European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Map Lou Johnson Tivoli draws More visitors than any other attraction in its a Calm Oasis in a hectic 20thcentury City that treats this jewel like a Tivoli is a woman any of us would be proud to have in our open May 15 hours 10 until Midnight prices 18 Kroner for adults and 9 Kroner 90 cents for children to enter the amusement tickets Are sold individually at the rides or a Surpas for 78 Kroner about gains entry to All 25 main How to get there in the Center of the City on if you cant find you Arent in going time Story and photos by Beverly Bundy Magazine editor once upon a the Story a Little girl named Kirsten Piil was walking Home through the after some time she realized the Forest was getting dark and she had lost her she was very she sat and Bent to drink water from a bubbling suddenly the sky filled with Light and she was Able to find the Way Home to her people from villages far around heard about the Miracle of they began making the pilgrimage to the spot each summer to drink from the magic with the pilgrims came the amusement makers of medieval jugglers and mimes and trainers with dancing it was 1583 when Little Kirsten became but the merrymaking in the Woods of Dyretha Osbakken outside of Copenhagen continues to this Day making Deer Park or As the Danes refer to the worlds oldest amusement present Day Bakken has the air of any european town holding a rows of restaurants butt up against spinning rides and Wheeling games of screams from the 53yearold wooden roller coaster project throughout the where Young parents with tugging children pass elderly Danes leisurely strolling on a summer most of the 2 million guests last summer were As in most amusement the roller coaster attracts the most the log ride through Waterways is a close ride attendants the Spring that started it All for the Bakken amuse ment Park 402 years Volunteer to share the ride with unaccompanied the classic Clown Pierrot presents free shows and his program brings shouts from the an outdoor stage offers More adult entertainment during evening and two discos Cater to the teen when the noise and hubbub of the rides and crowds get to be too the Woods where Kirsten started it All still walking paths lace the area and Deer still Jive in open beginning of april through the end of hours the Park is always open but the rides and some restaurants open about 2 Park activities Are in full swing until prices entry to the Park is rides Are priced individually but an activity passport costs 75 Kroner about and allows entry to 18 another passport for smaller children is 15 Kroner about and gains rides on 5 amusements including mini the spook House and the How to get there take the Strain to the Klamp Enborg from the Klamp Enborg catch a horse drawn cab for about 30 Kroner for four to five people in one for More Bakken is a 10minute walk from the when the activities close Down at the Deer come out of the surrounding Woods and walk the streets of the darkened the Woods themselves Are a Lovely place for a quiet but if the family wants a sit Down there Are plenty of Barkens 30 restaurants always offer childrens Bakken is a Bonus because it offers a Day in the country with plenty of and make certain to Stop by the Fountain on the Edge of the grounds where Kirsten Piil sipped those magic Waters and started the worlds oldest amusement Park the water ride is one of the most popular at Copenhagen jury stripes Magazine