Hillerød Things to Do

Fredensborg Palace and Gardens

Opening hours
July, the Palace is open for guided tours every 15 minutes all days from 13:00 to 16:30.

Entrance fee
DKK 35.00 adults
DKK 15.00 children.

Joint ticket for the Palace and the Orangery and Herb Garden:
DKK 55.00 adults
DKK 25.00 children.

The Palace chapel is also open in connection with services on many Sundays and holidays throughout the year.

The Reserved Gardens
In July, the Reserved Gardens are open to the public free of charge daily 9:00-17:00.

Here is a map for the gardens.

More pictures and info on my Fredensborg page

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Frederiksborg Castle Gardens consist of the Baroque Garden - laid out in the 1720s by King Frederik IV and restored in the 1990s with more than 70000 plants and trees - and a landscaped garden where you’ll find King Frederik II’s small Bath House Castle (Badstueslottet) which is a part of the original Frederiksborg Castle from around year 1560.

The gardens are a very nice and beautiful place for a walk.

Frederiksborg Castle has an outstanding collection of old portraits and history paintings and they creates a great historical atmosphere when you are walking around inside the old castle.

However, the castle also contains a modern collection with paintings from the 20th and 21st centuries. Normally I would say it doesn’t belong inside a castle museum, but must admit that there are many beautiful and interesting paintings in the collection. My favourites were the portraits of Karen Blixen, Crown Princess Mary and the historical painting of Copenhagen during the German occupation (1940-1945).

You’ll find the modern collection on the 3rd floor of The King’s Wing and the Princess’s Wing.

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Frederiksborg Castle Chapel from 1617 is a very beautiful part of Frederiksborg Castle. The chapel was only slightly damaged by the fire in 1859 and therefore most of the interiors are from the time of King Christian IV. The Compenius Organ and the magnificent altarpiece from Hamburg are two examples.

From 1671 to 1840 it was here in the chapel that the Danish kings and queens were crowned. Frederiksborg Castle Chapel also served as the knight's chapel for the Order of the Elephant and the Knights of the Dannebrog – and the chapel is also known as the Chapel of Orders. The latest royal ceremony was the wedding of Prince Joachim and Princess Alexandra in November 1995.

Frederiksborg Castle Chapel serves as a local church today, and is a part of the museum on the premises.

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Frederiksborg Castle is situated in the centre of Hillerød on three islets in the Castle Lake surrounded by Frederiksborg Castle Gardens. The castle is named after King Frederik II who built the oldest parts of the castle in 1560. His son - the Danish architect King - Christian IV, was born here in 1577, and he later pulled down many of the old castle buildings to give space for his new renaissance castle which was built in the beginning of the 17th century.

During the years the castle has been used as a royal residence and the setting for many important ceremonial events, for example it was here new kings were crowned.

In 1859 a fire broke out and destroyed many of the castle buildings, but the castle was rebuilt from 1860-1884 with financial support from the founder of the Carlsberg Breweries, J.C. Jacobsen. It was also his idea that the castle should since then accommodate a Museum of National History, and it is today regarded as a national monument of great historical importance.

I really enjoyed my visit to the castle. Inside numerous magnificent rooms like the Audience Chamber, the Great Hall and the Rose (the Knights’ Room) and outside very beautiful surroundings with the Castle Gardens and the Castle Lake. If you are interested in history, palaces and castles this is a great place to visit on a daytrip from Copenhagen.

Read also my few other tips about Frederiksborg Castle…

And then a wonderful view opens and you can't see anything around only this beautiful Frederiksborg Castle. It's the most gorgeous Hillerod's landmark. Frederiksborg Castle is located in the middle of Hillerod on three islands in the castle lake. The oldest parts of the castle were built in 1560 by King Frederik II and the castle is named after him.

I have seen this window grill, that I like very much, in the inner courtyard of the castle.

This was another element of the rich decoration of the castle, very well maintained, although did not seem to be very old.

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The style of the castle has also been called the "Christian VI style" because the buildings are characterized by sumptuous ornamentation with bands of sandstone between red brickwork, window triangles with figure heads, swung gables and many spires on copper-clad roofs.