W H E R E O N
E A R T H ?
T H E J O U R N E Y
Where are you going? Follow
our trail to this month’s
best happenings
All month
Trimming
your tree?
Spare a thought
for the poor folk
who have to dress
Dortmund’s monster
–
the world’s biggest.
At 45m high, it would
loom over 10 double-
decker buses or even
15
African elephants
(
if you could persuade
them to pose). Built
using 1,700 fir trees
arranged on a scaffold
and decorated with
13,000
lights, there’s
even an angel on top.
Until 22/12
Royal variety
show
In Denmark, it seems
the royal family don’t
just visit the theatre
–
they help to put on
the entertainment.
See costumes and
sets designed by
Queen Margrethe
come to life in a re-
imagined version of
the Christmas classic
The Nutcracker
,
in
Copenhagen’s Tivoli
Gardens.
tivoli.dk
1-5/12
Dance in the
desert
The Sphinx festival
could be the ultimate
party-season antidote.
Taking place in El
Gouna on the Red Sea,
the five-day celebration
of dance and yoga is
sure to be as relaxing
as it sounds.
sphinxfestival.com
HEADING TO EGYPT?
Read our feature on the Red Sea on page 96.
PHOTOS
ALAMY, CORBIS, GETTY, ALLSTAR
0 2 3
