Oct 31st 2018

Pentecost, also known as Whit Sunday, is a major holiday in Denmark, and Whit Monday is also observed, which creates a three-day weekend for Danes wishing to get away from work to enjoy the warm weather. The holiday comes seven weeks after Easter and falls somewhere between mid-May and mid-June, depending on the date of Easter that year.

On the Christian calendar, Pentecost is considered to be the third-most-important feast, behind Easter and Christmas. It commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit on the believers in Jerusalem 50 days after the Resurrection. They were filled with the Spirit and, when they began to preach, men of various languages all understood them in their own language.

In Denmark Pentecost is celebrated joyously. There are many exciting activities that you can do in Denmark Pentecost such as:

Watch the Sun Dance

One of unique activities that you can do in Denmark Pentecost is watching the Sun Dance. While it's true that there aren't so many traditions associated with Whitsun, the one custom that has remained through the years is the practice of watching ‘the sun dance' on Whit Sunday morning. Some Danes greet the early morning arrival of the sun with a drink of the traditional Danish bitter Gammel Dansk (which is now technically Norwegian).

But of course, in order to watch the sun dance, you need the sun. On that note, meteorology institute DMI offers some hope. The Sunday forecast calls for mostly sunny skies in the morning before clouding over in the afternoon. Temperatures should reach 12-15C on Sunday, while on Monday we can look forward to highs up to 17C on our day off, although DMI does call for a chance of some scattered rains.

Get a Taste of Rio in Denmark

One of unique activities that you can do in Denmark Pentecost is enjoying the Copenhagen’s Carnival. In both Copenhagen and Aalborg, the streets will be alive with bright colors, half-naked people, samba sounds and dancing revelers. The Copenhagen Carnival and Aalborg Carnival will overlap this weekend but somewhat surprisingly, the real party is in Aalborg, which despite being just Denmark's fourth largest city hosts the biggest carnival celebration in northern Europe with up to 60,000 participants.

In both cities, there will be parades on Saturday and in Copenhagen there will also be a special children's parade on Sunday. The Aalborg Carnival activities have been underway since May 15, so its children's version was last weekend. It is very interesting activities to spend Pentecost, right?

Celebrate the new Istedgade

One of unique activities that you can do in Denmark Pentecost is celebrating the new Istedgade. Copenhagen's Istedgade is a street long associated with sex shops, prostitutes and junkies but that has changed dramatically in recent years. Well-off families have moved in, rents have gone up and the once shady street is now another hipster haven (though the rougher elements do remain).

On Saturday, Vesterbro will celebrate the completion of the Istedgade renewal project, which was aimed at making the street more pedestrian friendly by widening sidewalks and making more space for outdoor serving at cafes. From 3-9pm, the street will be completely closed to vehicular traffic and there will be activities for young and old, including a full line-up of outdoor concerts. Here's your chance to see if Istedgade still has its funky spirit or has fallen victim to gentrification. More information here (in Danish).

Copenhagen Marathon

One of unique activities that you can do in Denmark Pentecost is joining Copenhagen Marathon. If a mix of hipsters, prostitutes and addicts isn't your thing, maybe you'd prefer to watch the over 11,000 racers who will be participating in the Copenhagen Marathon on Sunday. Beginning and ending on Islands Brygge, the route will pass landmarks including Amalienborg Palace, The Citadel, Tivoli and the National Gallery of Denmark. The race begins at 9.30am.

Those are 4 activities that you can enjoy during Pentecost in Denmark. Complete your Pentecost experience with something premium and memorable like Danisa butter cookies. As a premium butter cookie with original Danish recipe, Danisa mostly served during tea time. You can also use Danisa Butter Cookies for Holiday Gift

There are two variants of this luxury Danisa butter cookies which are butter cookies and filled cookies. For butter cookies itself consists of three variants like traditional butter cookies, choco cashew butter cookies, and currant butter cookies.

In addition, Danisa butter cookies filled cookies has two variants, choco filled butter cookies, and pineapple filled butter cookies. That is why Danisa butter cookies is favorable butter cookies around the globe.

Furthermore, Danisa is not only for dinner but also for a gift on special occasions like Christmas or simply you can buy Danisa butter cookies for holiday gift.