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Amalienborg Slot
Visitors can enter one wing of the Amalienborg Slot, which features exhibits of the royal apartments used by three generations of the monarchy from 1863 to 1947.
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Assistens Kierkegård
The serene Assistens Kierkegård in the heart of Nørrebro is the final resting place of some of Denmark's most celebrated citizens, including philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, physicist Niels Bohr, author Hans Christian Andersen and artists Jens Juel, Christen Købke and CW Eckersberg. It's an interesting place to wander around - as much a park and garden as it is a graveyard.
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Charlottenborg
Fronting Kongens Nytorv is Charlottenborg, built in 1683 as a palace for the royal family. Since 1754 Charlottenborg has housed Det Kongelige Kunstakademi. The academy's exhibition hall, on the eastern side of the central courtyard, features highly recommended changing exhibitions of modern art by Danish and international artists.
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Folketinget
The Folketinget is where the 179 members of parliament debate national legislation. Guided tours also take in Wanderer's Hall, which contains the original copy of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Denmark, enacted in 1849.
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Frederiksborg Slot
This Dutch Renaissance castle looks spectacular enough from the outside - spread as it is over several small islets on a lake called Slotsø - but the interior of this former fortress and now national museum is no let-down either, with over 70 publicly accessible rooms boasting gilded ceilings, full-wall tapestries, paintings and antiques.
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Kastellet
The northern Kastellet area includes a 17th-century citadel and the city's best-known statue, the Little Mermaid, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale. This much-photographed bronze figure, perched on a rock at the water's edge, has a certain grace, but don't expect a monument - the mermaid is much smaller than you might expect.
On the ramparts is a historic windmill and some excellent views to the Little Mermaid, the harbour and, in the other direction, Marmorkirken.
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Rosenborg Slot
To the southeast of Nørreport proper is the beautiful early-17th-century Rosenborg Slot with its fairy-tale moat-and-garden setting. It was built between 1606 and 1633 by King Christian IV in Dutch Renaissance style to serve as his summer home. A century later King Frederik IV, who felt cramped at Rosenborg, built a roomier palace north of the city in the town of Fredensborg.
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Ruinerne under Christiansborg
A walk through the crypt-like bowels of Slotsholmen, known as Ruinerne under Christiansborg, offers a unique perspective on Copenhagen's lengthy history. In the basement of the current palace, beneath the tower, are the remains of two earlier castles. The most notable are the ruins of Absalon's fortress, Slotsholmen's original castle, built by Bishop Absalon in 1167.
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Strædet
Running parallel to Strøget to the south is Strædet, perhaps the most beautiful shopping street in the city. It is less grand than Strøget, but Strædet's two streets, Kompagnistræde and Læderstræde, are far more charming and packed with less mainstream shops.
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