Kronborg Castle, Denmark

Kronborg Castle is located in Helsingør (Elsinore), a town north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the setting for William Shakespear's Hamlet, and registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Entrance through the exterior wall.

The castle behind enterior wall

The interior wall.

William Shakespeare immortalized on the castle wall.

Entrance to the courtyard

The courtyard

Castle interior






Underground tunnels in the interior walls

Back of the castle, overlooking Øresund, the sound between Denmark and Sweden. The cannons guards the narrow sound, which is one of the few outlets of the Baltic Sea.

Water surrounding the castle.

When there is water, there is life.

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