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Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Immortalised as Elsinore in William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet, Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000.
Kronborg Castle – Home of Hamlet. This is it – the actual castle that Shakespeare set Hamlet in! There are many mysteries surrounding Shakespeare and whether or not he ever visited Kronborg Castle is one of them. In Hamlet, Shakespeare called Kronborg Castle Elsinore.
It is world-famous as the setting for Shakespeare’s play Hamlet and is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In Elsinore, with views across to Sweden, you find the setting for Shakespeare’s Hamlet facing the Sound.
Hamlet and his friend Horatio have come to Elsinore from Wittenberg, Europe’s leading university. Laertes is visiting from France, and we learn that another Frenchman, Lamord, has recently visited Elsinore.
Jan 25, 2011 · One is Hamlet, prince of Denmark, immortalized in the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. Although Shakespeare called the castle Elsinore, an Anglicized form of Helsingør, this name...
In Elsinore, just 45 minutes by train from Copenhagen, you’ll find Hamlet's castle, 400-year-old streets, an architectural masterpiece in a former ship dock, design shops and gastronomic experiences.
Elsinore is a real place between Denmark and Sweden and the whole play is set in the castle there. In the play it is referred to as Elsinore Castle but the only castle that actually existed in that town was called Kronborg Castle and it still stands today.
