Rosenborg Castle : Rooms of the Castle

On August 6th, 2011 I went to the Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen, I have already posted a blog post about the Treasury and Crowned jewels. After looking at all the beautiful jewels in the Treasury I made my way to the rooms in Rosenborg Castle. This blog post is going to be just a picture post.  I really hope you enjoy all my pictures. Thank you to all my friends and family for your love and support. 

-------------------------------

Rosenborg Castle

Christian IV's 'Winter Room' - Ceiling & paneling in Renaissance style.

Fireplace mantel in Christian IV's 'Winter Room'

Christian IV's Writing closet - Portraits of earlier kings.

Christian IV's toilet room - ceiling.

Christian IV's toilet - The glazed tiles are from Delft, and were placed in the castle in 1708.

Christian V's room - Decorated with late 17th century Flemish tapestries.  

Pictures in the stair case to the second floor

Frederik V's Room 'The Rose'

Frederik V's room "The rose" -- Paintings, furniture and other objects in the Rococo style of his time. 

Frederik IV's Corridor - Exhibits mainly from the time of the king.

Frederik IV's cabinet - Used by his sister Sophine Hedvig.

Christian VI room - Painting on the ceiling

Christian VII's room - Designed in 1782-1784 in the Neoclassic style to house the Royal Coin Collection. 

Christian VIII's room - Original ceiling from Christian IV's time. 

Royal seal on the ceiling of the Long Hall

Ceiling of the Long Hall

3 silver lions that guard the royal throne

The tapestries are made in Copenhagen and depicts battles from the Scanian War 1675-1679.

Rosenborg Castle

My parents adventure in Europe

I would think that most of my family already knows that my mother and father were with me in Denmark and that we made a trip to Rome. I figured if my parents are really going to make an effort to come all the way to Denmark there was no reason why we could not make a two hour flight to Rome.

On Sept 5th, my parents landed in Copenhagen, I think the main thing that my parents will remember was that I was late. I missed the early train I wanted to take and when I got to the airport my parents were standing in the airport with their luggage. I felt bad that I was late but all was well. Since we all had luggage we took the taxi to the apartment I rented while we were in Copenhagen.

The apartment I rented in North Copenhagen (Østebro) turned out to be the best idea ever. The apartment had three nice size beds, a nice kitchen, a washer and dryer in the basement and of course a bathroom and shower. I would think that the only complaint my parents and I had was that shower was REALLY small. The location of this apartment was great, it was a nice quiet area, with a grocery store only 1 block away and a great Chinese/Thai restaurant across the street.

Basically the first day my parents were in Copenhagen was very much a relax (I can't believe I am in Europe) type of day with one stipulation they had to stay awake until 8pm. I made my parents stay awake because they would suffer from jet lag the entire trip if I did not force them to stay awake this first day. But at 8pm both mom and dad were out like a light.


On Sept 6th, I only had two things scheduled for my mom and dad; a canal tour of Copenhagen and a visit to Tivoli. During the canal tour, besides being a little cold my parents really enjoyed seeing Copenhagen. Later that day I took my parents to Tivoli, we had a nice dinner and stayed in Tivoli after sunset to see the Nimb all lite up. Of course took plenty of pictures of my parents with the scenery in the background.

Nimb in Tivoli

Nyhavn, Copenhagen

Roskilde Cathedral

On Sept 7th, I took my parents through the Danish countryside to where I work. I timed it so that we would arrive at where I work just as lunch began so that my parents could be served a traditional Danish meal. That day at work the lunch ladies made frikkadellea a great traditional Danish dish. I introduced my parents to my supervisor and my co-workers. I showed my parents around the research center, my office, my lab bench and even my plants in my greenhouse. On this particular day was the farewell party for one of my colleagues (Br). So my parents got to also enjoy so great cake, afternoon snacks and wine. On our way back to Copenhagen we made a short stop at the Roskilde Cathedral. My plan was to show my parents the inside of this huge cathedral but there was actually a mass going on inside. I thought it was a bit odd to have mass on a Friday but oh well. I still got a couple pictures of my parents with the cathedral in the background.

