Thanks for the many delightful pics
Summary of article in Billed Bladet #26, 2010.
Stjernerne på fortet - The stars on the fort. (Wordplay on TV-show).
Written by the Ulrik Ulriksen.
Copenhagen used to be heavily fortified and now there is an ongoing project to use these fortifications for something useful, while at the same time preserving them for their historical significanse.
Trekroner is a fort located off the mouth to Copenhagen harbour, where it was supposed to controll the access to the harbour. It will now be used for various cultural arrangements. It's still the property of the Ministry of Defence however.
So Mary and Frederik sailed directly to Trekroner (Three Crownes), from the quay next to Amalienborg.
Here they were met with a number of dignitaries and lot of schoolchildren before going on a tour of the fort and seeing an exhibition about the history of the fort. As part of the exhibition you can use applications on your iPhone to help guide you. Frederik is perhaps a gadget freak because he was deeply absorbed in his phone. Mary less so. She joked a little with some journalists and schoolchildren in the meantime.
Then it was time for a reception and a bit of chat, all carefully monitored by the schoolchildren present. A girl said afterwards about Mary: "Ooj, she's beautiful". - But then Frederik got some attention as well....