Kronborg Castle

Kronborg is a castle and historical stronghold in the town of , . Immortalised as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe.
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  • Opening hours:
    November—March: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
    April—May and September—October: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    June—August: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: castle in Helsingør, Denmark
  • Also known as: “Elsinore” and “Kronborg”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kronborg Castle - Church and M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark.

Church
Photo: Dcastor, Public domain.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a maritime museum located in , Denmark. Established in 1915, its collections cover Danish trade and shipping from the 15th century to the present day. is situated 310 metres west of Kronborg Castle.

Photo: Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lightvessel No. XVII Gedser Rev is a decommissioned lightvessel built in 1895, now serving as a museum ship in , , having formerly been stationed in the in . is situated 380 metres southwest of Kronborg Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingo Houses and Snekkersten.

Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a housing development designed by architect Jørn Utzon in , . The development consists of 60 L-shaped houses based upon the design of traditional Danish farmhouses with central courtyards and those of Chinese and Islamic dwellings. is situated 2½ km west of Kronborg Castle.

Village
Photo: Casper Moller, CC BY 2.0.
is a former fishing village and current neighbourhood in the southern part of , Denmark. station is an interchange between the Coast Line between and the Lille Nord railway to . is situated 4 km southwest of Kronborg Castle.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is in the province of southern . Historic , with its many old buildings, is a scenic coastal city. The buildings are a blend of old-style stone-built churches and a 600-year-old medieval fortress in the city centre, and more modern commercial buildings.

Kronborg Castle

Latitude
56.03929° or 56° 2′ 21″ north
Longitude
12.62125° or 12° 37′ 17″ east
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
9F8J2JQC+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9215919126
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
2618192
Wiki­data ID
Q189358
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Kronborg Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة كرونبورغ”
  • Armenian: “Կրոնբորգ”
  • Basque: “Kronborg gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Замак Кронбарг”
  • Belarusian: “Кронбарг”
  • Breton: “Kastell Kronborg”
  • Bulgarian: “Кронборг”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Kronborg”
  • Catalan: “Kronborg”
  • Cebuano: “Kronborg”
  • Chinese: “克伦堡”
  • Chinese: “克伦堡宫”
  • Chinese: “克倫堡”
  • Chinese: “克倫堡宮”
  • Chinese: “克隆堡”
  • Chinese: “克隆堡宮”
  • Croatian: “Dvorac Kronborg”
  • Czech: “Kronborg”
  • Czech: “Zámek Kronborg”
  • Danish: “Kronborg Slot”
  • Danish: “Kronborg”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel Kronborg”
  • Dutch: “Kronborg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة كرونبورج”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo de Kronborg”
  • Estonian: “Kronborgi loss”
  • Finnish: “Kronborg”
  • Finnish: “Kronborgin linna”
  • French: “Chateau de Kronborg”
  • French: “château de Kronborg”
  • French: “Château de Kronborg”
  • French: “Kronborg”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Kronborg”
  • Georgian: “კრონბორგი”
  • German: “Festung Kronborg”
  • German: “Festung”
  • German: “Festung/Schloß Kronborg”
  • German: “Hamletschloss”
  • German: “Kronborg Slot”
  • German: “Kroneburg”
  • German: “Schloss Kronborg”
  • German: “Schloß Kronborg”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο Κρόνμποργκ”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο του Κρόνμποργκ”
  • Greek: “Κρόνμποργκ”
  • Hebrew: “טירת קרונבורג”
  • Hindi: “क्रोंबोर्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Kronborg-kastély”
  • Hungarian: “Kronborg”
  • Icelandic: “Krónborgarhöll”
  • Icelandic: “Krúnuborgarhöll”
  • Indonesian: “Kronborg Castle”
  • Indonesian: “Kronborg”
  • Interlingua: “Kronborg”
  • Italian: “castello di Kronborg”
  • Italian: “Castello di Kronborg”
  • Japanese: “クロンボー城”
  • Korean: “크론보르 성”
  • Korean: “크론보르”
  • Korean: “크론보르성”
  • Latvian: “Kronborga”
  • Lithuanian: “Kronborgas”
  • Maltese: “Kastell ta‘ Kronborg”
  • Maltese: “Kastell ta’ Kronborg”
  • Maltese: “Kronborg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kronborg slott”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kronborg slott”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kronborg”
  • Norwegian: “Kronborg slott”
  • Persian: “قلعه کرانبورگ”
  • Persian: “کرانبورگ”
  • Polish: “Kronborg”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Kronborg”
  • Portuguese: “Kronborg”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Kronborg”
  • Romanian: “Kronborg”
  • Russian: “Замок Кронборг”
  • Russian: “Кронборг”
  • Serbian: “Kronborg”
  • Serbian: “Кронборг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dvorac Kronborg”
  • Slovak: “Zámok Kronborg”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Kronborg”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Kronborg”
  • Spanish: “Kronborg”
  • Swedish: “Kronborg”
  • Swedish: “Kronborgs slott”
  • Swedish: “Kronoborgs fästning”
  • Swedish: “Kronoborgs slott”
  • Thai: “Kronborg”
  • Thai: “โครนบอร์ก”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทครอนบอร์”
  • Turkish: “Kronborg”
  • Ukrainian: “Кронборг”
  • Vietnamese: “Kronborg”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Kronborg”
  • Welsh: “Castell Kronborg”
  • Western Frisian: “Kronborg”

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