This was part of A day in Copenhagen 🇩🇰 🔗.
We started at Københavns Rådhus, the Copenhagen City Hall, an impressive National Romantic building inspired by the Siena City Hall in Italy. From there, we walked to Henrettelsesplads to see the Copenhagen Court House, housed in a grand neoclassical building that formerly served as the city hall itself. Nearby, we spotted the Scientology Church, which occupies a prominent historic building in the heart of the old city.
Next stop was Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the Danish Parliament, which features extensive royal stables and a large, open parade ground. The grounds are also home to the Supreme Court (Højesteret) and the State Government Office (Statsministeriet), making it the only building in the world that houses all three supreme powers of a nation.
We passed by Nikolaj Kunsthal, a contemporary art center housed in the former St. Nicholas Church, recognizable by its striking red brick tower. We then made our way to Nyhavn, the iconic 17th-century waterfront district lined by brightly colored townhouses and historic wooden ships.
Our last stop was Amalienborg, the winter residence of the Danish royal family, which consists of four identical classical palace façades surrounding an octagonal courtyard. We passed the statue of composer Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann and reached the palace square just in time to watch the Changing of the Guard, which takes place with traditional precision every day at noon.
