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Opening Hours: Every day: 10.00am – 5.00pm (4.00 pm outside of 1 June – 31 August) Ticket price: 90 DKK/adult, 60 DKK/student, free/under age 17 NB: It is possible to buy a joint ticket for Rosenborg & Amalienborg Castles for 130 DKK. Rosenborg Slot Copenhagen Opening Hours, Quiet Riot Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (hampton Nh) July 25, Casino Cb1056, 50 At 21 Dukes Casino 4. Book your tickets online for Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen: See 9,306 reviews, articles, and 8,606 photos of Rosenborg Castle, ranked No.13 on Tripadvisor among 401 attractions in Copenhagen.

The Renaissance Rosenborg Palace with the Danish crown jewels is one of the most popular sights to see in Copenhagen.

The Rosenborg Castle is a magnificent Renaissance palace in a large park in central Copenhagen. The palace is furnished in the style of the absolute monarchs of Denmark from the 17th to 19th centuries while the Danish crown jewels and the royal treasury are in the basement cellars of the castle. Rosenborg Slot is one of the top sights to see in Copenhagen and hugely popular during the tourist season from April to September. Discount combination tickets are available to save on admission prices – buy tickets elsewhere to skip the queues.

Christian 4’s Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen

The Renaissance Rosenborg Castle, as so many other prestigious buildings in Copenhagen, was erected on the orders of King Christian 4. His C4 moniker gleams above the main street-side entrance. (The Danish royals mostly didn’t use Roman numerals for kings!)

Christian 4 erected the Rosenborg as a pleasure palace in the early 1600s and it soon became his favorite Copenhagen residence. However, by the 1700s tastes have changed and the absolute monarchs stopped living in the castle but rather use it for safe storage and display of the royal collection. It opened as a public museum in 1838.

Visiting the Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen

Visiting the Rosenborg Castle may be divided into two sections: the castle and the treasury. Two separate entrances to the north of the palace are used, so preserve tickets for the second inspection.

Visitors receive a map with basic information but the layout is simple with a route through three floors of the museum in the castle and two more in the cellars housing the treasury and crown jewels.

Free wifi is available with an audio guide and QR-codes making it easy to obtain more information, if desired.

Museum in the Rosenborg Castle

The museum in the Rosenborg Slot is furnished in the style used by the various kings from Frederik II (1559-1588) to Frederik VII (1848-1863). Rather remarkably, the Danish royals during this period managed to have a Christian succeed every Frederik, and vice versa, so Christian IV to VIII (and Frederik III to VI) neatly fit in between Frederik II and VII. (The last Danish king not named Frederik or Christian was Hans (John), who died in 1513.)

The various rooms of the palace are furnished as it would have been in the times of the various kings. The palace thus has a huge collection of important art, furniture and decorative arts on display. The floor tiles, wall decorations (wall paper, tiles, tapestries, paintings) and ceilings are typical of the periods.

Although many foreign visitors may be less familiar, or interested in, the finer intricacies of Danish royal history, it is well worth having a closer look at the items highlighted in the visitor’s guide. Some items are of exceptionally high quality and may be appreciated just for the art too. Every item is numbered and more details may be checked on the Royal Collection website, or information sheets in many rooms.

A highlight is the Great Hall on the upper floor – a throne room befitting an absolute monarch. Here three silver lions (1670) guard the royal thrones that are made from narwhal tusk and silver.

The Treasury in the Basement of Rosenborg Castle

Christian V already used Rosenborg to store his most valuable possessions and today the basement of this Renaissance castle is used to display many of the royal treasures as well as the crown jewels of Denmark.

The cellars of Rosenborg has a variety of items on display including a range of weaponry, scientific instruments, a gilt toy soldiers set, wine barrels, ivory and amber items, as well as jewelry. Note the set of Colt revolvers that Abraham Lincoln gifted to King Frederik VII.

The most valuable items in Rosenborg are in the three rooms of the treasury on the lowest level of the basement. Items here include symbols of power as well as the crown jewels. Note the Order of the Elephant (the highest Danish order) as well as Christian 4’s Order of the Garter, believed to be the oldest in existence.

The final room has the Danish royal crowns and other symbols of power. The last coronation in Denmark took place in 1840 and since the end of absolutism (1848) most of these jewels are no longer used. The queen wears the crown jewels a few times per year (and only inside Denmark) but the heavy “crown of the absolute monarch” is now only used on the coffin of a diseased monarch.

Rosenborg Palace Visitors Information

Opening Hours of the Rosenborg Palace

The Rosenborg Castle is open year-round but the exact opening hours change frequently. Turning up at opening time is generally a good idea during the busy months – holidays and most of April to September.

The palace usually opens at 10:00 (but 9:00 from June to August). Closing time ranges from 15:00 to 17:00.

