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Helsingør, classically known in English as Elsinore, is a coastal city in northeastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 64,446 as of 10 July 2026. Helsingør is located at the narrow
Helsingør waterfront in November 2006, with Kronborg Castle
Kronborg Castle
Helsingør port
An alley in Helsingør
Hamlet
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the p
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…connects Helsingør with Helsingborg, 4 km (2.5 mi) across the Øresund. Its castle Kronborg was used by William Shakespeare as the setting for his play Hamlet. The first part of the name, Hels, is believed to derive from the word hals 'neck; narrow strait', referring to the narrowest point of the Øresund (Øre…
Hamlet portrayed by Edwin Booth (c. 1870)
Kronborg Castle is immortalised as Elsinore in the play Hamlet
Hamlet mistakenly stabs Polonius (Artist: Coke Smyth, 19th century).
The gravedigger scene. (Artist: Eugène Delacroix, 1839)