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