This castle is also known as Hamlet's Castle, as Mr. Shakespeare based his fictional character of Hamlet off one of the Danish monarchs. I'm a little sketchy on the history. I'll probably look it up later and add it back in.
Kronborg is a well preserved castle with some very historic tapestries that tell many stories of the Danish royalty. I loved the real moat surrounding it (lower picture)! The case mates were very low ceiling-ed tunnels in the basement where imposing "Helgor" sleeps until Denmark is threatened and then he will awake and save the country.
Nonetheless, the location is Helsingnor, DK which is the closest spot to Sweden (Helsignborg). There are huge ferries every half hour, one of which we jumped on. It was exciting to go to another country, even if we were only there a short afternoon. The waterway between the two countries is very narrow which allowed the Danish King to collect taxes on all the boats passing through.
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