Join us on the longest day of the year!
Come and celebrate Skt. Hans in our tent at Amager Beach.
We will sing together, enjoy our New International Choir, listen to a reflection fit for the evening of solstice and entry in to the summer months, as we will bbq a few hotdogs together.
Our tent is near Øresund Metro Station – find us here:
55°39'42.3"N 12°37'59.5"E – Google Maps
If you arrive by Metro, get off at Øresund Station, and walk straight to the beach, you will find us at the green area to the right – it will be hard to miss us.
Around 9 pm, we leave the tent to watch a bonfire at Amager Beach!
Sankt Hans or Saint John's Eve is, as many other Danish traditions a mixture of pagan and Christian traditions. Sankt Hans Aften celebrates the birth of St. John the Baptist with the Danish name Sankt Hans, who is believed to have been born on June 24th. However, because Danes, according to Nordic tradition, like to celebrate the night before, Sankt Hans Aften is celebrated on the eve of June 23rd – just like Christmas is celebrated on December 24th instead of the 25th. The origin of the evening is a pagan marking of sun solstice, which later was altered to be a Christian tradition. In the days leading up to Sankt Hans Aften, big bonfires are built and later burned on the eve, while groups of people watch and sing songs throughout the night. The bonfire would traditionally feature a straw witch, but it is no longer a staple of the night, since it does stem from the time of persecutions of witches, that took place all over Europe in the 17th century.
Organisers:
Allehelgens- og Sundkirken
Folkekirken for Internationals
