How can a country this much into equality insist on keeping an oldfashioned institution like a monarchy? That's one of many paradoxes of Denmark and one we will touch upon when visiting Frederiksstaden.

Frederiksstaden boasts not only some of the most beautiful buildings in the city, but also tells the interesting story of how the absolut monarchies worked in Denmark, why we have our own small copy of Saint Peter's Church, how the first proper hospital worked, why we even have Nyhavn and how it's all connected to Denmark's colonial past.

We'll venture from the Kongens Nytorv through Nyhavn and make our way around Amalienborg and the harbour front before ending at Kastellet.