The Best Palaces in the Nordics

Denmark

Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød is a red-brick Renaissance castle on islands in a lake and houses the Danish Museum of National History. Kronborg Castle in Helsingør stands on the Øresund strait facing Sweden; its halls are largely bare and visitors also go down to the casemates. Rosenborg Castle in central Copenhagen was built by Christian IV as a summer residence and shows the crown jewels in its basement treasury.

Sweden

Drottningholm Palace lies on an island in Lake Mälaren, and the King and Queen live in one wing. The Royal Palace in Stockholm stands at the northern edge of Gamla Stan and holds the Royal Apartments, the Treasury and the Tre Kronor Museum in the cellar.