Kunsthal Charlottenborg

The introduction

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I this article I want to tell you about  this Kunsthal Charlotteborg, which is  a place in Copenhagenand once a palace, now it’s used for modern art exhibitions and is located nearby the Nyhavn _ the very famous place in Copenhagen and all of Denmark. When getting close to Nyhavn, you can vividly see that other building just on the right side from the Nyhavn canal and wonder, what it is and what it is for. The building has its characteristic view, which gives it a fascinating look and when people don’t know what this building is about, they get really surprised and interested in seeing the building from inside.

So, this is a 17-th century building, which is now a galleryand it hosts many exhibitions and things like that, and, besides, it’s one of the main tourist attractions, one of the reasons of which is that it’s just situated on Nyhavn, which is the main tourist attraction in Copenhagen, so that when people visit Nyhavn to take the pictures there, they see this odd building and get interested and visit it, too.

About Kunsthal Charlottenborg

Kunsthal Charlottenborg is located on Nyhavn 2, 1051 Kobenhavn K, Denmark. Its working hours are from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m. on weekends and from 12 p.m. till 8 p.m. on weekdays except for Monday, when they are closed the whole day.

You should also know, that the Kunsthal Charlottenborg is free on Wednesdays, so that if you are anywhere nearby Nyhavn on Wednesday afternoon, you can visit the Kunsthal Charlottenborg free of charge.

So, Kunsthal Charlottenborg means “Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall” in English and it’s been the official gallery of the Royal Danish Academy of Art for years now. It was a palace, that was constructed in 1672-83 years for Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve and this was a Baroque architecture, of course, because those were the dates, when they loved building things in Baroque architecture.

Well, the dowager queen Charlotte Amalie bought this palace in 1700 and her name is remained with the palace since then.

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