Anders Breinholt, one of Denmark's most popular comedians and TV personalities, hosts Danish Music Awards 2012, electing the best Danish muscal performers and presenting chart-topping Danish live acts, like Burhan G, Alphabeat, Outlandish and Lucas Graham.

As tradition bids the Danish music business and Danish TV channel, TV 2, celebrates Danish music with the party of the year at Forum Copenhagen on Saturday 10 November 2012.
Popular comedian and TV personality, Anders Breinholt, will host the show, electing the best Danish music performers and presenting chart-topping local live acts, like Burhan G, Alphabeat, Outlandish and Lucas Graham.

Event: Danish Music Awards 2012
When: Friday 10 November 2012, 8 pm (doors close at 7.30 pm)
Where: Forum Copenhagen, Julius Thomsens Plads 1, Frederiksberg
Price: DKK 295-595 (+ booking fee)
Tickets: Buy your ticket(s) at Billetlugen.dk

More about Danish Music Awards 2012
Find more information about Danish Music Awards 2012, the list of nominees or vote for your personal favourite at their Facebook-page.
After the show we invite you to join us at the blickfang Party at Avenue Hotel.

Falcon Basket is one of Denmark’s most ambitious and successful basket teams, and at Avenue Hotel we are proud to announce that we have just closed a mutually beneficial sponsorship deal with the basket club.

Falcon Basket is one of Denmark’s foremost basket teams, and we are proud to announce that Avenue Hotel has just closed a sponsorship deal with the ambitious and successful basket club.

Basket is Hip, Urban and Local
“Basket games are fascinating. It’s all about team spirit, it’s hip, urban and the dynamic is amazing,” says our General Manager, Mai Kappenberger.
“And as a dynamic team spirit is essential for the avenue feeling, it seemed obvious for us to sponsor Falcon Basket,” she smiles.
“Further to this Falcon Basket is in our neighbourhood, fitting like hand in glove with our desire to play an active part in our local community.”

Free Tickets and Opportunities for Networking
“At Falcon Basket we are very happy about the collaboration with Avenue Hotel,” says Head of Corporate Relations at Falcon Basket, Henrik Dissing.
“Avenue is a great hotel, which we are happy to be associated with, and we believe we can offer some interesting benefits to Avenue’s guests, like free tickets for our games and network opportunities.”

More information
Find more information about Falcon Basket or ensure your free tickets for the games at Avenue Hotel.

“I love to surprise my audience by making them enjoy music they never thought they would like,” says DJ Katrine Ring. She headlines Yellow Lounge, DJ-sessions reinventing classical music, at Avenue Hotel for the seventh season running.

This autumn DJ Katrine Ring enters her seventh season head-lining the popular Yellow Lounge, reinventing classical music, at Avenue Hotel.
Katrine Ring is famous for challenging and surprising her audience. She has graciously agreed to share her thoughts on what makes for groovy music and an enjoyable atmosphere, and where to experience both in Copenhagen.

Groovy Music may be Challenging
“Bad music is simply bad craftsmanship. It’s plain noisy,” states DJ Katrine Ring.
Katrine Ring is an acclaimed DJ and music journalist, and many consider her the doyenne of Danish DJ’s.
“Good music may be challenging, difficult and demanding, but it always has a groove,” smiles Katrine Ring.
“And a good DJ has good music. She reads her audience, and selects the right music for it. It is less important whether she is a good technician or not,” adds Katrine Ring.

Unbeatable Atmosphere in Copenhagen
“A place has an enjoyable atmosphere if it is run by pleasant and competent people,” says DJ Katrine Ring.
“I find this atmosphere at La Fontaine, an old-school jazz venue in Copenhagen, where they select great, and always surprising, music.”
Katrine Ring has a special fondness for musical experiences in the urban spaces of Copenhagen – such as Superkilen and Tone Festival in the vibrant district, Nørrebro.
“Nørrebro is literally only a stone’s throw from Avenue Hotel,” jokes Katrine Ring, referring to the infamous riots in 1993 in the now mostly gentrified district.
“At Superkilen, a city space thought out by world-famous architect Bjarke Ingels, there are DJs every Friday, and in my favourite street, Jægersborggade, you often find live concerts with jazz, classical or electronic music,” says Katrine Ring.
Katrine Ring also recommends the free town of Christiania for its beautiful nature and innovative architecture, and food market, Torvehallerne, as its excellent mix of specialist food stores and restaurants has made it a new meeting-point in Copenhagen.

Local and International mix at Avenue Hotel
“Anything is possible at Avenue Hotel. I have never heard them say ‘no’ to a request,” says DJ Katrine Ring.
“I love Avenue Hotel because they manage to unite the local with the international. For our classical DJ-sessions, Yellow Lounge, guests from all over the world mix with locals who come by for a drink and to enjoy the atmosphere.”
She adds:”Also they serve great coffee and an amazing breakfast. Avenue Hotel is a secret I love to share.”

