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Cafe Hjertetræet

About

The Ave­do­ere Church com­plex is eas­i­ly rec­og­niz­able by its red­dish-brown brick con­struc­tion, fea­tur­ing an at­trac­tive tow­er that bor­rows south­ern Eu­ro­pean ar­chi­tec­tur­al in­spi­ra­tion and stands in the south­east cor­ner. The atri­um of the church is a tran­quil spot en­cour­ag­ing con­tem­pla­tion and in­ter­ac­tion be­tween na­ture and cul­ture, pro­vid­ing an ide­al set­ting for out­door ac­tiv­i­ties. The church has a seat­ing ca­pac­i­ty of 170, with all seats oc­cu­pied, and was de­signed by ar­chi­tect Palle Ry­dahl Drost and built in 1977. The girl­s' choir brings hymns to life with their gift­ed per­for­mances, while there's also of­ten mu­sic in the church when the or­gan­ists re­hearse or dur­ing high mass­es. Ul­rik Ross­ing cre­at­ed the Al­tar Cloth, the fo­cal point of the church cham­ber, wo­ven by Mette Ross­ing. This piece of art­work de­picts the first Pen­te­cost, where twelve dis­ci­ples re­ceive tongues of fire, with a dove rep­re­sent­ing the Holy Spir­it above. Ave­do­ere Church rep­re­sents a live­ly and en­gaged church, tight­ly bound to its parish and keen to in­te­grate the com­mu­ni­ty into its ac­tiv­i­ties. The church sup­ports mul­ti­ple char­i­ta­ble caus­es, in­clud­ing Pro­ject Maya­ja, The Dan­ish Peo­ple's Aid, and oth­er char­i­ta­ble or­ga­ni­za­tions with a fo­cus on as­sist­ing a de­vel­op­ment project in Tan­za­nia. The church is also a wel­com­ing haven for those ex­pe­ri­enc­ing home­less­ness. Café Hjerte­traet is the church's restau­rant, a con­ge­nial space where you'll meet a di­verse staff and en­joy home­made cui­sine. The café en­cour­ages con­ver­sa­tion and is ide­al for meet­ing new peo­ple over a great cup of cof­fee. You're also af­ford­ed the op­por­tu­ni­ty to hold events, at­tend lec­tures, as well as par­tic­i­pate in cours­es. Apart from the reg­u­lar open­ing sched­ule, which is 9 am - 3 pm, the church also opens every first Tues­day of the month for Youth Cel­lar, al­ter­nate Wednes­days for Bridge and week­ly for Film Club, and oth­er ex­cit­ing ini­tia­tives that en­cour­age in­ter­ac­tion be­tween the church and the sur­round­ing com­mu­ni­ty.

Location
avedoere-kirke.dk/cafe-hjertetraeet/
Opening hours
MondayClosedTuesday10:00 - 14:00Wednesday10:00 - 14:0017:00 - 19:00Thursday10:00 - 14:00Friday10:00 - 14:00SaturdayClosedSundayClosed