ride ticket costs DKK 10, and the rides cost 1-5 tickets. Ride tickets can be bought in the ticket booths and ticket machines. The Multi-Ride ticket allows unlimited use of all of Tivoli's 25 rides, and costs DKK 180, but is only valid on the day of sale.

Open: April-September 11 am - 24 pm

Tivoli Events
Sunday, July 22
The Harmony Pavilion
18:00 The Tivoli Big Band
20:00 The Tivoli Big Band
The Open Air Stage
17:00 Acrobatics Galore
19:00 Acrobatics Galore
The Pantomime Theatre
16:15 Love in the Dustbin
18:15 Love in the Dustbin
The Promenade Pavilion
17:30 -21 Tivoli's Promenade Orchestra
The Gardens
23:30 Fireworks on the Tivoli Lake