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