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