Historical Festival in Copenhagen / 3-26 September

"1700s - globalization, gossip and greed"
3-26 September 2010 Copenhagen will provide the setting for a great historical and cultural festival that focuses on Denmark in the 1700s. With the festival "The 1700s - globalization, gossip and greed" Golden Days will emphasize the century's topicality, focusing on the period in which Denmark truly met the world. The period was characterized by international connections and exchanges, and in the 1700s the seeds of today's democratic society were sown. The period is still a key historical point for some of the most important debates on principles that characterize modern Denmark.

The topical century
The festival "The 1700s - globalization, gossip and greed" offers everything from exhibitions and debates on current topics with roots in the 1700s to masquerade balls and evenings emphasizing Eastern mysticism. The festival's goal is to establish the topicality of the 1700s and thereby strengthen future discussions on freedom of speech, culture, human rights and gender equality.

Denmark meets the world
Denmark was in the 1700s characterized by an exchange between the open minded and curious and the closed and introverted. It was a florissant period where merchants made fortunes on slaves and arms trade, while citizens' rights and freedom of speech were debated in the newly established clubs. The West Indies and Tranquebar became part of Denmark as colonies, and curious scientists set out to catalogue the world. Denmark was in the 1700s a part of the global network through which goods, ideas and people crossed borders as never before. Denmark met the world, and it is exactly this meeting that will be focused on when Golden Days invites you to a festival held at cultural institutions throughout the Copenhagen area in September 2010.

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