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borggade, to the west of the strangely enchanting cemetery Assistens Kirkegård. Once a
notorious drug strip, it's now best known for top-notch dining, coffee, local design and
fashion.
Statens Museum for Kunst
MUSEUM
10am-5pm Tue & Thu-Sun, to 8pm Wed; 6A, 26, 42, 173E, 184, 185)
Denmark's National Gallery straddles two contrasting, inter-connected buildings: a
late-19th-century 'palazzo' and a sharply minimalist extension. The museum houses medi-
eval and Renaissance works, and impressive collections of Dutch and Flemish artists in-
cluding Rubens, Breughel and Rembrandt. It claims the world's finest collection of 19th-
century Danish 'Golden Age' artists, among them Eckersberg, Krøyer and Hammershøi,
foreign greats like Matisse and Picasso, and modern Danish heavyweights including Per
Kirkeby, Richard Mortensen and Asger Jørn. Among the contemporary stars are Danish/
Norwegian duo Elmgreen and Dragset, and Vietnamese-born Danish artist Danh Vo.
The museum also has an extensive collection of drawings, engravings and lithographs
representing the works of such prominent artists as Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec, as well
as a strikingly colourful geometric cafe created by designer Peter Lassen and artist Bjørn
Nørgaard. Check the website for upcoming temporary exhibitions.
Rosenborg Slot
CASTLE
Dkr125/free; 10am-5pm daily Jun-Aug, 10am-4pm daily May, Sep & Oct, reduced hrs rest of yr;
6A, 11A, 42, 150S, 173E, 184, 185, 350S, Nørreport)
A 'once-upon-a-time' combo of turrets, gables and moat, the early-17th-century Rosenborg
Slot was built between 1606 and 1633 by King Christian IV in Dutch Renaissance style to
serve as his summer home. Today, the castle's 24 upper rooms are chronologically ar-
ranged, housing the furnishings and portraits of each monarch from Christian IV to Frede-
rik VII. The pièce de résistance, however, is the basement Treasury, home to the dazzling
crown jewels, among them Christian IV's glorious crown and the jewel-studded sword of
Christian III.
Feeling cramped at Rosenborg, King Frederik IV built a roomier palace in the 18th cen-
tury, in the town of Fredensborg, north of the city. In the years that followed, Rosenborg
