Friday, May 23, 2014

Day 2 - Copenhagen Kronborg Castle





Another quick 30 minute S-tog train from Hillerød to Helsingor  - followed by a 15 minute walk to our second tourist sight today. It is Kronborg Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site.


Kronborg Castle in Elsinore, at the Sound of Øresund, is one of northern Europe's most important Renaissance castles. Known all over the world from Shakespeare's Hamlet, it is also the most famous castle in Denmark. King Frederik II built Kronborg in 1574-1585 at the narrowest neck of the Sound between Denmark and Sweden – the Renaissance counterpart of a modern motorway. Through it sailed trading vessels from all over the world and had to pay a tax, ‘the Sound Dues’ to the Danish King.







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