Tourism promotion is a big business these days, and everyone’s getting in on the act—even the fictional Klingon Empire from Star Trek. The “first Klingon center in Alpha Quadrant” will open in Stockholm next month.
It’s a pop-up, slated to welcome visitors through late March. Located at a theatre in south Stockholm, “Visit Qo’noS” will offer Klingon opera, food and martial arts. A spokesperson explained that “The visitors check in at the reception desk, where they will get some tourist information, such as a visitor map of the Klingon capital First City. They will then be invited into the ceremonial presentation hall. The non-hologram live-act presentation is performed by the four Klingon ambassadors Ban’Shee, Mara, Morath and Klag, all from the House of Duras,”
What else to expect? Not what you’re familiar with from TV. A spokesman, who is said to have been put in touch with the Klingon Institute of Cultural Exchange, says that “The most common question is if the Klingons look like the Klingons in the new Star Trek TV series Discovery, which of course they do not. That series is offensive for Klingons, and should not be mentioned during the presentation.”