The palace is closed on most Mondays from November to mid-April but may be open during holiday periods. The Rosenborg Palace is open on most public holidays but not on New Year’s Day and not for a few days around Christmas.

Ticket Prices for the Rosenborg Palace

Tickets for the Rosenborg Palace is DKK120 for adults, DKK85 for students (with ID) and free for children under 18.

Buy tickets online and go directly to the museum entrance without having to queue in the ticket buying line.

Several combination tickets are available – these generally offer generous savings and allow visitors to skip the long, slow-moving ticket line at the Rosenborg Palace. Buying these combination tickets at any of the other sights will almost always be faster than buying at the Rosenborg.

Combination tickets with Rosenborg Castle admission:

• DKK170 – Rosenborg and Amalienborg (DKK95) combination ticket that is valid for 36 hours (no extension for Monday or holidays). Available at either palace or online.
• Parkmuseerne /Park Museum Ticket cost DKK245 and is valid for a year. It gives admission to the Rosenborg Slot (DKK120), SMK National Gallery (DKK120), Hirschsprung Collection (DKK55), Natural History & Geological Museum (DKK95), The Workers Museum (DKK90), the Palm House in the Botanical Garden (DKK60), and the David Collection (free). The ticket is sold at any of these museums and visitors with these tickets are already ahead after seeing the Rosenborg and SMK – two top sights in Copenhagen.
• The Copenhagen Card – typical transportation and sights pass, price varies. Pass at the ticket window to pick up a ticket for Rosenborg.

The queue forming at the Rosenborg Palace at the street-side entrance is for buying tickets. Ticket holders may go straight into the palace where tickets are check (and again when going into the cellars to see the crown jewels).

Visitors without tickets may wander into the garden and courtyard for a closer look of the building.

Transportation to the Rosenborg Palace

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The Rosenborg Castle, Øster Voldgade 4A, 1350 Copenhagen K, is inside the large Konghaven (King’s Gardens) in the outer edges of central Copenhagen. It is within easy walking distance of the heart of Copenhagen. Entry is through the park or from Øster Voldgade.

Nørreport station (trains, metro, busses) is a few minutes’ walk from the Rosenborg Castle. Bus stop Georg Brandes (buses 6A, 23, 184, 185) is closest to the main entrance but walking from Nørreport station is invariably simpler.

More Copenhagen Sights near the Rosenborg

Other sights within the immediate vicinity of the Rosenborg Castle and King Garden include the SMK (National Gallery of Art), Botanical Gardens (free), Geological Museum, Natural History Museum, David Collection (free) and the Hirschsprung Collection.

The Rosenborg Castle is quite similar in style and contents to the magnificent Frederiksborg Castle – the largest Renaissance palace in Scandinavia and one of the most popular day-trip destinations from Copenhagen.

See more photos of Rosenborg Slot at Flickr. Rosenborg Castle is rated the third-best site in Copenhagen according to TripAdvisor users.

The museum in Amalienborg Palace is a popular sight to see in Copenhagen. It covers royal history of the Danish constitutional kings and queens.

The Amalienborg Palace complex in Copenhagen is the official residence of the Danish monarch. Two of the four Amalienborg rococo palaces are open to visitors. The Amalienborg Palace Museum (Amalienborgmuseet) is in the Christian VIII palace and comprises mostly the studies of the kings of the past century and a half, as well as some of the original neoclassical representation rooms of Amalienborg. The representation rooms that are still in use in the adjacent Christian VII palace may be seen on guided tours but for this part of the palace reservations are essential.

The Amalienborg Palace Museum

The Amalienborg Palace Museum gives an overview of royal life and palace interiors of mostly the constitutional monarchs of Denmark since 1849. The period of the absolute monarchy from the 17th to 19th centuries is comprehensively covered in the very popular Rosenborg Castle elsewhere in Copenhagen.

The museum is spread over two floors in the Christian VIII Palace – it is seen without a guided tour. The first floor has mostly reproduced studies of the various monarchs while a visit to the upper floor includes some of the representation rooms that were designed when the royal family unexpectedly had to move into the Amalienborg Palace at the end of the 18th century. A peak into the royal attic is also surprisingly interesting.

See the Amalienborg Palace for more on the palace complex and the changing of the guard ceremonies.

Royal Studies in the Amalienborg Palace

The main attraction of the Christian VIII Palace in Amalienborg is the studies of the various monarchs. These were reproduced largely in the same spaces as the originals were in the adjacent palaces where the kings lived.

The Study of Frederik IX (1947-72) confirms his naval background and love of music. It also shows an enormous collection of pipes – even to the present day, the queen and most of the Danish royal family are heavy smokers (although the last couple of years they’ve mostly refrained from doing so while video cameras are running).

