Rosenborg Slot
On our last day in Copenhagen before we headed onto the cruise ship, we walked over to Rosenborg Slot in downtown Copenhagen.
Compared to the other two slots/castles, this one seemed relatively diminutive in the park. It is a beautiful brick building surrounded by beautiful gardens. It looks out on what used to be a very structured garden. Now, it is a barracks and has a practice grounds. Jason really enjoyed watching the drum line.
As we were watching the drum line, I could see the line of clouds approaching. So, we started running for the entrance to the museum. I was surprised at how long the line was to buy tickets. We waited in line for almost twenty minutes. Once we finally got in, I saw why -- they had two at the most, sometimes only one, person selling tickets. This did have one pro, it was not quite as crowded at the front of the castle as I would have potentially suspected...but still. This was really the only line we encountered while on this trip. For reference as well, the line was even longer when we left the castle closer to noon.
The entire castle is open to the public. This castle was much in the style of Frederiksborg, baroque and elaborate. The brochure was fantastic for this museum -- it has multiple layers. It pointed out the top items of the collection, but also put into the context of the kingdom reigns. It was great to see the family tree of Christians and Frederiks. It was great to see the years associated with their reigns as well.
The crown jewels are kept in the basement of the castle along with a number of other important artifacts to the crown. An interesting fact is that the crown jewels are no longer worn by the king or queen while they are alive. They are only put on the king or queen once they have died during their burial visitation.
It should also be noted that this museum is definitely not wheelchair friendly.
We really enjoyed the collection. I liked the editing and how they pointed out the key items of the collection. The logistics of getting in was the ding on the collection.
Time in castle: 1.5 hrs
Times visited: 1
Overall: B+
Compared to the other two slots/castles, this one seemed relatively diminutive in the park. It is a beautiful brick building surrounded by beautiful gardens. It looks out on what used to be a very structured garden. Now, it is a barracks and has a practice grounds. Jason really enjoyed watching the drum line.
As we were watching the drum line, I could see the line of clouds approaching. So, we started running for the entrance to the museum. I was surprised at how long the line was to buy tickets. We waited in line for almost twenty minutes. Once we finally got in, I saw why -- they had two at the most, sometimes only one, person selling tickets. This did have one pro, it was not quite as crowded at the front of the castle as I would have potentially suspected...but still. This was really the only line we encountered while on this trip. For reference as well, the line was even longer when we left the castle closer to noon.
The entire castle is open to the public. This castle was much in the style of Frederiksborg, baroque and elaborate. The brochure was fantastic for this museum -- it has multiple layers. It pointed out the top items of the collection, but also put into the context of the kingdom reigns. It was great to see the family tree of Christians and Frederiks. It was great to see the years associated with their reigns as well.
The crown jewels are kept in the basement of the castle along with a number of other important artifacts to the crown. An interesting fact is that the crown jewels are no longer worn by the king or queen while they are alive. They are only put on the king or queen once they have died during their burial visitation.
It should also be noted that this museum is definitely not wheelchair friendly.
We really enjoyed the collection. I liked the editing and how they pointed out the key items of the collection. The logistics of getting in was the ding on the collection.
Time in castle: 1.5 hrs
Times visited: 1
Overall: B+
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