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The Amalienborg Palace Museum in the Christian VIII Palace is generally open from 10:00 to 16:00 but small changes in the opening hours are frequently made. The palace is closed most Mondays from November to April but may be open on holidays and during school vacations. The Copenhagen Card cannot be used for booking groups or for pre-booked tickets. If you are visiting Rosenborg with a Copenhagen Card you must begin your visit in the ticket office. The Park Museum Ticket costs 245 DKK and grants you entry not only to Rosenborg, but also to The David Collection, The Workers Museum, The Hirschsprung Collection. Visit the famous castle in central Copenhagen and experience 400 years of royal history. Opening hours; Ticket prices; Practical information. Rosenborg Castle: Check opening times before you go - See 9,293 traveler reviews, 8,589 candid photos, and great deals for Copenhagen, Denmark, at Tripadvisor.

From pleasure palace to favourite palace
Because the old medieval castle, Copenhagen Castle, was hopelessly old-fashioned, Christian IV was in need, as a young, ambitious Renaissance ruler, of a fitting residence in Copenhagen. In 1606 he therefore bought up 40 lots outside the Nørrevold wall, which apart from providing the space for his pleasure palace also had space for a magnificent park and a kitchen garden for supplying the court.
The castle began humbly as a small summer palace, but over the course of 28 years it went through four stages of development, and the castle we know today was finished in 1633. Christian IV loved to stay at the castle, which became his favourite. So great was his love for the castle that on his deathbed at Frederiksborg he commanded that he be transported by sleigh to Rosenborg in order to end his days there. He passed on in his bed chamber.

The architecture
With its high towers and red brick walls ornamented with sandstone, Rosenborg stands today as a prime example of Christian IV’s many building works, fully formed despite many changes along the way. It was built in the particular Dutch Renaissance style, which became typical of Danish buildings of the period. The names of two architects are linked to the castle, Bertel Lange and Hans van Steenwinckel. Christian IV had a great knowledge of architecture and dedicated himself to his building works with life and soul. The king’s personal contribution to Rosenborg is often discussed, but he undoubtedly provided many of the ideas.

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The palace’s four phases
The years 1605-1606
The pleasure palace, which is today the core of the southern half of Rosenborg, had two storeys with a spire-topped stair turret facing the city and a bay opposite, facing east. In 1611 a gate tower with a drawbridge was built. It forms the central part of the current gate house.

The palace in the years 1613-15
In the course of these three years the pleasure palace was expanded to twice its original size. The building thus reached its current length, but still had just two storeys. On the east side the palace now had two bays, with a stair turret between them.

The palace in the years 1616-24
The palace was ready to be inhabited in 1615, but the building work continued the following year. It was elevated with a new storey, which housed the Great Hall, and the bays became the current spire-topped turrets. On the west side the large tower was built. The building work was finished in 1624, and that same year Christian IV used the name Rosenborg about his “big house in the garden” for the first time.

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The palace in 1633
The palace still lacked, however, a fitting entrance to the official chambers on the 1st and 2nd floors. This became all the more urgent when Christian IV was to host his son Christian’s lavish wedding to Magdalena Sibylla in 1634. The existing stair turret was pulled down and replaced by the current one and a double staircase outdoors, which ran from the outer doors by the side turrets up to the 1st floor. The turret’s inner staircase at first only connected the 1st and 2nd floors; it wasn’t continued all the way down to the ground floor until 1758, when the outdoor staircase was pulled down.

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Rosenborg as a royal residence
Rosenborg was used as a royal residence until around 1710, when Christian IV’s great-grandchild Frederik IV gave it up in favour of other, more up-to-date summer residences. Instead he had the palace made into the home of the royal collections. This is the reason why there are so many well-preserved interiors, which are quite unique to Rosenborg.
Originally the palace was arranged so that the private chambers were on the ground floor. The king had the northern end, and the queen the southern. In the middle there was a transverse antechamber, from which a wooden staircase led to the 1st floor. Here the entire southern end was occupied by the “The Red Hall”, which was the ballroom in the first pleasure palace. In the middle section was an antechamber, and at the northern end the king had his audience chamber. The arrangement of rooms around the Great Hall on the 2nd floor is unchanged.
During Frederik III’s time the king and queen swapped apartments on the ground floor, and the rooms were decorated as befitted an absolute monarch. Frederik III also had an “ascending chair” (lift) built in the northern tower.
Christian V is most remembered for having had 12 tapestries of his victories in the Scanian War woven for the Great Hall.
Frederik IV was more radical in his approach. The transverse antechamber on the ground floor was divided into the Stone Passage and the Dark Room, which the king had furnished as a common bedroom for the Royal Couple. The arrangement of rooms on the 1st floor was altered to the current one.
Following Frederik IV Rosenborg was only used as a royal residence on two occasions, both emergencies: after the fire at Christiansborg in 1794, and during the English attack on Copenhagen in 1801.

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Which attractions in Denmark are actually the biggest and most popular?

