St. Patrick’s Day Celebration in Denmark 2018
Sep 28th 2018
Irish or not, the world goes green on St Patrick's Day! 17 March is a time to celebrate. But, do you know what St Patrick’s Day is? St Patrick’s Day is a beloved tradition worldwide that sees thousands of people coming together to drink, dress in green, eat traditional Irish food and celebrate the Irish heritage.
Saint Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick, is a celebration in honor of the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick. The day of celebration, which marks the day of Saint Patrick’s death, was originally a religious holiday meant to celebrate the arrival of Christianity in Ireland and made official by the Catholic Church in the early 17th century.
Observed by the Catholic church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Lutheran Church, the day was typically observed with church services, feasts, and alcohol. However right now St. Patrick Day changes into a worldwide celebration. One of the countries that celebrate St. Patrick Day celebration in Denmark. Then Copenhagen chooses as the center of St Patrick’s Day celebration in Denmark.
Copenhagen celebrates Ireland’s national day with the Copenhagen St Patrick's Day Parade at Rådhuspladsen. People enjoy a festive afternoon for the whole family with Irish music, dancing and a green-colored parade through the streets of Copenhagen.
People gather and warm up on the Town Hall Square at 15.30 hrs, in the heart of the town, with Irish music, song, and dance.
The talented pupils from Dark Green School of Irish Dancing and the professional dancer s from Green Steps perform with “Riverdance”, or, as the dance is rightly called, Irish step dance along with living traditional Irish music.
While the children can get a free face-painting, parents can fetch a cup of hot chocolate, and enjoy a Tullamore Dew Irish Coffee, or maybe an Irish beer, in our café. If you need something green for the parade, we have a large choice of green hats, rosettes and more for sale in our costume shop in the tent.
Furthermore, Danish starts St Patrick’s Day parade for the first time on the 17th March 2005, and many cultural groups and associations have since contributed to making the green parade festive. Lead by St. Patrick we now have the Gordon Pipes and Drums, Bodhrán band with the traditional Irish hand drum, and Dark Green School of Irish Dancing with their Irish dancers. Everyone wearing something green is welcome to walk with us in the green parade through the streets of Copenhagen, and greet the many on-lookers who help make this a festive occasion each year. Everyone is invited to Copenhagen St Patrick’s Day Celebration, so make sure you enjoy this festival while in Denmark.
Those are everything you need to know about St. Patrick's Day Celebration in Denmark. Complete your St Patrick’s Day celebration with something premium and memorable like Danisa butter cookies. As a premium butter cookie with original Danish recipe, mostly, Danisa is served with high-quality wine. 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 filled cookies has two variants, choco filled butter cookies, and pineapple filled butter cookies. That is why Danisa is a favorable cuisine around the globe.
Furthermore, Danisa is not only for dinner but also for a gift on special occasions like Christmas or New Year to the beloved one.
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