The birthday party in Korsør with 10,000 guests only really got started with a proper bang from the cannon.

The Royal Run is one of the few trials in life where everyone gets a pat on the back just for trying. Because this party is open to everyone. But it was the Queen who started the party.

Korsør’s 600th birthday celebration started a bit tamely. At 1 p.m., when the 10-kilometer race started, the mood was on ‘long Saturday in Køge’. But when Krone 8 and Queen Mary arrived, Korsør became ‘Cairo celebrates Ramadan’.

97,500 people participated in the Royal Run on Whit Monday in five cities. Here is the story of two debutants from the city by the Great Belt.