Kronborg Castle & Helsingør — Hamlet's Elsinore
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Kronborg Castle & Helsingør — Hamlet's Elsinore

Kronborg Castle (Kronborg Slot — the Renaissance castle at Helsingør (Elsinore) on the northern tip of Zealand, 45 km north of Copenhagen and 45 minutes by train, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the setting of Shakespeare's Hamlet): Kronborg was built 1574-1585 by King Frederik II in the Renaissance style to control the Øresund strait (the narrow channel between Denmark and Sweden — the Sound Dues (Øresundstolden) levied on all ships passing through Øresund were the primary source of Danish royal revenue for centuries), and became the prototype for the fortified castle in Shakespeare's imagination.

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