The best time to visit Denmark is during the time of any Holidays in Denmark. It is during this time that the various cities of Denmark are beautifully decorated with ribbons and the streets and houses are lighted up to bring the festive mood alive. Holidays in Denmark are enjoyed with great vigor and enthusiasm.
The Public Holidays in Denmark include the following:
January 1 New Year's Day
Sunday before Easter Sunday Palm Sunday
The Thursday before Easter Sunday
The Friday before Easter Sunday Good Friday
March or April Easter Sunday or Paskedag
The 4th Friday after Easter General Prayer Day or the "Great Prayer Day"
Easter Ascension Day
Easter Whit Monday
Constitution Day on June 5
December 24 is Christmas Eve's Day
December 25 Christmas
December 26 is the Second Day of Christmas
Holidays in Denmark also features some special days that are as follows:
These days are celebrated with much pomp and vigor. Some of these days are celebrated following the Catholicism traditions and some following the Scandinavian tradition.
February 5- Crown Princess Mary's birthday
7 weeks before Easter Sunday- Children dress themselves in various costumes and go door-to-door for candy and sweets. Children like to take the Fastelavns bun, a round sweet roll usually covered with icing and filled with cream.
April 1 or the April Fools' Day - The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of different types on friends, enemies and neighbors and also sending mails and playing pranks on them.
April 9- This was the day when Germany invaded Denmark in the Second World War. Holidays in Denmark also include this day when the national flag is kept half mast until 12: 00, to indicate the mourning associated with the day.
April 16- Birthday of Queen Margaret II
April 29- Princess Benedict's birthday
May 1- Labor Day
May 5- Liberation day that marks the surrender of the German forces in Denmark under the Second World War.
May 26- Birthday of Crown Prince Frederik
June 5- Constitution Day of Denmark
June 7- Birthday of Prince Joachim
June 11- Birthday of Prince Henrik
June 15- Day of Valdemar and Reunion day
June 23- Saint John's Eve
June 24- Summer solstice
November 10- The eve before Saint Martin's day
November 11- This is a catholic day
December 13- Saint Lucy's Day
December 31- New Year's Eve in Denmark
travel.mapsofworld.com provides online information on Holidays in Denmark.
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