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