DESCRIPTION:

The Rosenborg castle is a renaissance castle located in central Copenhagen. It was built between 1606 and 1624 for King Christian IV by the architects Bertel Lange and Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger.

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The castle was used as a royal residence until 1710, and after that only twice as an emergency: first, when the Christiansborg castle burned down in 1794, and later when the British attacked Copenhagen in 1801.

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On the third floor there is a long hall. It was initially intended to become a ballroom, but was used more as a Royal reception room, only in the later 19th century did it become known as the Knights Hall.

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The castle is open to the public for tourists and it houses an impressive collection of royal artefacts and objects, including the Danish Crown jewels and a coronation carpet that was used only to crown Danish kings.

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Very close to Rosenborg you can also find the Geological Museum, Statens Museum for Kunst and the Royal Lifeguard’s Barracks.