Changing the Guard at Amalienburg Palace

A bus tour this morning - the Grand Tour of Copenhagen. The highlight was watching the changing of the guard at Amalienburg Palace. Danish royalty are very popular, and it's easy to see why. There were no iron bars keeping people out of the palace complex here, just some burly Danish policemen, and a couple of mounted police - and of course quite a few armed soldiers on sentry duty. The policemen directed the crowd of a couple of hundred people to the best positions to see what was happening, plus our guide was very pro-active at getting good viewing spots for her busload (I would highly recommend this tour!).



The soldiers march from their barracks across town, preceeded by a marching band The palace complex is octagonal in design so that the acoustics were considerably enhanced.



After marching 360 degrees round the palace complex, with no stamping and the minimum of shouting, the band performed a handful of pieces, then the sentries were replaced. Photos were permitted with the sentries, but please stand no closer than 1.5 metres.