DJ Katrine Ring’s Spot, Offer and Treat
DJ Katrine Ring has kindly offered to recommend her favourite spot in Copenhagen, and together with the celebrated DJ we have found a special treat in the lounge bar and a special offer in the Avenue 24/7 Shop for our guests to enjoy.

Photo by Claes Bech-Poulsen

Copenhagen and Frederiksberg buzz with life on Friday 12 October as Culture Night launches more than 600 events in one night. Most of the events are less than a ten minute leisurely bike ride from Avenue Hotel (Pictured: Thorvaldsen Museum).

On Friday 12 October 2012 more than 250 museums, galleries, political institutions and other venues all over Copenhagen and Frederiksberg will open their doors to expose the hidden sides of the city’s cultural landscape.

Imagination creates Culture Night
“Culture Night has a unique ability to make the big official cultural institutions as well as the underground open their doors at the same time,” says project manager Marie Myschetzky from Culture Night.
She adds: “The programme has no theme but grows in all directions enabled by the sheer force and imagination of the participants.”

Select Events in Frederiksberg
Some of the potentially most popular events in our local ‘hood, Frederiksberg, are bound to be the pop-poetic concert by Mouritz/Hørslev Duo in collaboration with indie veteran, Nikolaj Nørlund, at atmospheric Møstings Hus, the chance to sneak a peek into the HQ of the Freemasons at Sct. Andreas Ordenen, or joining Mayor Jørgen Glenthøj as he guides an intimate group behind the scenes at Frederiksberg Town Hall.

Tickets and More Information
If you buy a ‘KulturKit’ (Culture Night Pass) for DKK 90 (approximately 12 Euros) you get free admission to all events as well as free access to public transportation from 5 pm to 5 am.
Find more information about the Culture Night Pass and browse the entire programme at Kulturnatten.dk.
And remember, most of the events are less than a 10 minute leisurely bike ride from Avenue Hotel.

Photo by Michael Daugaard

You are invited to experience some of the best contemporary Nordic and European art at Art Copenhagen 2012 on 14-16 September 2012.

You are invited to enjoy the best art from more than 60 of the leading Nordic art galleries, when the art fair, Art Copenhagen 2012, opens its doors on Friday 14 September.
This year Art Copenhagen has also invited some of Europe’s fastest-growing young galleries to participate at the art fair.

The Best Contemporary Art in Scandinavia
With more than 60 galleries from Denmark, Sweden and Finland Art Copenhagen stands out as the leading fair for contemporary art in Scandinavia.
This year the fair has invited a number of Europe#s most innovative young galleries to give visitors to the fair an insight into the developments in the European art scene.
“It has always been our intention to expand the fair to include the international art scene,” says Project Manager, Henriette Dybkaer.
“It was only natural for us to ask the recognised galleries, we already work with, to invite their foreign partners – and this approach has certainly delivered a higher quality than ever before.”

Saturday Night is Gallery Night
In the evening on Saturday 15 September Art Copenhagen introduces a new initiative in collaboration with the web portal, Kopenhagen Magasin. Select galleries in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg will be open from 7 to 10 pm to welcome visitors with even more appetite for art after the fair’s closing.
Events on Gallery Night are for free and open to the general public.

Art Copenhagen offers art buffs the opportunity to get updated on the newest trends on the contemporary art scene through its extensive programme of stage events, panel discussions and artists' talks.

Artists Talks, Events and Discussions
Art Copenhagen also offers art buffs the opportunity to discover current trends in contemporary art through the fair’s extensive programme of stage events, panel discussions and artists’ talks.

Event: Art Copenhagen 2012 & Gallery Night
When: Friday 14 September 4-9 pm, Saturday 15 September 11 am-6 pm, Sunday 16 September 11 am-5 pm.
Gallery Night is on Saturday 15 September 7-10 pm
Where: Forum Copenhagen, Julius Thomsens Plads 1, 1925 Frederiksberg.
Gallery Night is in select galleries all over Copenhagen and Frederiksberg
Price: DKK 100. Gallery Night is for free

More Information About Art Copenhagen 2012
Find more information about opening hours, participating galleries and events at Art Copenhagen, Kopenhagen Magasin og Kunsten.nu.
And remember, Forum Copenhagen is a leisurely five-minute walk from Avenue Hotel.

Golden Days Festival kick-starts on Saturday 8 September, when Vega, an exquisite example of Danish 50es architecture, invites you for a 50es-ball with rock & roll music, old school big bands, bebop and cool jazz.

