Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

welcome to the Kings garden designed by Christian the fourth in 1606 Renaissance style it sits outside the king's palace there are beautiful statues all over the King's garden and this is one to their favorite son Hans Christian Andersen's Queen Caroline Amelie 1796 - 1881 looking out over her rose garden rosenberg castle houses some of Denmark's greatest treasures including the crowns and the crown jewels let's take a look the tickets have an entrance time and they're very strict on that they won't let you go in a few minutes earlier and also you have to check your bag in doesn't matter how small it is you have to put it in a locker we've seen this tradition before in the Baltic where the walls are covered with paintings and the paintings have to be a certain size to fit in although this is an old castle you can use your modern technology here there's free Wi-Fi and there's a tour on your phone this is the bus of Christian the forth it's numbered and you can check it out here this is Christians writing room where he carried out all his correspondence and it's been preserved intact this is Christian's bedroom and he had an ensuite bathroom over there as his toilet this is the dark room originally separating the Kings apartments from the Queens apartments and that chair was a torture chair so it was constructed to hold down the guest on the armrest and so they could be scolded by water [Music] this is the golden room it's originally the living room and the fireplace is from [Music] this is Fredrik the fourth corridor [Applause] this was originally Christian the fourth chamber where he would hold in former audiences this was where Christian the fourth held audience princess Sophie head effect was also given a room to meet her friends in and this is it and this was princess Sofia's bedroom the flooring inside this circle is the original flooring and so it's protected this is Frederick the hallström and the tapestries were woven in Berlin [Applause] this is Kristen the 7th all and this is a portrait of the King in his coronation regalia this is Frederick the full strung and this is Frederick with his family Christian the 8 through and this is Frederick the seventh room furnished for comfort and homely mess they say and this is the corridor leading to the bronze room the Great Hall is a very impressive room to visit in the castle there's a throne at each end of the Great Hall they've never been here at the same time before this one was used for audiences and on the wall are twelve tapestries depicting Christian the fifth Spectras these are the Thrones at the other end of the hall and the Queen would sit on the white one apparently this is the only room of its type in the world and Frederic reports visited Venice and walked back is glassware the porcelain cabinet features porcelain from China and Japan and there's no wheelchair access is just a spiral staircase up so bear that in mind we're now in the basement and this room was used for the weapons and the wine [Music] [Music] [Music] and in the Treasury is the crown jewel [Music] this is a great place to visit but it is on three floors and there are no lifts so bear that in mind you