Today we actually ventured outside of Copenhagen to see Fredericksborg Castle in Hillerød. It was a 40 km journey on foot, bus, and train. Fredericksborg is a royal renaissance castle, built in the 17th century by Christian IV. As you can see, it is surrounded by a moat.
Walking towards the entrance.
This is inside the castle walls. There are several buildings before you get to the main building.
This is the main building, which has a courtyard inside it.
There is a lot of restoration work being done. Here is someone carving stone using a hammer and chisel. This piece will be used in the restoration.
Inside the castle there are many ornate rooms and hallways. All of them were coverd with paintings, tapestries, carved wood, tooled leather, and plaster decorations. In many places it looks at first like the walls are made of marble, but it is actually wood painted to look like marble or stone.
This is the dining room. They even have a typical royal meal (fake) layer out on the table in the foreground.
This is The Great Room, which was the largest room we saw. It included portraits of several Kings and Queens.
You could easily get a sore neck looking up at the elaborate ceilings in every room. This picture is looking straight up towards a large chandelier and the ceiling.
It looks like Roxanne will need a neck rub tonight.
A view from outside the Castle, with the town in the background. We had some lunch in town before returning to Copenhagen, more sandwiches. The Danes do make a good sandwich.
This is the "Marble Church", a Lutheran church built during the 17th century by King Frederick V. The dome is 150 feet high and 100 feet across, which makes it among the largest of its kind in Europe. It still holds regular services during the week and Sundays.
It seems like most of the historic sites are experiencing extensive restoration work. This is the case outside and inside the Marble Church.
A random small car along the streets.
Yes, after 8 days of travel it is time to wash our clothes. All we have to do is translate the washing machine controls from Danish to English. We managed to wash two loads so far, but with no dryer we have to hang them on a rack to dry. Hopefully they will be dry before we leave Friday morning.
Roxanne laid out our pastries (Danish for you Americans). We found them along the way home at Reinh. van Hauen bakery.
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