Golden Days Festival take the Danish Capital and surrounding suburbs with events, parties and debates focusing on the 1950es from Friday 7 September to Sunday 23 September 2012.
With more than 400 events, the festival-makers pinpoint the decade as a historic period and to put today’s crisis into perspective.
They invite you to take of your nostalgia-tinted glasses – or keep them on – as you please, when they contrast debates about the paranoia of the cold war and desperate housewives with rock & roll-parties and sight-seeing-buses with singing stewardesses.

Our local hood, Frederiksberg, plans a special Day of Memories on Saturday 15 September with themes as diverse as a parade of Nimbus motorbikes, the murder mystery of the century and the golden age of football.

Day of Memories in Frederiksberg
On Saturday 15 September our local hood, Frederiksberg, plans a special Day of Memories, where locals open up their homes, hearts and memories planning themes as varied as a parade of Nimbus motorbikes, the murder mystery of the century, the golden age of football, and inviting all families to jitterbug in the library.

Event: Golden Days Festival – The 1950es
When: Friday 7 September to Sunday 23 September 2012
Where: All over Copenhagen and surrounding suburbs
Price: Varies, many events are free

More Information about Golden Days Festival
Find more information about the Golden Days Festival, the 50es Party at Vega, the special Day of Memories in Frederiksberg or stay updated via Golden Days Festival’s Facebook-page (sorry, all in Danish only).
And remember, most of the events are a pleasant ten-minute bike-ride from Avenue Hotel.

Photos by Nadia von Rikka and Golden Days Festival

More than twenty of the most interesting international restaurants in Copenhagen join forces with beer brewers, coffeemakers, DJs and live musicians to create the diverse street party, Taste the World ('Smag Verden').

Rantzausgade celebrates the food festival, Copenhagen Cooking 2012, by closing down for traffic and inviting all Copenhageners to a diversity party on street level.
More than twenty of the most interesting international restaurants in Copenhagen join forces with beer brewers, coffeemakers, DJs and live musicians to create the diverse street party, Taste the World (‘Smag verden’).

Event: Taste the World (‘Smag verden’) – Street party in Rantzausgade
When: Saturday 1 September and Sunday 2 September 2012 from 12 noon to 6 pm
Where: Rantzausgade, Copenhagen N
Price: Free entry, street food is DKK 30 per dish

More about Taste the World – The Diversity Party
At Taste the World you will meet our almost-neighbour, acclaimed pastry chef Nikolaos Strangas, award-winning beer brewers, Mikkeller, one of our favourite coffe-makers, Riccos, as well as a string of Copenhagen’s most popular international restaurants, like Michelin-starred Kiin Kiin and Gorms Pizza.
And remember, Rantsausgade is a pleasant two-minute walk from Avenue Hotel.

Copenhagen Cooking 2012 celebrates the Nordic Culinary Heritage and invites all foodies for a ten-day frenzy of delectable delights. With more than 140 events, there should be something for everybody...

The Danish capital sizzles from Friday 24 August to Sunday 2 September, when Northern Europe’s biggest food festival, Copenhagen Cooking 2012, takes the city.
Copenhagen Cooking 2012 celebrates the Nordic Culinary Heritage and invites all foodies for a ten-day frenzy of delectable delights.
With more than 140 events, there should be something for everybody…

New Nordic or Taste the World
Carlsberg’s historic Brewery invites you to sample the best food the Nordic region has to offer as a range of top Nordic restaurants, and choice food suppliers, serve tastings focusing on local produce and food traditions at Nordic Taste on 25-26 August. Whereas our neighbouring street, Rantzausgade, is transformed into a gigantic, and very diverse, street kitchen under the headline: Diversity Festival – Taste the World on 1-2 September.

Whether you prefer New Nordic Cuisine, traditional Danish ‘smørrebrød’ or want a bit of everything, the food festival, Copenhagen Cooking, will have your taste buds singing for joy. And remember most of the restaurants are less than a leisurely ten minute bike ride from Avenue Hotel.

Celebrate the Nordic Heritage
Acclaimed chef, Anders Aamann, is famous for rejuvenating the classic Danish ‘smørrebrød’ (a.k.a. open-faced sandwiches on dark rye) and is joined by some of Denmark’s finest chefs as he teaches guests the tricks of the trade at his open sandwich workshop on Sunday 2 September.
Should you prefer the more traditional ‘smørrebrød’, pay a visit to Restaurant Kronborg, as they serve a traditional lunch platter with a twist, accompanied by a beer menu from local gourmet brewery, Nørrebro Bryghus, from 24 August to 1 September.

Event: Copenhagen Cooking 2012
When: Friday 24 August to Sunday 2 September
Where: All over Copenhagen and Frederiksberg
Price: Varies according to event

More Information about the Events at Copenhagen Cooking 2012
Find more information about Nordic Taste at the Carlsberg Brewery, Taste the World in Rantzausgade, Anders Aamann’s open sandwich workshop and the traditional lunch platter with a twist at Restaurant Kronborg or check out the complete programme.
And remember most of the restaurants participating in Copenhagen Cooking are less than a leisurely ten minute bike ride from Avenue Hotel.

