Kronborg Castle is also world famous as the setting of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It is located on the coast at the narrowest point of the strait of Oresund with a great view across the water to Sweden. Suddenly, he is torn from his books when he learns that his father, the king, is dead. Kronborg Castle is located at the narrowest point of the strait of Oresund which was the only navigable way from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea. The taxes collected from all the ships passing through financed more than a third of Denmark’s expenses. The Story of Hamlet Hamlet, prince of Denmark, is engrossed in his studies in Germany. The current castle was finished in 1585. The castle was protected by tall ramparts and strong angular bastions. It is also where… This has become the English name for Helsingør, the town where you can visit Kronborg.

He returns to his childhood home, Kronborg Castle, where he discovers to his horror that his mother, Queen Gertrude, has married his uncle Claudius - and not only that.

The original structure dates back to the 1420s, but the castle as we know it today is predominantly Renaissance in aesthetic. It’s known as Hamlet’s castle because Shakespeare set his play at the castle in Elsinore, the Anglicized version of the town’s Danish name, Helsingør. Kronborg Castle is the setting of Shakespeare’s play ‘Hamlet’ and the most powerful and important castle in Scandinavia.

It’s on … In Hamlet, Shakespeare called Kronborg Castle Elsinore. Kronborg Castle lies in the Danish town of Helsingør, only about 50 km (or a 40 min train ride) North of Copenhagen. All summer you can step into Hamlet's world at his own castle Kronborg in Elsinore. Kronborg Castle sits on a peninsula of the Sound that leads down to the Baltic. Glassy waters of the moat.

Kronborg Castle was admired for its beauty as a castle and feared for its strength as a fortress. Hamlet, his friends and enemies move into the castle and bring the story of the famous Danish prince to life.