Golden Days is an annual festival that explores science, nature and our common culture and history “from a number of different perspectives, professional disciplines and aesthetic starting points.”

This year, the theme is Queens and to mark the jubilee of Queen Margrethe II - who ascended the throne of Denmark in 1972 - Kongens Nytorv - the large public space between the old city and the royal palace - has been renamed Dronningens Nytorv - the Queen’s New Square for the period of the festival.

The garden and the equestrian statue of Christian V have been enclosed by an oval of stark white plinths of graded heights with the tallest on the north side of the oval and the lowest on the south side towards the Royal Theatre.

Forty-nine plinths have plaques with the names of prominent women, selected by a jury, but the tallest plinth has a mirrored surface and is anonymous but will be marked with the name of a prominent or influential woman selected by the public.

One permanent statue to one of the women will be erected.

The installation was designed by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group.

Golden Days - Queens
2 - 18 September 2022
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