Christiansborg Palace

This review of Christiansborg Palace covers the royal reception rooms, kitchens, stables and ruins. which are open to the public. Other parts of the palace complex contains the Danish parliament Folketinget, the Supreme Court, and the Ministry of State. The present building dates from the 1920s and is the third palace on the site, as the previous ones burnt down. The palace has richly decorated royal reception rooms, which are used by the Danish Royal family parties, gala banquets and ambassadorial audiences. There is also public access to the royal kitchens and in the afternoons only to the royal stables. The ruins of both the original castle on this site dating from the 1100s and Copenhagen Castle are also open to the public. if you are visiting please check the opening hours on their website as the state rooms are sometimes closed for functions.