Best places: Castles in Capital Region of Denmark

Elegant lakeside palace donated to the country & now housing a museum of Danish & royal history.

16th-century castle with banqueting hall & royal chambers, the model for Elsinore in Hamlet.

A royal palace dating to 1720, with stuccoed, domed hall & French Baroque gardens with sculptures.

18th-century rococo complex of palaces, with a museum & marches/displays by royal guards.

Dutch Renaissance palace & gardens, including a museum housing the crown jewels, with guided tours.

Tours of the royal palace's lavish reception rooms & stables, plus 12th-century castle remains.

Guided tours of an 18th-century Baroque royal hunting lodge, originally used for lavish banquets.

Early 18th-century palace in an Itlaian Baroque style with guided tours of former royal apartments.

18th-century palace with luxury hotel rooms hosting cultural events, parties & conferences.

This former royal residence built in 1733 hosts guided tours, plus concerts & corporate events.

Former home of Danish monarchs dating from the 13th century, with heritage museum & preserved rooms.

1672 palace, now a contemporary art museum, with a program of exhibitions, performances & concerts.

👍 Interesting old country manor house which fell into disrepair for over a 100 years before being restored and turned into a museum. It has many fine baroque features but its eerie feeling of emptiness and abandon still resonates, which adds to the visitors' experience.

👍 It was great to see the ruins of Gurre castle, scene of the Danish legend of Valdemar and Tove, which is the basis for the famous cantata "Gurrelieder" by the austrian composer Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951). The legend tells, that Valdemar Atterdag was cursed to ride 'the wild hunt' in the forest at...

Since 1878 Frederiksborg Castle has housed exhibits of royal art & artifacts that shaped the nation.

Royal home & gardens originally built in 1588 & rebuilt in a Louis XVI-style in the 18th century.

Ruins of a 13th-century castle, originally with ramparts & octagonal tower, once used as a prison.

👍 Very nice buildings. In the middle of the square. One of the most beautiful places in Copenhagen. You should definitely take a look. Simple and elegant.