Author: Ilona Ernest
First thing we went by train to Elsinore (Helsingør) to visit the famous Kronborg Castle, setting of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
The Danish town of Elsinore (Danish Helsingør) is located in northeast Zealand, some 40 kilometers north of Copenhagen.
We left by train from Central Station (Hovedbanegården) first thing in the morning with the intention to visit Kronborg Castle, and little else … We plan to collect the rental car and go to Odense to arrive before six o’clock.
Kronborg Castle is a fortress built by Frederick II between 1574 and 1585. It is situated in the narrowest part of the Øresund, the strait between the coast of Sealand and the coast of Sweden. The cities located at either end of this bottleneck are Helsingor (Denmark) and Helsingborg (Sweden).
His position of strength is no accident. The castle was built expressly to force the ships that crossed the strait to pay a toll.
The appearance of the Danish castle has few similarities with the image of the castle to which they are used for example in Spain. Perhaps these are more like fortified palaces.
Kronborg Castle in the Renaissance style is one of the largest in Northern Europe and has been declared a World Heritage Site. The room inside the fortress is truly impressive.
Today the castle is home to the Maritime Museum can be visited and also some of the real dependencies.
The visit to the maritime museum is quite interesting, how could it be otherwise in a country like Denmark.
The building of the castle is surrounded by a fortress with defensive bastions that form the typical angles to allow viewing of different parts of the fortification.
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