🏰Have you read Hamlet? Then you know Elsinore where Shakespeare set the scenery of the story. And in year 2000 Kronborg Castle became a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and today Kronborg is one of the most important renaissance castles in Northern Europe (built in 1420).

👑If you’ve seen the movie “A royal affair” you can find the corner room at Kronborg where Queen Caroline Mathilde was a prisoner in 1772 after her alleged affair with the Kings royal physician. 

🇸🇪Kronborg Castle is located in the danish town Helsingør (Elsinore ;)) which is just a 20 min. ferry ride from Sweden. 

🗼You can climb the 148 steps in one of the towers and have a 360 degree view of the city as well as Sweden.

🗽Included in a ticket are a visit to the crypts and catacombs beneath Kronborg Castle, where Holger the Dane sits. The statue is a legendary figure in Danish Culture - do you dare to visit him?

⏱️Opening times:

Nov to April: tue-sun 11am-4pm

May to Oct: every day 10am-5pm

💸A day-ticket is €16 (during summer months it’s €19)

🚂There’s a train going directly from Copenhagen City Centre to Helsingør every 15 min. 

My tips

• Not many people go here, so no need to get here early, but I would still avoid weekends, as many locals go with their children in the weekends

• Walk around the castle and get amazing views of the sea