Previous performances. It is world-famous as the setting for Shakespeare's play Hamlet and is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Kronborg is a magnificent renaissance castle. Elsinore Shakespeare Festival Read more. It has remained intact to the present day. Shakespeare gets wind of Kronborg and. Upcoming performances. A little north from Copenhagen, in Helsingør, you can visit the actual castle where Shakespeare set Hamlet and see the famous statue of national hero Holger. It is world-renowned as Elsinore, the setting of Shakespeare's Hamlet. The playwright's inspiration for the tragedy was the Danish legendary hero Amled and the magnificent castle of Kronborg. Visit Kronborg Castle – home of Shakespeare's Hamlet and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit the home of Hamlet and a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hamlet's Castle in Helsingør is only an hour from Copenhagen. In Elsinore, with views across to Sweden, you find the. Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Kronborg is one of the. . Elsinore Shakespeare Festival. For over years, Shakespeare's characters have unfolded themselves at Kronborg in everything from revenge tragedies to romantic comedies, and every year in. SEASON - Show all. Description is available under license CC-BY-.