Frederiksborg Castle

On Monday we travelled an hour out of the city to Frederiksborg Castle. Thanks to our city card we travelled and got in for free. This is the largest Renaissance Castle in Scandinavia and was built between 1560 and 1620 and was mainly home to Christian IV (who seems to be quite a famous king here in Denmark). After massive fires in 1859 it wasn’t used as royal residence anymore and had since been reorganised as a kind of natural history museum by J.C Jacobson (the founder of Carlsberg beer - their family did a lot for arts in Denmark). However, some rooms weren’t damaged in the fires and are still the same as they were in the 1600s, including the Chapel (where absolute monarchs were anointed), and the Royal Audience Chamber. We were in awe of being around such old decorations and artworks, Iesha especially so as she found it hard to keep her hands to herself (as you can see in the photo of her touching a statue from the 1600s). Unfortunately she missed the large signs and security warnings and touched a very old celestial globe made for one of the kings and set off the alarms in the room. It was quite embarrassing and a security guard came and we thought we were going to get kicked out. Luckily we didn’t…oopsy. The castle was massive and had so many rooms that we thought most of them surely weren’t used by the families living there - such an insane display of wealth! The rooms are so grand with art and gold and high ceilings, it was breathtaking. Our first castle experience was so much fun and the original Baroque gardens were beautiful too.Read more