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