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Winter Holiday: Events for the little ones

Ben Hamilton
February 13th, 2023


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Wean ’em on the screens!

Børnebiffen  
All Feb; films at 10:00 & 11:00, Wed-Sun; Cinemateket, Gothersgade 55, Cph K; 30kr entry; dfi.dk

Children aged three to seven are well catered to by Børnebiffen at Cinemateket, which five days a week offers a steady flow of options in the late morning. Expect mostly Danish classics, such as ‘Cirkeline’, along with a few modern titles.

Come of age on the stage

Hocus Pocus
Feb 10-22, performances 13:00 & 15:00 from Feb 14-18;  Skuespilshuset, Sankt Annæ Plads 36, Cph K

Give your children a taste of Danish theatre with this child-friendly performance staged at the capital’s premier venue. Immersed in a fantasy universe, relentless special effects will ensure their imaginations run wild. This could be the show where their love of theatre begins.

Making friends at Fastelavn 

Fastelavn parties
Feb 11-19, 11:00-15:00, tour times TBC; National History Museum, Frederiksborg Slot 10, Hillerød; free adm to costumed children

Take a tour around the National History Museum at Frederiksborg Castle and discover why Christian IV wants to ban the holiday! And then beat the cat out of the barrel (only Feb 15 & 19) to earn your treasure. Alternatively, visit Frilandsmuseet at Fastelavn (Feb 11-19, 10:00-16:00) to enjoy obstacle courses, ring riding, barrel beating and clown shows.

Some tots like it hot!

Children’s Jazz Show
Feb 4 at 14:00; Sankt Johannes Kirke , Cph N; free adm

Normally in the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, there are dozens of concerts specially aimed at youngsters, but for Vinter Jazz this February, we could only find one: Børnejazz med Sille og Palle. The duo are the main contributors to DR Ramasjang program ‘Rosa fra Rouladegade’, so they know how to handle a rowdy crowd! 

Check out more events coming up in the winter break in the CPH Post 2023 Winter Holiday supplement.


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Moreover, 21 percent of those surveyed admitted to medicating their kids with paracetamol, such as Panodil, before sending them to school.

The FOLA parents’ organisation is shocked by the findings.

“I think it is absolutely crazy. It simply cannot be that a child goes to school sick and plays with lots of other children. Then we are faced with the fact that they will infect the whole institution,” said FOLA chair Signe Nielsen.

Pill pushers
At the Børnehuset daycare institution in Silkeborg a meeting was called where parents were implored not to bring their sick children to school.

At Børnehuset there are fears that parents prefer to pack their kids off with a pill without informing teachers.

“We occasionally have children who that they have had a pill for breakfast,” said headteacher Susanne Bødker. “You might think that it is a Panodil more than a vitamin pill, if it is a child who has just been sick, for example.”

Parents sick and tired
Parents, when confronted, often cite pressure at work as a reason for not being able to stay at home with their children.

Many declare that they simply cannot take another day off, as they are afraid of being fired.

Allan Randrup Thomsen, a professor of virology at KU, has heavily criticised the parents’ actions, describing the current situation as a “vicious circle”.

“It promotes the spread of viruses, and it adds momentum to a cycle where parents are pressured by high levels of sick-leave. If they then choose to send the children to daycare while they are still recovering, they keep the epidemic going in daycares, and this in turn puts a greater burden on the parents.”