Let me make one thing clear right away: I’m very fond of Tivoli, and I’m privileged enough to be able to visit the place with my family several times a year. It’s a joy to watch my two-year-old daughter experience the magic of an amusement park that, to her, feels endlessly vast, and it’s also striking that it’s still the vintage cars and The Flying Trunk that are her biggest thrills – exactly as they were for me 30 years ago. AI and Paw Patrol haven’t taken over here yet, and I love the park for that.

But this year it really struck me how much the prices have gotten out of hand, and that there must be a huge social downside to it. We were six adults and three children under the age of four, and we ended up paying around 2,500 kroner for entrance and ride passes (two of the adults didn’t get a ride pass). Even the youngest, just one and a half and barely able to walk, had a ride pass strapped to the wrist for 164 kroner.Oversættelsesdisclaimer