HELSINGØR and Hamlet No matter how unpleasant it may be for us to contradict the great William Shakespe- are, there’s no way we could agree with his claim that “so- mething is rotten in the state of Denmark”! On the contrary,
canals, when you enter the castle and head to the other side, facing the sea, you wi- ll see Sweden, located just fo- ur kilometers away. Ferries constantly transport people and goods, but once upon a time this location, thanks to its geographical position, ga- ve strength and power to the kings of Denmark, which was then famous for its Kronborg. This is believed to be the rea- son why England and Shakes- peare heard about it, and thus Hamlet was named as a Dani- sh prince who lives in Elsino- re. Historians, however, claim that the famous writer almost certainly never set foot in this place. Regardless of the reali- ty, tradition has it that the spi- rit of the young prince walks
the halls of this building every night, and within the castle they have marked the special place where Hamlet met the spirit of his father... Everyt- hing here commemorates Ha- mlet and that time. The line “To be or not to be, that is the question!” echoes here every year from the vo- ices of actors who perform this famous English writer’s play for enthusiastic audien- ces. Testifying to how much Danes preserve their traditi- ons is the Shakespeare Festi- val, which brings together nu- merous artists at Kronborg Castle every August.
the place where this famo- us writer set Hamlet couldn’t be further from that claim. This is one of the most beau- tiful, and at one time among the most important, Europe- an castles - Kronborg, which Shakespeare renamed Elsino- re in Hamlet, after the city of Helsingør, where it is located. This town in the very north is situated on the farthest pe- ak of the island of Zealand, between Denmark and Swe- den, which is a strategica- lly important place, and was especially so in the Midd- le Ages, when Danish kings controlled entry and exit to the Baltic Sea and charged a tax for the passage of every ship. Those hesitant capta- ins would quickly be convin- ced that it was easier to pay than to face the cannons tur- ned seawards from all sides of Kronborg. The high peaks of this Re- naissance beauty are visible as soon as you leave the tra- in, after just a 45-minute trip from Copenhagen. Surroun- ded by a beautiful park and
Šekspir je radnju „Hamleta“ smestio u zamak Kronborg, na severu zemlje, nazivajući ga Elsinor, po gradu Heslingeru u kojem se nalazi Shakespeare made the setting for Hamlet Kronborg Castle in the north of the country, which he renamed Elsinore after the town where it is located
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