. Visit Kronborg Castle – home of Shakespeare's Hamlet and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has remained intact to the present day. Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. In Elsinore, with views across to Sweden, you find the. 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-famous as the setting for Shakespeare's play Hamlet and is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. 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. Previous performances. SEASON - Show all. Elsinore Shakespeare Festival. Upcoming performances. Visit the home of Hamlet and a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Elsinore Shakespeare Festival Read more. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Kronborg is one of the. Description is available under license CC-BY-. Kronborg is a magnificent renaissance castle. 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. Hamlet's Castle in Helsingør is only an hour from Copenhagen. It is world-renowned as Elsinore, the setting of Shakespeare's Hamlet.