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If you like rock concerts, you might want to attend the Skanderborg Music Festival, or Smukfest, as it is known. It is held every summer outdoors in the outskirts of the town of Denmark, and the likes of Eric Clapton, Lenny Kravitz, Beck, Bjork, and Green Day were among those who participated in previous years.

But the truly curious about this festival is one of the housing options offered to participants. This giant beer cans, the signature Royal Unibrev – of course it is a Danish firm -.

So, after a long day of concerts, reviews of some of these 114 cans are directed to rest on them. They have two floors in its 3.6 meters high and its walls are covered in gold wallpaper. On the first floor, equipped with a lounge and a bar which reads spare each day. Here, more data on them.

Each can is fully furnished by Ikea, and the second floor have a double round bed. The cans are rented in communities in six-packs, and cost about 120 euros a night each.

Here you can see the complete program of Smukfest, which this year will be held from 4 to 8 August.

Do not be surprised if during your stay in Denmark you meet someone dressed as a Viking and have a chilled pilsner beer, because there are lots of parties and Denmark who have this kind of fun! Come spring, when most of this festival in Denmark going. And in March Bakken, unique in the world’s oldest amusement park, begins with much enthusiasm and revelry. Many traditional events will begin in April, starting with the Queen’s Birthday celebration, so catch the royal family make a public appearance on their balcony at Amalienborg, while watching the impeccably dressed in traditional guardsman and the royal family.

A folk festival in Denmark, Copenhagen, Carnival, stroll through town squares in May. It is a picturesque and colorful feast for families. And for adults and children should visit one of the many Jazz Festival in Denmark in June. Read the rest of this entry »

In Denmark are very prone to making occasional marathons in cities like Copenhagen, there is great enthusiasm for the sport. Each year marks the Copenhagen Marathon, one of the major sporting events involving large numbers of people and is the less an event well worth being able to enjoy, especially as it takes place every May an ideal time to enjoy the good weather in the Danish city so attractive.

Every year there are many athletes that train with the intention to participate in this event so interesting and extremely attractive, especially for the mere act of participating, which is always a great activity to enjoy a good time. Recall that the Copenhagen Marathon will take place on May 23 from 9:30 am on Vester Voldgade, an area very close to the town hall and from where will this great race, as is customary in each issue.

Subsequently the different medals will be handed to the winners, a moment that will reach the 16 hours. One of the interesting events taking place in this fascinating city and therefore deserve much punishment to continue. Every year many people who come in order to enjoy this marathon so interesting and has so many participants each year, which demonstrates that an event is undoubtedly like much at all.

Between late November and late December in Copenhagen held a Christmas event plaintiffs in the Danish capital. This exposure of the tables at the Royal Copenhagen Christmas Amagertorv shop in the heart of Copenhagen. The theme changes from year to year, when popular devices are called to give their interpretation of Christmas to inspire, surprise and amaze the many visitors.

Again in November and December, during the Christmas period, the open-air museum Den Gamle Dy, consisting of 75 houses belonging to different periods, it is decorated and 11 houses the museum houses 30 different shows on Christmas. To enrich this atmosphere, every weekend in December is the Christmas market where the houses come alive thanks to the staff dressed in period costumes.