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Amalienborg

Address: Christian VIII's Palace-Amalienborg Pl., Sankt Annæ Kvarter, Copenhagen | Map It
Phone: 33/12-21-86

Amalia's Castle

Category: Castles/Palaces
Location: Sankt Annae Kvarter

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Fodor's Review:

The four identical rococo buildings occupying this square have housed the royals since 1784. The Christian VIII palace across from the queen's residence houses the Amalienborg Museum, which displays the second part of the Royal Collection (the first is at Rosenborg Slot) and chronicles royal lifestyles between 1863 and 1947. Here you can view the study of King Christian IX (1818-1906) and the drawing room of his wife, Queen Louise. Rooms are packed with family gifts and regal baubles ranging from tacky knickknacks to Fabergé treasures, including a nephrite-and-ruby table clock, and a small costume collection.

In the square's center is a magnificent equestrian statue of King Frederik V by the French sculptor Jacques François Joseph Saly. It reputedly cost as much as all the buildings combined. Every day at noon, the Royal Guard and band march from Rosenborg Slot through the city for the changing of the guard. At noon on Queen Margrethe's birthday, April 16, crowds of Danes gather to cheer their monarch, who stands and waves from her balcony. On Amalienborg's harbor side are the trees, gardens, and fountains of Amalienhaven.

Cost: DKr 75
Open: May-Oct., daily 10-4; Nov.-Apr., Tues.-Sun. 11-4. Guided tours in English July-Sept., weekends at 1 PM

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