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