Friday 12 October 2007

The Night of Culture

Today is the 15th year of "Kulturnatten" (The Night of Culture) in Copenhagen. It's supposed to be the night for everyone to get in touch with the Danish culture, therefore, museums, parliment buildings, churches, libraries, some shops, etc are opened until midnight for visitors. Of course, this means that the whole of Copenhagen's residents (and beyond) come together at once.

I don't know....it's a great concept to have 1 night set aside to absorb Danish culture, but I don't like crowds too much. It's just too stressful squeezing in-between people, not being able to get in the bus because it's full and nobody gets out, queuing up for longer than usual to get in somewhere, not being able to eat out because restaurants are fully booked (and then you'll probably have to wait forever before your food comes)... . Oh, plus that it's really cold now in Denmark, so it's not that fun walking around outdoors while you're shivering... .

So I guess you can say that I'm not a very cultural person. But then again, if someone does not celebrate Valentine's Day because of all the over-hype on that 1 "day of romance", does that make him/her less loving than those who do?