Hamlet's Castle in Helsingør is only an hour from Copenhagen. Elsinore Shakespeare Festival Read more. . Description is available under license CC-BY-. It has remained intact to the present day. SEASON - Show all. 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. The playwright's inspiration for the tragedy was the Danish legendary hero Amled and the magnificent castle of Kronborg. Kronborg is a magnificent renaissance castle. 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. Visit Kronborg Castle – home of Shakespeare's Hamlet and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Upcoming performances. It is world-famous as the setting for Shakespeare's play Hamlet and is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Previous performances. Visit the home of Hamlet and a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is world-renowned as Elsinore, the setting of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Elsinore Shakespeare Festival. Shakespeare gets wind of Kronborg and. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Kronborg is one of the.