- Type
- Castle
- Built
- 1574 · 16th century
- Location
- Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
- Heritage
- UNESCO World Heritage List
- Visiting
- probably – Wikidata lists it as a museum or gives tickets, opening hours or visitor numbers; check before you go
- Coordinates
- 56.0386°, 12.6219°
History
In the 15th century King Eric of Pomerania built the fortress of Krogen at the narrowest point of the Øresund and introduced the Sound Dues, a toll on passing ships that filled the Danish treasury for centuries. In the 1570s and 1580s Frederick II rebuilt it as a magnificent Renaissance castle and named it Kronborg. After a fire in 1629 Christian IV restored the interiors, but in 1658 the castle was taken by the Swedes. From the late 18th to the early 20th century it served as army barracks, and it was later restored and opened to visitors. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
What to see
Visitors see the royal chambers, a chapel with richly carved pews and the vast ballroom, one of the largest in Northern Europe. In the dark casemates beneath the castle sits a stone statue of Holger the Dane. The ramparts and bastions look out over the strait to the Swedish coast, and Hamlet is regularly staged in the courtyard.
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