We've been here before, but there's still more to see.
We did a 2-hour walking tour. King Christian IV, also known as The Builder King, had a lot of influence in the fancy building including royal residences (there are four together in the city)
We took a Castle's tour outside of the city. A common theme here in Denmark seems to be they built it, it burns down, repeat a few more times.
Kronberg Castle built by King Frederick II built in 1540. Shakespeare describes this castle in Hamlet, even though he never visited it. It mostly burned down except the chapel & ballroom.
Frederikborg Castle King Christian IV (builder king) was born here. It burned down in 1859 but rebuilt. This was built on the channel out to the Baltic when Denmark was a larger country, now Sweden is on the other side of the channel. If a ship tried to pass without paying, cannons at the castle would sink them. Now aren't they sorry they didn't pay? We also passed this on the cruise ship on our way out of Copenhagen.
Roskilde Cathedral built 1100'ish. Was Catholic originally but now Protestant Lutheran (all church were converted during the reformation in 1500's). There are over 1,000 people, mostly royal or rich, interred here, in the floor, walls, columns...
Viking Museum where five scuttled Viking ships were recovered, preserved and reproduced.
May 17th was the last day of school for all the 9th graders in the country, so there were celebrations and lots of kid shenanigans.
Flickr pictures https://www.flickr.com/gp/8663407@N07/63C5L470Pr
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