Great materials. Functional. With an edge. Danish fashion is cool, wearable and fast becoming internationally known.

Yoko Ono is one of the most prominent artists of our time. In 2013 she will be 80, and to mark the occasion Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is showing a major retrospective exhibition with a selection of the artist’scharacteristic works, demonstrating the diversity of media and disciplines in Yoko Ono’s artistic production, and illustrating the central themes with which Yoko Ono continues to work vitally in her lifelong oeuvre.

In Copenhagen, the mother tongue is Danish, which is closely related to both Swedish and Norwegian. In general Danes speak English extremely well, and some even German and French.

Denmark's national philosopher, and one of the country's most influential cultural figures, would have celebrated his 200th birthday on 5 May 2013. Søren Kierkegaard's bicentenary will be marked this year with numerous events across the city.

Danish cooking has undergone something of a revolution in the last decade or so with the establishment of the New Nordic Kitchen, the World’s Best restaurant NOMA, 13 Michelin starred restaurants (2012) and great reviews from world famous medias like Condé Nast Travel and Wallpaper.

When noma was elected the World’s Best Restaurant for the first time in 2010, The New Nordic Kitchen quickly gained international appeal around the world and today the kitchen is highly praised internationally. The New Nordic Kitchen is characterized by its uniquely Nordic identity among the world’s greatest cuisines and by its commitment to organic, sustainable and local products.

MASH, The Royal Café, Kiin Kiin and Aamanns are four popular Danish restaurants concepts, which popularity has resulted in opening of branches abroad.

Denmark’s Prime Minister and acting EU chairman, Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik will give the world’s toughest road cycling race a royal send-off when Giro d’Italia 2012 starts in Denmark 5-7 May. Denmark will celebrate the event with a giant pink party.

Vesterbro used to be known as Copenhagen's worker’s quarter and red light district. But In the last few years a genuine transformation has occurred in the area to the west of the Central Station, which is now one of the very hippest areas in Copenhagen.

Tivoli amusement park in the heart of Copenhagen is also home to Scandinavia's largest classical music festival, Tivoli Festival. As always, there is plenty of classical music of the highest level from 1 May until 28 August. This year there is a particular focus on the younger generation of classical musicians at the highest international level.

Danish designer, fashion commentator and photographer Jim Lyngvild grew up in one of Copenhagen’s western suburbs, lives on the island of Funen, but commutes to Copenhagen at least once a week to work or have a good time.

The Meatpacking District, a district of Vesterbro, has been an area which housed businesses relating to the meat industry for several decades. Since the early 2000’s the area has been changed into a new creative cluster with a trendy nightlife, new galleries and lots of high quality restaurants. Today the area is one of Copenhagen’s most popular places to go out.

Photography and film shooting in the streets and open squares of Copenhagen for tourist promotion is permitted with no special authorisation. Needless to say, any protests from the involved public must be respected.

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Copenhagen is renowned for being northern Europe's largest festival city. Numerous festivals are held during the year with themes ranging from pop and jazz to film, ballet, design and the visual arts.