{"id":1244,"date":"2015-07-19T22:12:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T22:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2015-07-19T22:12:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T22:12:29","slug":"festival-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2015\/07\/19\/festival-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1245\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/IMG_2860.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 2860 300x225\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1245\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1245\"  alt=\"Orange Scene (The Orange Stage). This is where Paul McCartney played!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/IMG_2860-300x225.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange Scene (The Orange Stage). This is where Paul McCartney played!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Hvilken festival skal du til i \u00e5r? <\/b>(Which festival are you going to this year?) For many <b>danskere<\/b>, Summer is Festival Season. A <b>festival<\/b> means <b>musik<\/b>, <b>venskab<\/b> (friendship), <b>k\u00e6rlighed <\/b>(love), <b>god stemning<\/b> (good atmosphere), <b>hygge<\/b> and lots of <b>\u00f8l<\/b>. Summer Denmark is peppered with festivals, from tiny island get-togethers such as <b>Tun\u00f8 Festival<\/b>, to children-friendly festivals such as <b>Langeland Festival<\/b>, to \u201dmonsters\u201d such as <b>Roskilde Festival<\/b>. \ud83d\ude42 This month, I once again had the chance to volunteer in Roskilde. In case you would like to reserve four days of 2016 to <b>h\u00f8re en masse god musik<\/b> (listen to a lot of good music), <b>m\u00f8de mange nye mennesker<\/b> (\u201dmeet many new persons\u201d, get to know a lot of new people), <b>have det sjovt<\/b> (have fun) and <b>tale dansk<\/b> (speak Danish), her are a few points to consider:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <b>Roskilde Festival er meget popul\u00e6r. <\/b>(RF is very popular.) You should buy your tickets early \u2013 or try to find a group that\u2019ll have you as a <b>frivillig <\/b>(volunteer).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Roskilde Festival is non-profit. This year, 100 000 people bought a <b>billet <\/b>(ticket) \u2013 while 30 000 worked for free and got <b>gratis adgang<\/b> (free entrance). People are there to help, to be together. You can feel it! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1246\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/IMG_2862.jpg\" aria-label=\"IMG 2862 300x225\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1246\" class=\"wp-image-1246 size-medium\"  alt=\"IMG_2862\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/IMG_2862-300x225.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There\u2019s a lot of nice art at Roskilde.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 Most guests are in their 20\u2019ies, but some are older, and some are younger. <b>Der er ingen aldersgr\u00e6nse!<\/b> (There is no age limit!) But if you\u2019re 50+, you might consider finding a Roskilde ho(s)tel instead of sleeping in a <b>telt <\/b>(tent) such as most <b>festivalg\u00e6ngere<\/b> (festival participants, literally \u2019festival walkers\u2019) do\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Even the meteorologists can\u2019t predict <b>det danske vejr<\/b> (the Danish weather). Be prepared for everything from dry <b>mudder<\/b> (mud) to beer splash. <b>Husk solbriller!<\/b> (Remember your sunglasses!) This year was so hot that many people had to float around in <b>s\u00f8en<\/b> (the lake) to survive\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <b>Roskilde Festival er stor <\/b>(big). Be prepared for a lot of walking, a lot of people, and a lot of joy\/noise. There is no point in pre-planning too much. <b>F\u00f8lg str\u00f8mmen!<\/b> (Follow the \u201dflow\u201d, literally \u2019stream\u2019!)<\/p>\n<p>This year, some of <b>de store navne<\/b> (the \u201dbig names\u201d) in Roskilde were Pharell Williams, Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj and Paul McCartney. Note to Pharell Williams: Don\u2019t say \u201dHello Copenhagen\u201d when you are not in Copenhagen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/IMG_2862-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/IMG_2862-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/IMG_2862-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/07\/IMG_2862-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Hvilken festival skal du til i \u00e5r? (Which festival are you going to this year?) For many danskere, Summer is Festival Season. A festival means musik, venskab (friendship), k\u00e6rlighed (love), god stemning (good atmosphere), hygge and lots of \u00f8l. Summer Denmark is peppered with festivals, from tiny island get-togethers such as Tun\u00f8 Festival, to children-friendly&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2015\/07\/19\/festival-fun\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":1246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[168661,362734,236636,109581,34561],"class_list":["post-1244","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-paul-mccartney","tag-pharell-williams","tag-roskilde","tag-roskilde-festival","tag-volunteer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1247,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions\/1247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}