{"id":145819,"date":"2026-08-14T11:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/145819\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T11:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:36:11","slug":"tivoli-unveils-new-hikari-area-ahead-of-opening-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/145819\/","title":{"rendered":"Tivoli unveils new Hikari area ahead of opening this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tivoli Gardens, a historic amusement park<\/a> in Copenhagen, Denmark, has unveiled its new Hikari area ahead of the opening tomorrow (15 August).<\/p>\n

The park’s new zone<\/a> covers an area of more than 2,000 square metres and is inspired by a colourful Japanese streetscape.<\/p>\n

Opening on Tivoli\u2019s 183rd birthday, the Hikari project represents the largest themed development in Tivoli Gardens’ nearly 200-year history.<\/p>\n

\"Dimly The Hikari project represents the largest themed development in Tivoli Gardens’ historyAnne-Sophie Rosenvinge<\/p>\n

“We have been looking forward to this year\u2019s anniversary with particular excitement, as we can finally give our visitors a birthday gift that has been five years in the making,” said Tivoli Gardens’ CEO Susanne M\u00f8rch Koch.<\/p>\n

“With Hikari, we have drawn inspiration from Japan to create something distinctly Tivoli \u2013 an immersive new area where attractions, architecture, gardens, art and food come together, including two brand-new attractions.<\/p>\n

“Opening Hikari<\/a> on our anniversary marks an exciting new chapter in Tivoli Gardens\u2019 long history and reflects our ambition to keep evolving and creating world-class experiences for visitors from Denmark and around the world.”<\/p>\n

As above, Hikari features atmospheric lighting, landscaped gardens, unique architecture, street food concepts, Japanese art, and immersive<\/a> design elements.<\/p>\n

It includes two new attractions, a family-friendly immersive experience called Hotel Hikari and a thrill ride named Typhoon’s Eye.<\/p>\n

At the heart of Hikari is The Demon, one of Tivoli Gardens’ iconic roller coasters<\/a>, which has undergone an extensive visual transformation.<\/p>\n

\"Pagoda Tivoli Gardens’ former Asia-inspired area has been completely redeveloped to become HikariBax Lindhardt<\/p>\n

Over the past two years, Tivoli’s former Asia-inspired area has been completely redeveloped to become Hikari.<\/p>\n

Rasmus Altenborg, Tivoli Gardens<\/a>\u2019 design and development director, told blooloop: “We went to Japan to get inspiration, and we cooperated with Danish, but also Japanese designers and architects, to ensure that what we did was correct.”<\/p>\n

Founded in 1843 by Georg Carstensen, Tivoli Gardens is one of the world\u2019s oldest amusement parks and one of Copenhagen\u2019s most iconic cultural landmarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tivoli Gardens, a historic amusement park in Copenhagen, Denmark, has unveiled its new Hikari area ahead of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[1250,1251,16255,27,26,55969,55970,55971,55972,55974],"class_list":["post-145819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-attraction-design","tag-attractions-business","tag-attractions-management","tag-danmark","tag-denmark","tag-theme-park-design","tag-theme-park-investment","tag-theme-park-management","tag-theme-park-rides","tag-themed-entertainment"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117093661919544580","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}