Royal castles and palaces that'll awaken your inner monarch

Copenhagen is a royal city, and home to one of the world's oldest monarchies. In and around the city you will find castles, palaces, royal statues and monuments.

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Every day at 12:00 noon you can witness the changing of the Royal Danish Guard. The Guard leaves its barracks at Rosenborg Castle at approximately 11:30 and marches through the city to Amalienborg Palace, residence of the Danish Royal Couple; His Majesty King Frederik X and Her Majesty Queen Mary. But there are many other ways to go royal in and around Copenhagen.

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Amalienborg Palace

Amalienborg Palace is home to the royal family and a museum about the Danish monarchy. Every day at 12pm, you can watch the changing of the guards.

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Kronborg Castle - UNESCO World Heritage

Experience Hamlet’s Castle in Elsinore. One of Northern Europe’s finest Renaissance castles and UNESCO World Heritage. The castle is home for Holger the Dane and Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Photo: Erik Hageman

Rosenborg Castle

This fine Renaissance-era castle in central Copenhagen holds the Danish Crown Jewels and is surrounded by beautiful gardens. Built in the 1700s, it is popular today with visitors and locals alike.

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Christiansborg Palace

Christiansborg Palace, on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen, is a former royal palace and also contains the Danish Parliament Folketinget, the Supreme Court, and the Ministry of State.

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Frederiksborg Castle – Danish royal history

Experience the largest Renaissance castle in the Nordic region. Walk in the halls of past Danish kings and queens - and feel the history of Denmark.

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Frederiksberg Palace

This former royal palace lies on top of Frederiksberg Hill overlooking the beautiful Frederiksberg Garden next to Copenhagen Zoo.

The Hermitage

On a top of a hill in The Deer Park, you will find the Kings’ Hunting Lodge overlooking the Øresund Sound, treetops, forest and over 200 deer, and a far-reaching hunting landscape.

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Ruins under Christiansborg Palace

Go underground at Christiansborg Palace, former palace of the Danish family, and take a trip back in time to the 11th Century, when the city needed protection from pirates.