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This palace was one of the first to be completed by the time of Eigtved’s death in 1754. Also known as Moltke Palace, named after its original owner, Lord Adam Gottlob Moltke, it is the most expensive palace in the complex and also has one of Denmark’s best Rococo interiors. The queen often uses it to welcome foreign guests.

This is where Crown Prince Frederik lived until his marriage to Australian Mary Donaldson in 2004. Part of the palace is open all year round as a museum that is dedicated to the Glûcksberg Dynasty. Visit Queen Louise’s chintzy drawing room and the studies of several kings.

Previously known as Brockdorff’s Palace, this palace with a clock on its façade was renamed after Frederik VIII moved into it in 1869. More recently, it was home to Queen Dowager Ingrid (Queen Margrethe’s mother) till her death in 2000. It is currently the residence of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary.

The first royal family to live here was Crown Prince Frederik IV and his wife (1794). Since 1967, it has been home to Queen Margrethe and Prince Consort Henrik.

Designed and cast (1753–71) by French sculptor Jacques Saly, this statue of Frederik V is said to have cost four times as much as the Amalienborg. Saly, who stayed here for 18 years, was known for the extravagant parties he hosted. His expenses were paid by the Danish Asiatic Company, who gifted this statue to the king.

Properly called Frederikskirken, the Marble Church got its popular name on account of plans to build it using Norwegian marble. Its dome, one of the largest in Europe and modelled after St Peter’s in Rome, has a diameter of 31 m (102 ft).

The Amalie Garden was created in 1993 on the banks of the Harbour, financed by the shipping giant AP Møller and the Christine McKinney Møller Foundation. It has a splendid fountain that lies on Copenhagen’s “Golden Axis” , between the Opera House and the statue of Frederik V.

When the queen is in residence, the Danish Royal Life Guards stand outside the palace, guarding their monarch in two-hour shifts. At noon they are replaced by the guards from Rosenborg Castle , who march through the streets of Copenhagen every day at 11:30am to switch places with the guards at Amalienborg Palace.

The Marble Church and Frederiksstaden lie on a short axis called the Golden Axis. This axis was considered so important that when the Opera House was built along this line, it caused much controversy. The building is now considered the axis’ modern extension.

This Classical-style colonnade was built by Christian VII’s royal architect, Caspar Frederik Harsdorff in 1794–95. Supported by eight ionic columns, it runs unobtrusively from one palace to another along the first-floor level.