Copenhagen's Castle Island Walk

The bronze Bishop Absalon stands high on a granite pedestal near Højbro Plads, holding a battle axe in his right hand and a bishop’s staff in his left. He wears full chainmail beneath his vestments, a nod to his dual role as a powerful…

The Thorvaldsens Museum is a block of yellow and blue concrete covered in exterior murals that depict a Greek procession. It houses the life work of Bertel Thorvaldsen, a sculptor who became Denmark’s most famous artist in the early…

Christiansborg Palace dominates the islet of Slotsholmen with a high, copper-clad central tower that reaches over one hundred meters into the Copenhagen sky. This site has anchored Danish power for eight hundred years, beginning with a…

The copper spire of Børsen twists into the sky like four dragon tails braided together. King Christian the Fourth commissioned the building in the early seventeenth century to anchor Copenhagen as a merchant hub for the Baltic trade. He…

The Royal Library Garden is defined by a high, dark brick wall that separates this quiet courtyard from the bustle of the harbor. At its center sits a shallow reflecting pool featuring a fountain designed by Mogens Møller. King Christian…

The Tøjhus Museum features a massive, low-slung, red-brick warehouse stretching along the canal. Built in the early seventeenth century, this structure served as the Danish arsenal where King Christian the Fourth stored his cannons and…

The Marmorbroen, or Marble Bridge, features two tall, sandstone-clad pavilions at its entrance that look like miniature guardhouses. Built in seventeen forty-five, this bridge served as the primary, grand entrance for nobility arriving at…