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The Amalienborg complex

Monday, 30 January 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Amalienborg complex in Copenhagen is the official residence of the Danish royal family. It consists of four almost identical palaces around an octagonal courtyard. It was originally built for four noble families, but the royal family purchased the complex after a fire devastated Christianborg Palace. Christian VII’s Palace Christian VII’s Palace was originally built [read more]

Rosenborg Castle – Home of the Crown Jewels

Saturday, 17 December 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, was originally built as a summer residence in 1606 during the reign of King Christian IV. It was only used as a royal residence for around 100 years, although it was briefly used as emergency housing in 1801. King Christian IV loved his castle so much that he was brought [read more]

Christiansborg Palace – The heart of the kingdom

Monday, 7 November 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen is the third palace of its name at the same site – both of the other ones were destroyed by fire. This third palace was built between 1907 and 1928, but while the other two palaces were used as royal residences, this Christianborg Palace is only used for official functions. The [read more]

Royal titles – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark strips four of her grandchildren of their titles

Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 15:52 Moniek Bloks 0

The Danish Royal House has announced that as of 1 January 2023, the children of Queen Margrethe’s second son Prince Joachim will no longer be His/Her Highness Prince(ss). Instead, they will be known as Count and Countesses of Monpezat with His/Her Excellency as a style of address. This concerns Princes Nikolai, Felix and Henrik, and [read more]

The royal tombs of Roskilde Cathedral

Monday, 19 September 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The first church on the site of Roskilde Cathedral was built by Harold Bluetooth, who died around 985. This was a wooden church, and no traces of it have ever been found. This wooden church was replaced in the 1000s by a stone church by King Cnut’s sister Estrid from money she received after he [read more]

Exhibition ‘A Queen’s Jewellery Box – 50 years on the throne told in jewellery’

Saturday, 2 July 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

One might forget that there is another major Jubilee being celebrated this year, and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has put on a grand display of A LOT of jewellery at the Amalienborg Museum, and I was lucky enough to visit. The exhibition is guided by an audio tour, and if you’ve been here a [read more]