Contact Admin. It is the closest city to Sweden , with frequent ferry connections to its twin city across the strait; Helsingborg. It is known for the impressive Kronborg castle world heritage site , its historic city centre and as the setting of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Until the Middle Ages, Elsinore was nothing but a small trading post. These ships had to pay the tolls at the docks of Elsinore, and hence used the city for provisioning as well. The history of the toll lasted until , even though Denmark lost the southern Swedish provinces in With the loss of the toll, Elsinore plummeted into poverty, but Denmark's subsequent industrialization had a positive impact on the city, for example the city developed an important ship building industry in line with its maritime heritage, the ever growing ferry traffic to Sweden also had a positive impact, with many Swedes day tripping to Elsinore for shopping, above all for alcohol taxed much less in Denmark than across the strait.
Elsinore's prominent place in European history in the age when the play was written ca. The coastal railway Danish: The trains are operated by DSB , the journey takes 45 minutes from Copenhagen central station with trains every 10β20 minutes during the day and every hour during night time.
Single tickets are very expensive kr in , so consider using a City Pass Large covering the entire length of the railway from Copenhagen to Elsinore. If you are considering visiting the Louisiana art museum, it's both feasible and much more economical to lump them together into a single day trip.
The train station in Elsinore, which has direct access to the ferry terminal, is something of an attraction itself. It hails back from , and is built in the same style as the Rosenborg Palace in central Copenhagen. It was thoroughly renovated in the early s and subsequently listed. When arriving it's worth taking a bit of extra time to drink in the atmosphere of the richly ornamented and decorated foyer.
