The Queen lives in one of the palaces, the Crown Prince and his family live in another, the third palace is used for guests and events, and the last is an intimate museum packed with details showcasing day to day life, where you really can experience what it is like to live as a royal. Walking around this house-like palace with its carpets, normal lighting and comfortable rooms offer a unique insight into royal life - it’s not all chandeliers, lavish receptions and grand ballrooms.
Take a walk along the water in the morning as Queen Margrethe sometimes does with her beloved dachshund Tilia. If it’s raining, you could wear a bright raincoat to cheer yourself up, like her. While the Queen and Crown Princess Mary are regularly photographed in sky high stilettos on Copenhagen’s cobbles, we’d advise flat shoes as wearing high heels on the bumpy, lumpy and downright historic streets of the old town can give you a royal pain in the foot.
This area of the city is highly approachable - like the royal family itself - and you can walk almost right up to every palace. Of course, there are also guards stationed by the royal residences, in decorated red pillboxes wearing beautiful uniforms and a bearskin hat.
