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