The Study of Christian IX (1863-1906) is typical Victorian with many items but most noticeably a large collection of family photos – a new and expensive – status symbol at the time. It also confirmed his status as Europe’s father in law given that six of his children married into other European ruling royal families.

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His wife, Queen Louise, had an equally busy salon that left no space unadorned.

The Garden Room is the largest room on the ground flour and the only one in the palace with its original rococo ceiling. However, few visitors look up, as the room is dominated by a large interactive scale model of the Amalienborg complex.

The Dining Room with its golden walls are mostly turn of the century and was in used during the first half of the 20th century.

The Study of Christian X (1899-1947) is the most authentic of all the royal studies on show, as it is not a recreation but the original. It is a dark room with heavy furniture and with a large collection of sabers and guns.

The Costume Gallery has a changing exhibition of royal dresses and uniforms.

The Study of Frederik VIII (1906-1912) was furnished during the 1860s in Renaissance Revival style – heavy furniture and fake golden leather on the walls. The polar bear skin hints at Denmark’s rule over Greenland. (For similar reasons, polar bears feature on the roof of Copenhagen’s town hall.)

The Golden Cage is a small treasury with some royal jewels and bejeweled objects by artists as famous as Fabergé and Jerichau – the real treasury and Danish crown jewels are on display in the Rosenborg Castle.

Representation Rooms in the Piano Nobile

Some of the most beautiful rooms in the Amalienborg Palace are the representation rooms on the piano nobile – these are still sometimes used by minor royals. The neo-classical interiors are mostly to the designs of Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard, who renovated the Amalienborg palaces for the royal family that moved here after the Christiansborg burnt down in 1794.

Many of the rooms here were specifically designed for Hereditary Prince Frederik (1753-1805), who acted as regent for his half-brother Christian VII from 1772-1784. However, Hereditary Prince Frederik had no royal powers during the Amalienborg period, although three years after his death his son succeeded to the throne as King Fredrik VI.

The Gothic Library was made for Dowager Queen Caroline Amalie in the mid-19th century. It is considered the only complete neo-Gothic room in Denmark – the style so popular in much of Europe never caught on here.

The Pompeian Chamber is painted in the style popular after the rediscovery of Pompeii. Christian Købke was one of the painters.

The shiny Throne Chamber was designed for Hereditary Prince Frederik, but was never used.

The Apartment Hall has a Golden Tableau with gilt bronze copies of works of Bertel Thorvaldsen – his full oeuvre may been in the Thorvaldsen Museum at the Christiansborg Palace complex.

The Gala Hall is the largest room in the palace. This neo-classical room designed by Abilgaard is one of the most accomplished interiors in Denmark. The statues and the friezes are by Thorvaldsen. The massive Norwegian chandelier was only hung in the room early in the 20th century – two similar ones are in the Christiansborg while the Norwegian royals have to make do with modern copies in the palace in Oslo.

In the attic, visitors may see the royal storage rooms with articles ranging from chamber pots to royal gifts, orders, luggage, surplus busts, bicycles and toys.

Amalienborg Palace Museum Visitor’s Information

Opening Hours of the Amalienborg Palace Museum

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The Amalienborg Palace Museum in the Christian VIII Palace is generally open from 10:00 to 16:00 but small changes in the opening hours are frequently made.

The palace is closed most Mondays from November to April but may be open on holidays and during school vacations.

The Amalienborg is closed over Christmas but open over New Year’s with extra long hours on January 1.

Tickets for the Amalienborg Palace Museum

Tickets for Amalienborg Palace is DKK95 for adults, free for children under 18, and DKK65 for students.

A combination ticket with Rosenborg Palace that is valid for 36 hours is good value at DKK160. (Queues for tickets at Amalienborg are usually much shorter than at Rosenborg.)

Discounts are given if touring Christian VII’s palace on the same day – see below.

Admission to Amalienborg is included in the Copenhagen Card but pass by the ticket counter first.

Amalienborg is wheelchair accessible but strollers and prams must be left at the entrance.

Taking photos are not only allowed but actively encouraged.

Visit the Amalienborg Palace of Christian VII

The Palace of Christian VII at Amalienborg is the representative and guest palace of the Danish royal family. It is still being used and may only be seen on guided tours – reservations are essential.

Guided tours in English of the Palace of Christian VII are generally around 13:00 on Thursday to Sunday and takes just over an hour. No bags or photography is allowed – use the lockers (and toilets) at the Christian VIII palace.

The ticket for Christian VII’s palace is DKK105 per person. Bearers of these tickets may see Christian VIII’s palace on the same day for DKK65 (or DKK125 if Rosenborg Castle is added).

See also the Amalienborg Palace complex for more on the official Copenhagen residence of the Danish monarch and the daily changing of the guard ceremony.