A mother transporting her child on a bike buggy along a Copenhagen pedestrian shopping area where only bikes, not cars, are allowed. May 15, 2018

The interior dome of the Frederik’s Church in Copenhagen. The cupola is split into 12 equal parts and decorated with angels and art work of the 12 apostles placed in each section. May 15, 2018

The interior of the Frederik’s Church in Copenhagen. May 15, 2018

Author and Denmark native Hans Christian Andersen honored in a bronze statue at the City Hall Square, by the H.C. Andersen Boulevard in Copenhagen.
The statue features Anderson, a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales, with a book in his hand looking out towards the boulevard baring his name. May 15, 2018

The first stop of our Hamlet Tours day-long adventure was the UNESCO World Heritage site of Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark, where some 40 kings and queens of Denmark are buried. The cathedral construction, with the use of brick, was started in the 1170s under bishop Absalon. The first church on this site was built by Harold Bluetooth who died around 985 and is said to be buried somewhere in the town of Roskilde. May 16, 2018

Inside toward the altar of the Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark. May 16, 2018

Our Hamlet Tours guide, Henrik, identified this ornate sarcophagus as Queen Margrethe I who was originally buried in the town of Sorø in 1412 but her remains were transferred to Roskilde Cathedral the following year. May 16, 2018

A close-up of the altar inside the Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark. The three-winged altarpiece was made around 1560 and depict’s the Life of Jesus Christ. May 16, 2018

This very ornate sarcophagus belongs to Denmark and Norway’s King Frederick V (1723 – 1766) and is located inside his chapel at Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark. The king was the absolute monarch and was considered God’s representative on earth. The two grieving women at the foot of the monument symbolize Denmark and Norway. May 16, 2018

The Chapel of the Magi, which is richly decorated with frescos with frescos from around the 1460s, is located inside Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark. The sepulchral monuments are of Christian III, who died in 1559, and Frederick II, who died in 1588. They are both made by Dutch artists in the Renaissance style as small antique temples with decorations inspired by Ancient Rome. May 16, 2018

The interior of Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark. May 16, 2018

Another look at the Roskilde Cathedral a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Denmark in Roskilde, Denmark. It is the first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick, it encouraged the spread of the Brick Gothic style throughout Northern Europe. May 16, 2018

These Viking ship remains are located at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark, and features five unity ships excavated in 1962 from Roskilde Fjord near the village of Skuldelev. May 16, 2018

Our Hamlet Tours guide, Henrik, at the Viking Ship Museum’s boatyard in Roskilde, Denmark, explained how the boats were built from oak wood that was overlapped and riveted together. May 16, 2018

This Sea Stallion is a reconstruction of of a warship at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark. And, behind the ship is the museum. May 16, 2018

Frederiksborg Castle, situated in Hillerød, north of Copenhagen, Denmark, was build by Danish King Christian IV and incorporates the best of Renaissance architecture and craftmanship. The large bronze Neptune Fountain greets you rather spectacularly after crossing the main gate. It was created from 1620 to 1622 to stand on the castle’s forecourt symbolizing Denmark’s position as a leading Nordic power in the early 17th century. May 16, 2017

The Knight’s room inside the Frederiksborg Castle. On the ceiling are circular panels with heraldic figures of the coats of arms of Christian IV and his queen, the Brandenburg princess Anna Cathrine. The stucco frieze on the ceilings are of beasts of the chase; the stags have real antlers. The room also contains a number of carved chests. May 16, 2017