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Elsinore

Elsinore or Helsingør is a city of just under 50,000 residents, in the north eastern corner of the island of in . It is the closest city to , with frequent ferry connections to its twin city across the strait; .
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  • Type: Town with 47,400 residents
  • Description: city in Denmark
  • Also known as: “Helsingor”, “Helsingör”, and “Helsingør”
  • Postal code: 3000

Places of Interest

Highlights include Elsinore Station and Lightvessel Gedser Rev.

Railway station
Helsingør station is the principal railway station serving the city of Helsingør in , . It is located in the centre of the town, close to the Port of Helsingør, and immediately adjacent to the Helsingør ferry terminal and the Helsingør bus terminal.

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 Helsingør, , having formerly been stationed in the in .

Church
Photo: Dannebrog Spy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Olaf's Church is the cathedral church of Helsingør in the north of , . With a history going back to around 1200, the present building was completed in 1559.

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 Helsingør, . 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.

Village
Photo: Casper Moller, CC BY 2.0.
is a former fishing village and current neighbourhood in the southern part of Helsingør, Denmark. station is an interchange between the Coast Line between and the Lille Nord railway to . is situated 3½ km southwest of Elsinore.

Elsinore

Latitude
56.0349° or 56° 2′ 6″ north
Longitude
12.613° or 12° 36′ 47″ east
Population
47,400
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DK HLS
Open location code
9F8J2JM7+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21040320
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2620473
Wiki­data ID
Q26881
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Elsinore” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Helsingør”
  • Arabic: “هيليسينكور”
  • Armenian: “Էլսիներ”
  • Armenian: “Հելսինգյոր”
  • Asturian: “Helsingør”
  • Basque: “Helsingor”
  • Basque: “Helsingør”
  • Belarusian: “Гэльсынгёр”
  • Belarusian: “Хельсінгёр”
  • Catalan: “Elsinor”
  • Catalan: “Helsingør”
  • Cebuano: “Helsingør (kapital sa munisipyo sa Dinamarka)”
  • Cebuano: “Helsingør”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھێلسینگۆر”
  • Chinese: “希星約”
  • Chinese: “赫爾辛格”
  • Croatian: “Helsingor”
  • Croatian: “Helsingör”
  • Croatian: “Helsingør”
  • Czech: “Elsinor”
  • Czech: “Elsinore”
  • Czech: “Helsingor”
  • Czech: “Helsingör”
  • Czech: “Helsingør”
  • Danish: “Elsinore”
  • Danish: “Helsingør”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Helsingør”
  • Dutch: “Elseneur”
  • Dutch: “Elzeneur”
  • Dutch: “Helsingor”
  • Dutch: “Helsingör”
  • Dutch: “Helsingør”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيليسينكور”
  • Esperanto: “Helsingør”
  • Estonian: “Helsingør”
  • Faroese: “Helsingør”
  • Finnish: “Hälsingör”
  • Finnish: “Helsingör”
  • Finnish: “Helsingør”
  • French: “Elseneur”
  • French: “Helsingor”
  • French: “Helsingør”
  • Galician: “Helsingør”
  • Georgian: “ჰელსინგერი”
  • German: “Helsingör”
  • German: “Helsingør”
  • Greek: “Helsingør”
  • Greek: “Χελσινγκούρ”
  • Hebrew: “אלסינור”
  • Hungarian: “Helsingőr”
  • Hungarian: “Helsingør”
  • Icelandic: “Helsingjaeyri”
  • Icelandic: “Helsingør”
  • Indonesian: “Elsinore”
  • Indonesian: “Helsingoer”
  • Indonesian: “Helsingor”
  • Indonesian: “Helsingør”
  • Interlingua: “Elsinor”
  • Irish: “Helsingør”
  • Italian: “Elsinore”
  • Italian: “Helsingor”
  • Italian: “Helsingør”
  • Japanese: “Helsingør”
  • Japanese: “ヘルシンオア”
  • Japanese: “ヘルシンゲル”
  • Javanese: “Helsingør”
  • Kalaallisut: “Helsingør”
  • Kashubian: “Helsingør”
  • Kölsch: “Hälsingöhr”
  • Kölsch: “Helsingör”
  • Kölsch: “Helsingør”
  • Korean: “헬싱괴르”
  • Korean: “헬싱외르”
  • Latvian: “Helsingēra”
  • Lithuanian: “Helsingioras”
  • Lithuanian: “Helsingoras”
  • Lombard: “Elsinor”
  • Lombard: “Elsinör”
  • Lombard: “Helsingør”
  • Luxembourgish: “Helsingor”
  • Luxembourgish: “Helsingör”
  • Luxembourgish: “Helsingør”
  • Macedonian: “Хелсингер”
  • Malay: “Helsingør”
  • Maltese: “Helsingør”
  • Moksha: “Гэльсингёр”
  • Northern Frisian: “Helsingør Komuun”
  • Northern Frisian: “Helsingør”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elsinore”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Helsingør”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Helsingør”
  • Norwegian: “Helsingør”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Helsingør”
  • Ossetian: “Хельсингёр”
  • Persian: “هلسینگور”
  • Polish: “Elsinore”
  • Polish: “Elsynor”
  • Polish: “Elzynor”
  • Polish: “Helsingor”
  • Polish: “Helsingør”
  • Portuguese: “Helsingor”
  • Portuguese: “Helsingør”
  • Romanian: “Helsingor”
  • Romanian: “Helsingør”
  • Russian: “Хельсингер”
  • Russian: “Хельсингёр”
  • Russian: “Хельсингор”
  • Russian: “Эльсинор”
  • Scots: “Helsingør”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Helsingør”
  • Serbian: “Helsingör”
  • Serbian: “Helsingør”
  • Serbian: “Елсинор”
  • Serbian: “Хелсингер”
  • Serbian: “Хелсингор”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Helsingør”
  • Slovenian: “Helsingør”
  • Spanish: “Elsinor”
  • Spanish: “Elsinore”
  • Spanish: “Helsingor”
  • Spanish: “Helsingør”
  • Swahili: “Helsingør”
  • Swedish: “Hälsingör”
  • Swedish: “Helsingör”
  • Swedish: “Helsingør”
  • Tatar: “Һелсиңөр”
  • Thai: “เฮลซิงเงอร์”
  • Turkish: “Helsingör”
  • Turkish: “Helsingør”
  • Ukrainian: “Гельсинґьор”
  • Ukrainian: “Гельсінгер”
  • Vietnamese: “Helsingør”
  • Volapük: “Helsingør”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Helsingør”
  • Welsh: “Helsingør”
  • Western Frisian: “Helsingør”
  • Wu Chinese: “赫尔辛格”
  • Yue Chinese: “希星加”

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