Photos by Stine Heilmann and Wonderful Copenhagen

Nikolaos Strangas, Copenhagen’s dessert king, has composed a special four-course dessert menu, with choice dessert wines, and invites you into the heart of his kingdom to enjoy this treat around his worktable during Copenhagen Cooking 2012.

Copenhagen’s dessert king, our friend and almost-neighbour, Nikolaos Strangas invites you for a mouth-watering experience with his favourite desserts during the food festival, Copenhagen Cooking 2012.
Nikolaos Strangas has composed a special four-course dessert menu – with choice dessert wines – and invites you into the heart of his kingdom to enjoy this special treat around his worktable.
It sounds like a night in dessert heaven to us!

Event: Dessert Evening with Nikolaos Strangas
When: Wednesday 29 August 6.30-9.30 pm
Where: Nilolaos Strangas Conditori and Cakeaway, Åboulevard 7, Copenhagen V
Price: DKK 795 for a four-course dessert menu and the accompanying dessert wine menu
Booking: ns@strangas.dk

More Information about Copenhagen’s Dessert King
Find more information about Copenhagen’s dessert king, Nikolaos Strangas, and read the interview with Nikolaos Strangas and his wife, Lotte Strangas, on our blog.
And remember, Strangas Cakeaway is a pleasant five-minute walk from Avenue Hotel.

Lotte and Nikolaos Strangas, the dynamic duo behind the gourmet pastry shop and café, Strangas Cakeaway, focus on quality, organic ingredients and ban artificial additives, a philosophy they take with them, when they eat out in Copenhagen.

Lotte and Nikolaos Strangas set new standards for cakes and desserts in Copenhagen, when they opened their gourmet pastry shop and café, Nikolaos Strangas Conditori & Cakeaway, in 2010.
At Strangas Cakeaway the dynamic duo focuses on quality, organic ingredients and ban artificial additives, a philosophy they take with them, when they eat out in Copenhagen.

The Family Passion
The Strangas family shares a passion for savoury sweets and desserts.
“I easily foresee a future in the pastry business for Sophia,” says Lotte Strangas of her and Nikolaos Strangas’ six-year-old daughter, Sophia.
Lotte Strangas  has almost a decade’s experience in the hospitality business and runs the shop at Nikolaos Strangas Conditori & Cakeaway, whereas Nikolaos Strangas is a trained pastry chef and has run the pastry kitchen at high-profiled, Michelin-starred, Restaurant Era Ora.
“Sophia loves helping out at the pastry shop,” adds Lotte Strangas with a big smile.
“Only, she gets to eat the cakes she makes herself, they are not yet fit to be served for guests”.

Quality Restaurants in Copenhagen
“Quality is super important to us on all levels,” emphasizes Lotte Strangas.
“We would rather eat out once a month at a high-quality place than five times a month at restaurants which serve food of a lesser quality or with lots of artificial additives.”
“Rasmus Oubæk is the King of Béarnaise in Copenhagen,” says Lotte Strangas of the owner of two of their favourite restaurants, Retour and Retour Steak. Both restaurants are famous among Copenhageners for laid-back, yet brilliant, service, and amazing steaks with great-tasting sauce béarnaise at a reasonable price.
Among the many Michelin-starred restaurants in Copenhagen, the couple prefer Geranium, run by ‘The World’s Best Chef’, Rasmus Kofoed.

“Sophia loves helping out at the pastry shop,” says Lotte Strangas of her and Nikolaos Strangas’ six-year-old daughter, Sophia. Adding with a smile, “Only, she gets to eat the cakes she makes herself, they are not yet fit to be served for guests”.

“Avenue Hotel is our favourite Getaway in Copenhagen”
“Avenue Hotel is our favourite little getaway in Copenhagen, and it is just 200 meters away from our house,” says Lotte Strangas.
“Avenue is truly a special place and such a peaceful place for us! We can bring our energetic daughter and not worry that she may suddenly want to walk with bare feet in the middle of the lounge… ”.
“You know what I mean – there is space for all of us at Avenue… ”.
Further to Avenue Hotel serving as their hideaway, Lotte and Nikolaos Strangas collaborate with the avenue on projects, which demand high-quality cakes and desserts, like the Avenue Fashion High Teas for Copenhagen Fashion Week.

The Strangas Family’s Spot, Offer and Treat
Lotte and Nikolaos Strangas have kindly offered to recommend their favourite spot in Copenhagen, and together with the couple we have found a special treat in the lounge bar and a special offer in the Avenue 24/7 Shop for our guests to enjoy.