The Danish Seamen’s Church in Singapore celebrated its 40th anniversary on Saturday 13 September 2025 with a lively gathering of around 100 people at the Golden Bell. Guests arrived in the late afternoon to a courtyard decorated with Danish flags, a marquee tent, and a festive barbecue buffet. In her speech, Pia Sundbøll reflected on how the church, though originally built for seafarers, has always kept its doors open to all. Among the guests was Danish Ambassador Jakob Brix, alongside families, students, Danes on a gap year, and long-term residents. Coming from a frosty Danish December to tropical Singapore, he thought Christmas would feel out of place — until the hymn Glade Jul rang out.