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Every Dane today: fUCKING SIRENS

[everythingroyalty]

Hey Zelia! I'm planning on visiting Copenhagen in the summer and I was wondering, what would you recommend seeing as a royal watcher and as a regular tourist?

Hi anon! Sorry for replying so late 🙃 That sounds very exciting! Maybe this tag would be interesting to you.

I'd definitely recommend a day trip to Hillerød to visit Frederiksborg Palace. I've raved on about it before but it's just my favourite of all our palaces. It's the most accessible (in terms of how much of the palace you're allowed access to); it always has bomb ass exhibitions but even without the exhibitions, there's so much to see and take in; and the palace gardens are stunning and definitely worth a visit. AND the Mary50 exhibition at Frederiksborg runs to 31 August!

Speaking of current exhibitions, of course there's also the Amalienborg Museum's much talked about jewellery exhibition. I haven't seen it personally – I got the book on which it was based for my birthday and I'm satisfied with that considering how relatively expensive the museum is to visit 🙈 But if you're a jewellery buff, I suppose that's definitely worth a visit.

As for non-royal things, I can't remember when I've mentioned in past posts but off the top of my head: the National Gallery (Statens Museum for Kunst), Davids Samling (the David Collection), Thorvaldsens Museum (the Thorvaldsen Museum), Reffen (street food market), Cisternerne and Blågårdsgade (>>>>>> Strøget) ✌️ If you want more information or recommendations, feel free to ask again 😊

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I just got my government-issued waste recycling bin and I am honestly so happy?! 

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wanna see this badass poem from a museum exhibit about human sacrifices

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danes will stick their flag on everything

[everythingroyalty]

Hi Zelia, I'm planning a trip to Europe and considering spending up to 6 days in Copenhagen. I want to focus on palaces/royal history and wanted to see if you have any suggestions. Currently planning on seeing Christianborg, Amalienborg, Kronborg, Frederiksborg palace & castle(these last 3 in a 1 day tour), Rosenborg, Rosekilde, and Jaegerspris. Any suggested additions or subtractions based on your experience? Would appreciate the advice and hope you have a great day.

That’s so cool! 💪 I have a tag for posts where I’ve given others some suggestions of places they can visit in Copenhagen if you’re interested.

So I’d (obviously) say that Frederiksborg Palace is a must 😍 Christiansborg houses our parliament but it’s a lot more than that, so that’s definitely worth a visit as well. Visiting Roskilde Cathedral is also a super good idea. It’s not exactly close to Copenhagen (and that’s why I don’t recall suggesting it before), but if you’re willing to travel a bit, it’s definitely worth the visit for a history and royal aficionado. Roskilde also houses our Viking Ship Museum if you dig older history as well. In Copenhagen, we also have a lot of churches with solid roots in the Danish absolute monarchy. IIRC all of 4 different absolute monarchs have been involved in the creation of The Church of Our Saviour. Then there’s all of Christian IV’s creations such as Rundetårn, Nyboder, the Citadel (Kastellet), the Church of Holmen, the Old Stock Exchange (Børsen), Christianshavn and two of the palaces you’ve mentioned, Rosenborg and Frederiksborg. 

I have never been to Jægerspris Castle 🙈 So I can’t tell you whether that’s worth a visit, but I can tell you that it’s not exactly close to Copenhagen, so you should be prepared to spend some extra time on travelling. Depending on when you’re planning to visit, there’s also the Hermitage Palace located in the outskirts of Copenhagen. Alas, it’s only open for guided tours during the summer holiday and in the fall break (16-20 October) and although the park it’s located in is nice, it’s cooler to actually be able to see the palace.

I can’t quite make out if by “Frederiksborg palace and castle” you mean Frederiksborg Palace and Fredensborg Palace, or if the castle part references Kronborg. If you mean Frederiksborg and Fredensborg: It’s probably doable to fit those two in in one day (although, I don’t know when you’re planning to visit, but similar to the Hermitage, only the public part of Fredensborg’s palace garden is open to the public outside the summer holiday – during the summer holiday, there are guided tours through the palace), but I’d advice against throwing Kronborg in there on the same day. That’d leave you with too much transportation and too little time to take in the palaces. If you mean Amalienborg, Kronborg and Frederiksborg all in one day, that’s even less time for more palaces spread out all over the northern Sjælland, so I’d obviously advice you to set more days off for that.

I’d say spend some days on Copenhagen itself – there’s just so much to see and do that it’d be a shame to rush through it too quickly. And then for day-trips:

Frederiksborg and Fredensborg: Located within a decent distance of each other – Frederiksborg has a lot to see, it’s cultural history in itself, it also houses our museum of national history and it has a riveting palace garden, so be prepared to spend a fair amount of time there. Especially depending on when you’re planning to go, Fredensborg is a big quicker to get through.

Kronborg: If you rush, guess you could manage the two above and Kronborg in one day but I personally wouldn’t do that. Besides, if you’re planning to use public transportation to get back and forth, it’s absolute shite in Nordsjælland so you need to consider that when planning your travels as well.

Roskilde (and Jægerspris): I’d say it’s worth a day to itself. Public transportation runs a bit smoother here because most of our trains to Jylland pass through Roskilde 🤣 As I mentioned above, I can’t speak for Jægerspris and it’s not close to Roskilde at all, but I’d give Kronborg a day for itself just so you can enjoy Helsingør.

I hope this was somewhat useful! 😊 Feel free to hit my inbox up again if you have any more questions.