Then on Sept 8 to 13 the three of us were in Rome and that adventure deserves it own blog post. (Coming Soon)

On Sept 13 when we arrived back in Copenhagen after our adventure in Rome we were all exhausted. The three of us went across the street to a great restaurant called Wokshop. It was good food and with a full stomach we all passed out. The next day (Sept 14th) the three if us just relaxed. Of course I went to Netto to get some food but it felt good to relax.

King Tutankhamun

On Sept 15, I took my parents to the King Tutankhamun exhibit in Malmo, Sweden. It was a good exhibit and my parents both seemed to enjoy it.

Sept 16th was another relaxing day mixed with a bit of packing and organizing. We did make a short trip to Rosenborg Castle and walked around the King's grounds. Just like me, my parents were amazed the castle, I mean you just don't see those in the US. Later that night my mom found a NFL game on the television and was getting a kick out of the Danish announcers.

On Sept 17th, after 12 days with my parents it was time to say goodbye. At the airport we said our goodbyes and gave each other hugs.

Overall my parents had a great Europe trip and I am really glad that they could make the trip over the ocean.

Day as a tourist

Written on August 3rd, 2012

Today I took a day off from work to do two things. 1) Accompany my friend D to airport and wish her luck on her six month study aboard trip in New York and 2) be a tourist for a day in Copenhagen.

Joining D to airport was easy and she seemed to have everything under control so I think I was there for moral support. But I am not even sure she need that. I know she appreciated the fact that I was there and we both know she will have a great time in NY.

So around 9:45 am I waved goodbye to D and made my way to Østerport. I have lived in Denmark for almost two years and I have never seen the front of the little mermaid statue. Yes, I have seen the back of the statue many times while on a canal tour boat but I have never seen the front of the statue.

As I am making my way to the little mermaid a tourist asked me for directions for the little mermaid and I said I was heading that direction and he could just come with me. This Asian tourist said "Wow, your English is really good".   I just said thank you while thinking in my head 'Yeah I really hope my English is good'. The two of us walked to the little mermaid and this statue was absolutely surround by tourists.

 I will see the mermaid again in September so I was not about to fight for a picture with it. Then the Asian tourist and I walked around the area and found a really neat church with a beautiful fountain in front. I told the Asian tourist (who said he was only in Copenhagen for one day) that the best way to see Copenhagen is by the canal boats. I directed him to go to central station and go to the tourist office right outside central station and they will tell you where all the canal boats are. The Asian tourist went on his way telling me "Thank you thank you. I never would of seen so much without your help."

I went on my way trying to find the Marble Church and after walking around a bit I did find the church but I could not get really close because of lots of road construction. About this time it was close to noon and I planned to meet K for lunch. So I made my way to Nørrport and got on the bus to meet up with K. The two of us had a great lunch and fun girl chat. After lunch K had to get back to work but it was great to see a good friend.

I made my way back to Nørrport and I decided this is a good time and a good place to do a few errands. After an hour of productive shopping I wanted to put up my feet for a while and just relax. So I made my way to the Rosenborg Castle grounds. Behind the castle there is a nice park, I found an empty park bench, relaxed there and read my kindle for about an hour. It was great to sit there in the great weather and just relax and read.

After reading I decided I should try to get to the Marble church again. I now know that one entrance was completely blocked but the other entrance hopefully was not blocked and it wasn't. The church was amazing and smaller compared to other churches but still amazing. I also found out while I was there that at 1 and 3 pm every day you can go up to the top dome and see Copenhagen. I bet it is an amazing view and very much worth going back and trying.

Next to the Marble church was Ameliborg castle, where the royal family live mostly during the winter but today there were at least two royal family members there.  How could I tell? Well on top of the house (if you can call it a house) the Denmark flag was raised meaning that a royal family member was there. Plus you can't miss the guards with the guns. And just like the British royal guards; the Danish royal guards do not react to anything. There were some tourist that were messing around the guard; I thought it as stupid but that is tourists for you. On the opposite side of the castle grounds there is a large fountain next to the harbor. It was a great view and I decided to follow to path along the harbor just for fun. I already knew that the harbor path would eventually take me back to the little mermaid. I took a nice leisurely walk and just enjoyed the sights, sounds and weather.

After that I decide to take care of some more errands around the Copenhagen area. I had some dinner in a nice restaurant and then took the next train back to my apartment. All and all I call that a good leisure day around Copenhagen; I saw a few interesting sites and I took some time off just to relax and read. I call that a good day.