Roskilde Cathedral

Bright sunny Sunday, hop on a train and made an unplanned stop at Roskilde where one of the UNESCO heritage site - the Roskilde Cathedral is. The cathedral was the only church in Zealand until the 20th century and is the Danish monark's burial ground. It's a living UNESCO used for church services and other religious ceremonies thus sometimes not open to public when these ceremonies are on-going.

Pic: side view of Roskilde cathedral

Pic: the cathedral's west view

Story goes that when the cathedral is under construction, the king of that time has to travel away while the queen is pregnant. He then order the constructor to build a catherdral with round dome if a prince is borned; and a cathedral with spike roof if a princess is born. So even when he's far out in the sea, he can know if he receive a son / daughter. The queen gave birth to twin girls, hence the twin spike :)

Pic (both up & down): Inner view of Roskilde cathedral

Chinese emperors tried so hard to have a secret burial place with lots of tomb protections (and definitely on a 'feng shui' ground) while the Danish monarks final resting place is inside a cathedral, displayed to public. Good thing is due to all the visiting tourists and bright lights, it doesn't feel spooky visitng the cathedral :p

Pic: ChristianIV tomb (I think)

After hours of walk in the cathedral, a few hundred meters away (definitely within walking distance) is the all paved pedestrian walkway with nice ice-cream parlour. What choice do I have? I mean, the day is hot and the ice-cream is nice & close, so...Paradis it is.