"A Danish must!" a Frederiksborg Slot Travel Page by Sjalen

Frederiksborg Castle belongs to the "must sees" in Denmark and I would easily go as far as to say, in Scandinavia!

You may think of drawbridges and thick stone walls to make a castle exciting. Well this has that sort of thing but in style - built in a period which started to look towards art more, but at the same time a period still very much considered wartime, where defense was a must in castle design. The combination of these two facts are amazing and you can easily spend a day here.

Frederiksborg started off as one smaller palace on an island in the lake at Hilleroed, but later grew to become three different buildings with bridges in between. It has been used by the Danish royal families for centuries, until a fire swept the castle in 1866. This never devastated the castle, but it cost too much for the royals to renovate. Instead, they abandoned it for their other castles, and it was saved by the Carlsberg foundation, as many other Danish treasures. As part of the renovation deal was that the castle would be open to the public as part of the Danish National Museum. I am so glad it is!

If you look at my General tips in order, you will go with me on a tour from the town entrance to the castle main door...