Kongens Nytorv is the biggest square in Copenhagens city centre, and since the end of the 17th century the traffic junction of the Danish capital.
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The plots around the square were only given to very rich people. Only very rich people were able to build noble and impressive houses, and Kongens Nytorv should become a majestical character. Home-builders around Kongens Nytorv had to fulfil certain standards in the height and the architecture of their houses. Today the square profits of the guidelines from those times. Kongens Nytorv is surrounded by a castle, a palace, and other sophisticated buildings.
There is a monument of Christian V. as Roman emperor on a horse in the center of the square.
During winter time Kongens Nytorv serves as a skating rink with many little lights in the treetops.