City Afternoon

I took the afternoon and saw more of the city center today.  I plugged a destination into my phone and stuck the headphones in to listen to the turn-by-turn directions, but a short way into my bike ride I realized the navigator was taking me the boring way.  So I took a few turns that weren't in the plans and wound up at Rosenborg Castle.

 Built beginning in 1606, completed in 1624 under King Christian IV.  It was only used as a royal residence
until 1704 and only twice after that due to a fire and an invasion.  To the left of the castle, out of the picture above, are the garrisons for the Royal Life Guards, which provide a permanent guard at Amalienborg Palace, the main royal residence.  Here they are in the process of the changing of the guard.  They leave Rosenborg Castle and march several blocks to Amalienborg Palace.

                                      
 I love the cute backpacks they wear.  I wonder what's inside.

 Next stop was a flower market

 With roses of every color.

And then I wandered around taking pictures of buildings downtown.  I believe this is one of the buildings of the University of Copenhagen, which was founded in 1479.

My last stop was the Round Tower, one of the tallest buildings in Copenhagen.  Its an interesting building and deserves it own post.