7 historic sites
Castles in Denmark
Land of Viking fortresses, Renaissance palaces and the iconic Kronborg Castle of Hamlet fame.
denmark · Capital Region
Amalienborg Palace
Four identical Rococo palaces around an octagonal square — the working home of the world's oldest monarchy
denmark · Copenhagen
Christiansborg Palace
The only building on earth housing a nation's executive, legislative and judicial branches under one roof
denmark · Copenhagen
Rosenborg Castle
Christian IV's turreted summer castle, vault to the Danish Crown Jewels, set in Copenhagen's free royal garden
denmark · Southern Denmark
Koldinghus Palace
A 750-year-old royal fortress, destroyed in a Napoleonic-era fire by frozen Spanish soldiers who didn't know ammunition was stored inside, and rebuilt in an architectural response that made history
denmark · North Zealand
Frederiksborg Palace
Denmark's grandest royal palace — a Dutch Renaissance masterpiece on three islands in a lake
denmark · Funen / Fyn
Egeskov Castle
The best-preserved Renaissance water castle in northern Europe — built on a foundation of oak piles sunk into a lake
denmark · Zealand
Kronborg Castle
Hamlet's castle — the Renaissance fortress guarding the narrowest point of the Baltic passage