Kronborg castle in Elsinore

The beautiful renaissance castle Kronborg in Elsinore, seen from the ferry that crosses the Sound "Öresund" between Helsingborg and Elsinore in twenty minutes. This castle was built during the reign of Frederic II of Denmark. He lived here sometimes and often had

feasts with music and actors to entertain. These musicians and actors came from England and lived in Elsinore while they were entertaining at Frederics court.

There is no evidence that Shakespear ever was in Elsinore and it is most likely that he got the information of how the castle looked like from the artists. Perhaps he also read the old history from 5th century about a danish prince Amled in Saxo Grammaticus book about the history of the Danes "Gesta danorum" This year the english actor Joshua McGuire plays Hamlet on the coartyard of Kronborg castle.

The castle is on Unescos world heritage list and every year comes around 200.000 tourists here to visit it.

Viken, a litte fishing hamlet along the Sound

The little fishinghamlet Viken lies along the coastline on the Kullapaeninsula. It is first mentioned in the 16th century. Today the buildings from the 19th century, dominates the hamlet, beatiful and wellpreserved halftimbered cottages.
The beach towards Mölle is full of stoneblocks from the latest iceage. The Kullapaeninsula have been inhabited for more than 10.000 years.

In Viken You can visit a house from the late 19th century "Paul Jönska Huset". Here the seacapten Paul Jönsson lived with his family and You can see inside how a family in those days lived. The house is open during the summer, on sundays between 15-17. The garden is open all year around.

The Sound

Here in the Öresund Parc in Helsingborg, You get a glimpse of Öresund, the gateway to the Baltic Sea, one of the livliest sounds in the world. It its only 4 kilometers to Denmark and Elsinore