Tuesday, September 08, 2026

History Highlights

Frederiksborg Castle: Denmark’s Floating Renaissance Palace

If Kronborg is the fortress of the Danish golden age, Frederiksborg is its dream palace. Rising on three small islands in the middle of a lake at Hillerød, north of

Kronborg Castle: Hamlet’s Fortress on the Danish Sound

Some castles are famous for their history, and some for their beauty, but Kronborg is famous for a ghost that never existed. This great Renaissance fortress on the northern tip

Buda Castle: The Crown of Budapest Above the Danube

We come at last to the Danube, and to one of the most magnificent castle-scapes in all of Europe. High on Castle Hill, above the great river that divides Budapest

Malbork Castle: The World’s Largest Brick Fortress of Warrior-Monks

Prepare to have your sense of scale recalibrated. Malbork, on the flat plain of northern Poland, is the largest castle in the world measured by land area, and the largest

Wawel Royal Castle: The Sacred Hill at the Heart of Poland

There are castles that a nation loves, and then there is Wawel, which a nation almost worships. Rising on a limestone hill above the Vistula river in the heart of