Summer in the Diamond 2020
We have a packed programme for the summer in The Black Diamond in Copenhagen. Come to the Friday bar and LIVE in the Library Garden, visit the café or shop or see the acclaimed Nick Cave exhibition.
Photo: Det Kgl. Bibliotek/Madkartoteket
Published 01 July 2020 | Revision 27 October 2023
Normally the Royal Danish Library reduces its activities over the summer, but this year we are actually increasing our activities: The Black Diamond opens its doors wide open and launches a new summer season for both Copenhageners on "staycation" and this year's first tourists: A brand new Friday bar with music and waterfront views, unique exhibitions with Nick Cave and Press Photo of the Year, and then a joining of literature and music in the Library Garden in August.
Café and shop
Quench your thirst and quench your appetite with the city's best views in the café. Buy unique notebooks or postcards with motifs from the library's collections as well as a large Cave selection in the store.
Friday bar with live music on the waterfront
7 and 14 August 2020 at 4-6 pm.
Pop-up bar with fish and chips and live music in the afternoon sun (we move indoors if it rains).
Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition
“A unique exhibition”, Espen Strunk, Gaffa.
"Like being in Nick Cave's home", Kasper Schütt-Jensen, Jyllands-Posten.
"A Touching Visualisation of Inspiration and Love", Louise Rosengreen, Information.
Eight large installations with over 300 objects form a journey into the complex, creative universe of the musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave.
LIVE in the Library Garden
Marie Carmen Koppel, Olga Ravn, Isam B , Mette Moestrup, Caspar Eric, Katinka and more invite you to days of music and literature in the historic, secretive garden behind The Black Diamond.
20 August, 27 August and 3 September 2020.
Press photo of the year
Experience Danish press photographers' best shots of the most important events from Denmark and the world.
Free entrance