We bring you here the main attractions measured by the number of visitors to the latest VisitDenmark inventory in 2018:

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  1. Tivoli - 4,854,000
  2. Baking - 2,400,000
  3. Legoland - 1,700,000
  4. Copenhagen Zoo - 1,218,393
  5. Botanical Gardens in Copenhagen - 821.221
  6. Djurs Sommerland - 817,952
  7. Louisiana - 755,584
  8. Round Tower - 699,692
  9. Aquadome - Lalandia Billund - 682,000
  10. Tivoli Freedom - 605,570
  11. Faarup Summerland - 602,088
  12. The Old City - 546,485
  13. The Blue Planet, Denmark's Aquarium - 521,000
  14. Aquadome - Lalandia Rødby - 520,000
  15. ARoS, Aarhus Art Museum - 508,008
  16. New Carlsberg Glyptotek - 448,934
  17. The Royal Christiansborg - 436,693
  18. ARKEN Museum of Modern Art - 414,705
  19. Experimentarium - 390,076
  20. Givskud Zoo - 387,156
  21. Rosenborg Castle, Kings Collection - 386,311
  22. Moesgaard Museum - 368,656
  23. National Museum, Prince's Palace - 365,245
  24. Odense Zoo - 363,612
  25. Aalborg zoo – 340.956
  26. Kronborg Castle - 326,823
  27. Knuthenborg Safari Park - 326,046
  28. State Museum of Art - 308,974
  29. The National History Museum at Frederiksborg Castle - 294,354
  30. Design Museum Denmark - 274,619
  31. Etskov Castle - 274,409
  32. Tirpitz - 253,530
  33. Visit Carlsberg - 250,000
  34. Lego House - 244,397
  35. The Greenhouses Botanical Garden Aarhus - 240,400
  36. Randers Rainforest - 232,446
  37. Jesperhus Holiday Park - 231,407
  38. Kings Jelling, National Museum - 226,441
  39. Summerland Sealand - 202,990
  40. Ree Park Safari - 196,059
  41. Museum at Koldinghus - 172,072
  42. Viking Ship Museum - 169,150
  43. Roskilde Cathedral - 168,638
  44. North Sea Oceanarium - 163,122
  45. Amalienborg Museum Christian VIII's Mansion, Collection of Kings - 158,835
  46. Tycho Brahe Planetarium - 135,315
  47. The Kattegat Center - 135,217
  48. Denmark Borgcenter - 129,251
  49. Universe - 128,647
  50. HC Andersen's House and Childhood Home - 122,358
  51. Coastal Museum Skagen - 121,001
  52. Blokhus sculpture park - 120,380
  53. Open-air Museum, National Museum - 119,211
  54. Skagen Museum - 118,029
  55. Esbjerg Art Museum - 117,897
  56. Worker Museum - 111,367
  57. Kunsthal Charlottenborg - 107,522
  58. East Jutland Museum, Ebeltoft - 103,763
  59. Brændesgårdshaven - 102.311
  60. AQUA Aquarium & Zoo - 101,817
  61. ARTS Museum of Modern Art Aalborg - 96,882
  62. Old Estrup Manor House Museum and Danish Agricultural Museum Gl. Estrup - 96,273
  63. Møntergården - 95,095
  64. Fisheries and Maritime Museum / Saltwater Aquarium - 94,888
  65. Zoological Museum - 94,526
  66. Wadden Sea Center - 92,785
  67. The Green Museum - 91,066
  68. M / S Museum of Maritime Affairs - 90,620
  69. The Geographical Garden - 84,001
  70. The Palm House - 83,747
  71. Trapholt Art Museum - 82,994
  72. BRANDTS - 82,536
  73. The Funen Village - 81,402
  74. Geological Museum - 80,947
  75. Danish Rock Museum - 79,167
  76. Cisternerne - Museum of Modern Glass Art - 76,123
  77. Viking castle Trelleborg - 74,667
  78. Bangsbo Coastal Museum - 73,207
  79. Hjerl Hedes Open Air Museum - 72,664
  80. Jylland Aquarium Thyborøn - 72.05
  81. Lyngvig Lighthouse – 71.936
  82. Naturama - 71,234
  83. David Collection - 69,924
  84. Marstal Maritime Museum - 69,720
  85. Danish Railway Museum - 69,306
  86. The frigate Jutland - 67,958
  87. PRISON - 67,418
  88. Little Wildlife Center - 66,398
  89. Technical Museum of Denmark - 66.198
  90. Legendary Camps - 63,485
  91. Bork Vikingehavn - 63,274
  92. Liselund Gl. Slot - 62,436
  93. Bunkermuseum Hanstholm - 62,413
  94. Natural History Museum - 62,353
  95. The cooperative village of Nyvang - 62,311
  96. Mønsted Lime Mines - 62,082
  97. Rudolph Tegner's Museum & Statue Park - 62,036
  98. Guldborgsund Zoo & Botanical Garden - 61.987
  99. Thorvaldsen's Museum - 61,790
  100. War Museum - 61,716

Record year for Denmark's biggest attractions

In 2015, as many as 25 million Danes and foreigners visited the country's 50 largest attractions. That is a full 1.5 million more visitors compared to 2014 and 600,000 more than the previous record year 2013, when there were 24.4 million guests. The record number of visitors is attributed to news and special exhibitions at the attractions.

Source: VisitDenmark