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Performing arts and film
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In cultural terms, Copenhagen entered the new millennium at a crossroads. On the one hand there are those who want to see the city continue as a stronghold of conservative Danish traditions; on the other, those who would like it to reinvent itself as a cosmopolitan regional hub, drawing on its burgeoning immigrant community and its new links via the Aresund Bridge with MalmA¶ in Sweden, which has increased the city's catchment area by half a million. At the moment, however, Copenhagen still delivers a relatively conservative array of culture, and it's the traditional "high" arts -
opera, classical music
and mainstream
theatre
- which get most of the government's enormous subsidies, with more experimental ventures struggling to survive even on the fringe. An exception in recent years has been the lively film industry, and to some to degree alternative theatre, both of which have managed to escape the city's often parochial mindset.
Tickets
to many live performances can be bought through
Billetnet
(credit card booking line tel 70 15 65 65), at Vesterbrogade 3 beside Tivoli's main entrance and in all post offices (10kr booking fee).
ARTE
sell tickets - including same-day tickets at half price - for theatre performances and concerts through its outlet at the Tivoli ticket office on Vesterbrogade (April-Sept daily 10am-10pm; Oct-March Mon-Fri 10am-7pm, Sat 10am-5pm). For
listings
information, pick up a copy of the English-language
Copenhagen Post
(15kr) from the Wonderful Copenhagen tourist office near Tivoli. Other useful information
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Denmark,
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