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