Royal Copenhagen

 *I received two complimentary 3-Day Copenhagen Cards from Visit Copenhagen for our visit.

Copenhagen is the seat of the government of Denmark and home of the Danish Monarchy.

The Danish Monarchy can be traced back over 1,000 and the royal family is deeply loved by the Danes.

So, of course there were several royal stops during our time in Copenhagen.

Changing of the Guard at Amalienborg Palace 

The Amalienborg Palace is made up of four identical buildings surrounding a cobblestone courtyard.
At noon each day, people gather around for the changing of the guards.
The guards are on duty to protect the royal family and take their job very seriously.
Don't get too close and don't sit on the window ledges of the palace. 

As we were leaving the courtyard, this official looking gentleman was rushing towards the palace with a very important looking briefcase.  I wonder where he is off to so hurriedly.

The back of the royal residence backs onto the water and these two smaller buildings are for the royal family to use when they are leaving by water.  The Royal Yacht HDMY Danneborg was in the harbor.  It is used by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her family.

This young man was waiting behind the palace to be shuttled to the royal yacht.

I couldn't decide if he was a soldier reporting for duty or a young royal off for a cruise.

The Royal Reception Rooms at Christiansborg Palace

Christiansborg Palace is the home of the Danish Parliament, Supreme Court and the Prime Minister's Office.  The Palace also houses the Royal Reception Rooms which are used by the royals for official functions.  We donned paper booties and toured the stately rooms.

Notice the three silver lions guarding the throne in the painting above.

We will see them again later.

My favorite room was the Great Hall.  There are 17 bright and modern tapestries displayed here that tell the history of Denmark.  They are intricately detailed.  It took 30 weavers ten years to create the the stunning tapestries.

Rosenborg Castle

Built in 1606 as a country home by King Christian IV of Denmark, Rosenborg Castle now houses the royal collection.  It's a large and eclectic collection of royal artifacts, including the Crown Jewels of Denmark.

The three silver lions were made in the late 1600's and still guard the throne today.

We also visited the National Museum while visiting Copenhagen.  Admission to the museum, the Reception Rooms and Rosenborg Castle were all included with our cOPENhagen Cards.  There is so much to do and see in Copenhagen.  I'm so happy that we decided to extend our cruise holiday for a few extra days to explore this great city.

And that, my friends, is the end of our Baltic Cruise Review.

I hope I haven't bored you to death.  13 posts from a 10 day trip might be overkill.

But, we had such a great time and I wanted to capture it all.

What do you think?  Are you inspired to take a Baltic Cruise?

 I'm still working on the Bloggers Tea in November.

The list is already up to 16 lovely bloggers.  I'm so excited!

Please let me know if you want to be included.

 

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 *I received two complimentary 3-Day cOPENhagen Cards 
from Visit Copenhagen for the purposes of review.
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