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