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