Visit the home of Hamlet and a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. 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. Visit Kronborg Castle – home of Shakespeare's Hamlet and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. SEASON - Show all. In Elsinore, with views across to Sweden, you find the. 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. Previous performances. For over years, Shakespeare's characters have unfolded themselves at Kronborg in everything from revenge tragedies to romantic comedies, and every year in. 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. Kronborg is a magnificent renaissance castle. Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. . Shakespeare gets wind of Kronborg and. Elsinore Shakespeare Festival Read more. Upcoming performances. Hamlet's Castle in Helsingør is only an hour from Copenhagen.