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