Venue: St Peter’s Church Hall, Lutton Place, Edinburgh

Again, St. Peter’s Church Hall will be the venue for our Christmas party. Join us for some Christmas ‘hygge’ with ‘gløgg’ and ‘æbleskiver’ and other traditional Danish refreshments. Browse the Danish Christmas goods for sale and have a go at making traditional Danish
Christmas decorations.

We will be singing and dancing around the Christmas tree, as always, and hope that Santa will pay us a visit. Please help Santa by letting us know in advance the names and ages of children attending (Please email Santa on info@danishscottishsociety.org or phone Bettina on 01592 204 456) before 16th November).

Entry Fee: 50p per child and £1 per adult (includes a raffle ticket). This charge is purely to attempt to cover the cost of hiring the hall.

Travel Directions: Buses – 3,3A,5,7,8,14,29,30,31,33,37,49 – from the bridges to South Clark St./Minto St. Lutton Place is just off South Clerk St. If you are travelling by car, park in the car park behind the Commonwealth Pool or in the nearby streets, some have free parking.

Venue: ‘Under the stairs’, 3a Merchant Street, Edinburgh EH1 2QD (off the Grassmarket)

Venue website: www.underthestairs.org

Please remember our up-coming pub night. Last year’s pub night was a great success with both ‘old’ and new members turning up for a drink, ‘hygge’ and some Danish – Scottish chit chat. We have it from a very reliable source that ‘Under The Stairs’ makes some of the best G&T’s in Edinburgh.

Hope to see you there – Look out for Dannebrog

Venue: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
Axel Dalberg Poulsen will be our guide on a private tour demonstrating how research on gingers is carried out and why it is important. You will see how collections of gingers are managed in the herbarium and the glass houses – places which are not usually open to the public.

You may want to visit Axel’s home page to view ginger pictures from his recent expeditions: http://dalbergpoulsen.com

Meet at 2 p.m. at the East Gate (Inverleith Row). The tour will take approx. 1 hour and will mainly take place inside. Afterwards, there will be an option to buy refreshments, coffee or tea at the café and/or go for a walk outside in the Garden.
Although you are welcome to just turn up at this event, we would appreciate some indication of numbers, so please phone or email Ulla if you plan to attend.