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