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Elsinore (Danish Helsingør) is a Danish city at
the north-east point of Zealand. Internationally, it is mostly known from
the theatre play Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
Elsinore as we know it today was founded in the 1420's by the danish king
Erik of Pommern. He established the Sound Toll and build the castle 'Krogen',
which was made bigger in the 1580's and named Kronborg. The oldest parts of
the cathedral of Elsinore is from the 1200's and tells us that the
fishermans village, as Elsinore was then, was a town of a certain importance.
At least, there have always been a kind of ferryboats between Elsinore and
Helsingborg.
Kronborg Castle
is a main tourist attraction.
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Across the short water distance of Øresund is the Swedish city of
Helsingborg. Through both cities, and the ferry between them, goes European
route E4.
The municipality of Elsinore covers an area of 122 km², and has a total
population of 59,492. |
