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was used mainly for official functions and as a place in which to safeguard the monarchy's
heirlooms. In the 1830s the royal family decided to open the castle to visitors as a mu-
seum, while still using it as a treasury for royal regalia and jewels.
Although information panels are scarce, smartphone users with a scanner app can down-
load information about collection highlights via the exhibition barcodes. If you don't have
a smartphone - or if you simply want more extensive coverage of the collection - cata-
logues are available at the ticket office, either for hire (Dkr10) or purchase (Dkr25).
Kongens Have
PARK
(King's Gardens;
MAP
;
6A, 11A, 42, 150S, 173E, 184 185, 350S,
Nørreport)
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The oldest park in Copenhagen was laid out in the early 17th century by Christian IV, who
used it as his vegetable patch. These days it has a little more to offer, including immaculate
flower beds, romantic garden paths, and a marionette theatre with free performances dur-
ing the summer season (2pm and 3pm Tuesday to Sunday). Located on the northeastern
side of the park, the theatre occupies one of the neoclassical pavilions designed by Danish
architect Peter Meyn.
Davids Samling
MUSEUM
(
;
33 73 49 49;
www.davidmus.dk
; Kronprinsessegade 30;
10am-5pm Tue
MAP
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& Thu-Sun, to 9pm Wed; 1A, 11, 15, 26, 350S)
Davids Samling is a wonderful curiosity of a gallery housing Scandinavia's largest collec-
tions of Islamic art, including jewellery, ceramics and silk, and exquisite works such as an
Egyptian rock crystal jug from AD 1000 and a 500-year-old Indian dagger inlaid with ru-
bies. And it doesn't end there, with an elegant selection of Danish, Dutch, English and
French art, porcelain, silverware and furniture from the 17th to 19th centuries.
The collection was bequeathed to the museum by the barrister Christian Ludvig David,
who died in 1960, and it is maintained by the foundation he founded. Fittingly, the mu-
seum is housed in David's former home, a neoclassical mansion dating from 1806.
Hirschsprung
MUSEUM
