frederiksborg slot

The first Sunday of March (I know, a while ago now), I took the free S-train again with a couple of friends to the delightful town of Hillerød, north-west of Copenhagen. Here the main attraction is the Frederiksborg Castle and National History Museum. It was a glorious day and one of the first real days of sun since we had been in Denmark so the grounds were also a sight to see and would be absolutely marvellous in the summer for just relaxing by the water.
The palace used to be the royal residence until the death of Christian IV in 1648 and then was mainly used for official ceremonies like anointing and crowning the monarchs. Sometime later, I think in the 1850s, a fire destroyed part of the palace and after it was reconstructed, it then became the Museum of National History. The palace church is still used for its traditional purposes and apparently Prince Joachim even married his first wife there (that's Freddie's younger brother for those interested).

 
And of course, there were a couple of little things that tickled me enough to take a photo.
This guy won the competition for the most impressive moustache:

And this Thai Prince won the competition for the sassiest coat of arms. That's right gurlfren: