Exploring the grounds and within the walls of Fredericksborg castle in Hillerød

Today's weather is pretty good. yesterday was bad... most of the time was raining and raining... so i did not go out yesterday. In fact spent my morning doing some bank stuffs but something went wrong so i've got to re-do it tomorrow. Drat!
Anyway yesterday i was tired... coz only got back to my room around 2.30am. Yeah was out with my colleagues for dinner and drinks in Nørreport. I've no idea what time the rest of my colleagues left the place.... but i must say, Danes are really really good drinkers!

Anyway today I went to Hillerød to visit the super famous Fredericksborg Castle. I went there with Julia, whom i got to know last weekend. And I also got to know a new person, Denise. She is a German, who is currently studying in Roskilde University. (ermmm... this university is like 1hr away from Lyngby by train)

Entrance to Fredericksborg castle

Walking the cobbled-stone pavement to the castle

one of the courtyards we need to walk through before we reach the real courtyard of the castle

Symbol of Christian IV (Christian IV was one of the Kings in Denmark)

Fountain with figurines

Fredericksborg castle is one of the largest Renaissance castle in the whole of Scandinavia. It was built by Frederick II in 1560. I must say, the castle is really really huge. I mean the area is big. When we reached, I was really surprise. Coz the entrance to the castle is not super grand and big. In fact its just a small little entry way. And u can really mistake it for a castle entrance. And we had to walk through like 2 moats before we reach the real courtyard of the castle! Now the castle has been converted to a museum. Pity i did not have my student pass, otherwise I could have only paid 60 DKK for the entrance fee. Anyway I paid 75 DKK to get into the walls of the castle.

The main courtyard of Fredericksborg castle

Intricate carvings and sculptures on the walls of the castle

Some ancient costumes on display

The items on display in the castle are slightly different from those that I saw in Kronborg slot. In fact I don't remember seeing any tapestry in Fredericksborg castle. I saw lots of paintings. portraits of people, normal artistic paintings etc. Walking through the rooms, You can see how the different eras took place within the castle walls from the beginning till now. It was really interesting.

Paintings on display in the hall

Fantastic paintings on the ceilings of the hall

Great Hall of the castle (which is also the grand ballroom)

looking through the windows from the castle to the courtyard

Within the castle walls, there is a church. Julia told us that the 2nd Prince of Denmark (the current one) married his 1st wife (who was a hong konger) there. Even though they had divorced, the former wife was given the title as countess of Fredericksborg castle. 

Church inside Fredericksborg castle

the 3 of us in the church

Another highlight of Fredericksborg castle is its massive garden! This really made it stand out compared to Kronborg slot and Amalieanborg! The gardens of Fredericksborg was really really nice....i mean looking at it reminds me of the gardens that I saw from pictures of Versailles.
Around 3.15pm, we had to say goodbye to Denise, coz she we heading back to Lyngby to sign her rental contract. So left only me and Julia to finish up our tour of Fredericksborg grounds! =D

strolling to the gardens of Fredericksborg castle

we're walking to the gardens

Gardens overlooking the castle

That's me in the gardens

So it seems like, i've finished a few of the important sights of Denmark, not too sure where i will visit the next weekend. But one thing's for sure, by next weekend, i will not be so poor... hahaha... will be getting my 1st paycheck fr the university this wk! yay! I can finally buy a bike and no need to walk that much. =D