Rosenborg Castle tickets: DKK 140 online, a timed slot every 10 minutes and the crown jewels in the basement

💡 The Short Version: An adult ticket is DKK 140 online and DKK 150 at the door, and the castle sells timed slots every 10 minutes that sell out in peak season. Buy at the Royal Danish Collection. The Royal Palace Pass is DKK 245 online for Rosenborg, the Amalienborg Museum and Christiansborg Palace over three days, and it is cheaper than the tickets separately. From 2 November to 23 December the castle is closed on Mondays and shuts at 16:00. No backpacks. The Copenhagen Card cannot book a slot online. Or book a tour: the Rosenborg entry ticketad is from DKK 150 on GetYourGuide and cancels free up to 24 hours ahead.

Tickets and prices

Prices are the adult rate from the Royal Danish Collection, which runs the castle. Searches for Rosenborg tickets also return sites with the castle’s name in their web addresses that are not the operator.

• Slots: every ticket carries a time slot, allotted every ten minutes, because the castle is small and limits how many visitors are inside. An online ticket goes straight to the entrance, so you skip the ticket desk.
• The pass saves money. Rosenborg DKK 140, the Amalienborg Museum DKK 125 and the Royal Reception Rooms at Christiansborg DKK 140 come to DKK 405 separately, against DKK 245 for the pass. Add the Christiansborg Palace Ticket at DKK 215 instead of the Reception Rooms and the three come to DKK 480. Christiansborg and the Amalienborg Museum have their own pages.
• Groups of 10 or more pay DKK 130 each. A private guided tour is from DKK 995, plus admission, for up to 25 people.
• Copenhagen Card: show the card’s QR code at the ticket desk to get a free ticket. You cannot book a slot online with it, so the slot is whatever the desk has left.

Where to buy

GetYourGuide’s price is its lowest “from” price, and the listing names the Royal Danish Collection as the provider.

Tours worth paying for

The castle has an audio guide and private tours, and the one GetYourGuide listing is the entry ticket itself. The price is the lowest “from” price, per person.

Rosenborg entry ticket

From DKK 150 · timed entry · 4.6 stars from 619 reviews

Copenhagen: Rosenborg Castle Entry Ticketad is the Royal Danish Collection’s own listing. It is DKK 10 over the operator’s online price, which is the price at the door. The reason to pay it is the cancellation: the operator says the right of withdrawal does not apply to tickets bought online, and this listing cancels free up to 24 hours before.

What to see

Rosenborg was Christian IV’s small favourite castle. He bought land for a private garden in 1606, a pleasure house followed in 1611, and the building reached its present form in 1624. The staircase tower was rebuilt in 1634 for a royal wedding. Christian IV died in his bedchamber here on 28 February 1648. Four Danish kings lived in it, and each of the other Oldenburg kings has a room named after him.

Rosenborg from the lawn of the King’s Garden. Photo: kallerna, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. The rooms. Christian IV’s audience rooms and his bedchamber are on the tour, as is the Marble Chamber, decorated from 1660 to show the grandeur of Frederik III as Denmark’s absolute ruler. On the top floor the Knights’ Hall holds twelve tapestries that Christian V commissioned between 1685 and 1693 to show his victories in the Scanian War.

The Knights’ Hall on the top floor, with tapestries along both walls and a stuccoed ceiling. Photo: Nils Jepsen, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

2. The Treasury. The crown jewels are in the basement. The Emerald Set, worn by Queen Mary after the succession to the throne in 2024, is the only set that included a tiara when it was made in the 1840s. The Rose-Cut Diamond Set got a new frame in 2024 so that it can be worn as a tiara. The Brilliant-Cut Diamond Set, a necklace, a corsage and earrings, has its present mounting from 1840, made for Caroline Amalie. The pearls of the Pearl-Ruby Set are among the oldest pieces, from the late 17th century. The royal crowns and the regalia are in the same vault.

The castle’s moat and corner towers. Photo: Thomas Dahlstrøm Nielsen, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

3. The King’s Garden. The castle sits in the King’s Garden, 200 metres from Nørreport station, and the picnic tables are in the lunch area near the castle shop. Rosenborg plans a new underground treasury, called the Kingdom’s Treasury, and is open as normal.

What to skip: nothing on a first visit. The castle is small, and the ticket covers the rooms and the Treasury.

Hours, rules and getting there

• Bags: no backpacks. Handbags and purses may not exceed 15 x 23 x 15 cm and must be worn in front. Larger bags go in the free cloakroom lockers, which you cannot open after closing. There is no room for suitcases.
• Pushchairs and prams stay at the entrance, and carry cots and sleep carriers are not allowed inside. A baby sling is the way in with a baby.
• Food and drink of any sort are not allowed in the castle or the Treasury. Eat at the picnic tables outside, near the castle shop.
• Photographs: handheld only, with no tripod or monopod. Smoking, including e-cigarettes, is not allowed on the grounds.
• Stairs: the castle has many stairs and narrow doorways and no lift. The entrance is 96 cm wide. Seats are in Christian V’s Hall and the Knights’ Hall.
• Getting there: the entrance is at Øster Voldgade 4A. Nørreport station is 200 metres away, with the metro, S-trains, regional trains and buses. There is no parking at the castle.
• The one thing that ruins a visit: arriving without a slot in peak season, or on a Monday after 1 November.

The Royal Life Guard’s barracks is beside the castle, and the daily march to Amalienborg leaves from there at 11:27: see the changing of the guard. Christiansborg Palace is the third palace on the pass. Copenhagen Card: is it worth it? runs the sums against the card, and what to book in Copenhagen has the closed days for every sight. Copenhagen’s museums are mostly closed on Mondays too. 3 days in Copenhagen puts the palaces on the days they are open. For a bed nearby, see where to stay in Copenhagen, and Copenhagen public transport has the fares. The old town walk reaches the castle after the Round Tower and ends at Kongens Nytorv.