NiCOLAI - Cultural center in Kolding

NICOLAI is Kolding's cultural playground, which contains children's, youth and adult culture for every taste. Here, the upcoming GAME Street Hub Kolding is surrounded by workshops, a cinema, city archives, playrooms and a living stage, which is constantly being developed and designed by both actors and visitors.

NiCOLAI is a meeting between arts and cultural expressions.

The complex consists of five independent houses, but also functions as one cultural whole.

The framework signals both quality and innovation - something that is repeated in all the houses' offers.

At NiCOLAI we cultivate diversity, creativity and new encounters between arts and cultural expressions. 

 

NiCOLAI Cinema and Café

In NiCOLAI Cinema you can experience a wide selection of artistic quality films, classics and mainstream films for both children, young people and adults.

The cinema, which is run by volunteers, offers a number of cultural events such as lectures, debate evenings and theme days – and through collaboration with the Cinemateket, a selected cult film or classic is shown every other Wednesday. Start or end your cinema trip with something delicious in the café, which offers drinks and snacks in cozy surroundings. You are also welcome to take a cup of coffee or a glass of wine into the cinema hall while you watch a film. The café is open one hour before the first performance and until approximately ½ hour after the last performance has started (it will be closed between morning and afternoon performances, however).

 

Kolding City Archives
Kolding City Archives is the municipality's memory and a treasure trove of original documents, photographs, maps, memories and knowledge about life in Kolding municipality since the birth of democracy in the mid-1800th century. Our most important task is to open our collections so that everyone has the opportunity to use local history actively. At the same time, you can become a part of history yourself by submitting materials to the archive. Because everyone has a place in history.

 

NICOLAI for Children
Climb the ropes in the Jungle, build amazing castles with giant pillows, or dance to the music that fills the room with energy and joy. Unleash your creativity in our creative workshops, where children and adults can draw, paint, build and create side by side. Explore, experiment and create together – because here the process is just as important as the result. Take a quiet moment and relax in the cozy attic rooms upstairs, or step into the Theater Cave and bring your own stories to life with face painting and unique costumes. At NiCOLAI for children, imagination shows the way – and there is room for everyone to join in.

 

NICOLAI Art & Design
NiCOLAI Kunst & Design is the exhibition venue that gives everyone interested the opportunity to have a free art experience in a professional setting. The beautiful and bright exhibition rooms provide the setting for 6 – 8 exhibitions each year with professional art, design and handicrafts. You will find the exhibition at Skolegade 2C – in the same building as NiCOLAI for children.

 

Building 5
Building 5 is an open cultural center for everyone over 15 years of age who wants to create, learn, geek out and be creative with others. Here there is room for ideas, experiments and community – regardless of whether you are a beginner or a super geek. We regularly organize courses and events where you can try your hand at e.g. leather, knitting, sewing, 3D printing and much more.

 

NICOLAI Scene
The building, which was once the Gymnastics House, now houses the NiCOLAI Stage, where concerts are held by both professionals and amateurs. The stage is also used for lectures, children's theater, tango evenings and much more.

 

The farm in NICOLAI
The old schoolyard has long been a unique space in the city, filled every year with markets, games, concerts, workshops and urban space experiments. From the summer of 2026, the courtyard will be transformed into Denmark's first GAME Street Hub - an urban meeting place with a focus on movement, creativity and community, especially for young people.

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