The Social Program

The CBS International Summer University Program (or ISUP for short) offers a pretty extensive list of activities for people to do. They just came out with the list of activities for 2007, and here they are:

Week 1
June 23 (Sat) - Welcome BBQ and celebration of Midsummer Night's Eve: an opportunity to meet your fellow students and eat. Sankt Hans Aften, or Midsummer Night (more properly translated as St. John's Eve) is a celebration of the summer solstice.

June 23 (Sat) - Welcome Party: apparently held at one of "Copenhagen's ritziest clubs," which apparently for security reasons cannot be named.

June 25 (Mon) - Amazing Race: no, we are not auditioning for the TV show. Participants will be broken up into groups and will romp around downtown Copenhagen in order to get to know the place better.

June 28 (Thur) - Folk Dancing: the CBS website says this is the event that gets the best feedback. Sounds like a great opportunity to show off my dancing chops.

June 29 (Fri) - Tivoli: a very famous 19th century amusement park.

Week 2
June 30 (Sat) - DAYTRIP 1 - NORTH ZEALAND: Zealand is the large island that Copenhagen is located on. This trip will visit Frederiksborg Castle and Kronborg Castle, the latter being the setting of William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

July 3 (Tues) - Canal Tour: a one hour tour through Copenhagen's canals. It takes off from Nyhavn, travels through Chistianshavn's Canal, passes by Amalienborg Palace, and arives at the statue of The Little Mermaid, Mindy's favorite.

July 6 - 8 (Fri - Sun) - BERLIN WEEKEND: a weekend trip to the capital of Germany. Yeah!

Week 3
July 10 (Tues) - Copenhagen Jazz Festival: Copenhagen hosts a very famous jazz festival.

July 12 (Thur) - Scary Party: apparently a celebration of Friday the 13th eve, we get to dress up in scary costumes and have a party at the Happy Pig.

July 14 (Sat) - Beach Day: a trip to Amager Strandpark, one of Copenhagen's "newest and nicest beaches" will give me an opportunity to blind an entirely new group of people.

July 15 (Sun) - DAY TRIP 2 - MALMÖ, SWEDEN: this year the program includes a day trip to the aforementioned Malmö.

Week 4
July 16 (Mon) - Christiania: also known as Freetown Christiania, this partially self-governing community has had it's infamous moments.

July 20 (Fri) - World Cup Soccer: basically a free-for-all soccer tournament made up of CBS students.

July 21 (Sat) - DAY TRIP 3 - ODENSE: the birthpace of Hans Christian Andersen.

Week 5
July 27 (Fri) - International Dinner: students bring food from their own country to share. Hmm, what on earth should I bring?

July 28 (Sat) - Movie Night: the Zulu Sommerbio (summer cinema) are open air film showings that take place across Copenhagen.

Week 6
August 3 (Fri) - Goodbye Party: a farewell party at the club Luux.