{"id":670,"date":"2012-09-12T10:37:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T10:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=670"},"modified":"2012-09-12T22:23:06","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T22:23:06","slug":"aarhus-festuge-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2012\/09\/12\/aarhus-festuge-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Aarhus Festuge 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People enjoying life during the festuge. Notice the artificial green hill to the right, as well as the Aros art museum in the background (with its \u201drainbow\u201d artwork on the roof).<\/p><\/div>\n

As I write this, \u00c5rhus is slowly recovering from last week\u2019s festuge<\/strong> [FESToo\u2019eh] (festive week, party week). With a quarter of a million indbyggere<\/strong> (inhabitants), the second largest city of Denmark and the capital of Jylland<\/strong> (the Jutland peninsula) has indeed got the human resources to stage a party! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\u00c5rhus Festuge<\/strong> (or Aarhus Festuge<\/strong>, as it was re-spelled<\/a> last year) has been an annual tradition for a long time. The first week of september<\/a><\/strong>, the byr\u00e5d<\/strong> (city council) and hundreds of medhj\u00e6lpere<\/strong> (assistants) from a multitude of organizations go all out to make a great and memorable week for locals and tourists alike. Musicians, performers and writers from all over the world are brought in to entertain in such locations as Musikhuset<\/a> (the music house); caf\u00e9s and restaurants boom; unusual works of art are put on display in the streets. (A few years back you could take a seat in the world\u2019s longest red leather sofa on Store Torv!)<\/p>\n

No Danish festival would be complete without the Danish national drink \u2013 \u00f8l<\/strong> (beer). During the festuge<\/strong>, mobile vendors of fad\u00f8l<\/strong> (draught beer) pop up everywhere, alongside sellers of fastfood<\/strong> (yes, we use that word in Danish too). B\u00e6nk\/e<\/strong> (bench\/es) are placed in the public squares, and musicians and street artists entertain into the small hours. At Pustervig Torv (torv<\/strong> means \u201dsquare\u201d) there\u2019s usually a huge telt<\/strong> (tent) with happy people and bands playing inside. Go there for some raw covers of the most folksy Danish popular music!<\/p>\n

Each festuge<\/strong> has a tema<\/strong> (theme). These themes may seem a bit random, but I guess the people in the city council have a great time brainstorming! \ud83d\ude42 This year\u2019s theme was \u201dBig \u2013 size matters\u201d. (As the current administration firmly believes that the English language<\/a> will attract more investors and tourists to \u00c5rhus, the catchphrase appears just so \u2013 without any translation to Danish.)<\/p>\n

One of the main draws of this year\u2019s festival was a huge green area between R\u00e5dhuset<\/strong> (the city hall) and Musikhuset (the music house). True to the festival\u2019s \u201dtheme\u201d, an entire street had been covered with grass mats, turning two neighboring parks into one! Furthermore, a couple of artificial grassy hills as well as an artificial geyser had been erected. The latter was spouting piles of vand<\/strong> [van] (water) every now and then \u2013 to many children\u2019s great delight.<\/p>\n

If you plan to visit Denmark in September 2013, be sure not to miss next year\u2019s Aarhus festuge<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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As I write this, \u00c5rhus is slowly recovering from last week\u2019s festuge [FESToo\u2019eh] (festive week, party week). With a quarter of a million indbyggere (inhabitants), the second largest city of Denmark and the capital of Jylland (the Jutland peninsula) has indeed got the human resources to stage a party! \ud83d\ude42 \u00c5rhus Festuge (or Aarhus Festuge…<\/p>\n

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