Hamlet's home from home: Shakespeare was inspired by this Danish castle - and you will be, too Kronborg Castle is the world-famous setting for Shakespeare's Hamlet It's located 45 minutes from Copenhagen in the town of Helsingor Thomas W. Hodgkinson goes to see the limestone walls, turrets and cannons READ MORE: Six of the best car-free islands to visit, from the USA to Greece By Thomas W. Hodgkinson For The Daily Mail Published: 10:22 EDT, 12 July 2024 | Updated: 10:22 EDT, 12 July 2024 e-mail View comments To be or not to be a pushy parent.
That is the question, or one of them at least, that faces anyone who embarks on the epic project of having children - and, when it comes to Shakespeare, I am nothing if not pushy. My son Nicholas, who is ten, had iambic pentameters thrust upon him from birth. I recall crooning: ‘O mistress mine, where are you roaming?’ from Twelfth Night over his cot.
It helped to get him off to sleep. To my delight, Nicholas is a fan of Macbeth (the graphic novel version). And when I proposed a visit to Kronborg Castle, the basis for Elsinore Castle, in Hamlet - in tribute to the 75th anniversary of Laurence Olivier winning the best picture Oscar for his film adaptation of the play - he was keen.
Centre stage: Thomas W. Hodgkinson visits Kronborg Castle, the world-famous setting for Shakespeare's Hamlet The castle is located in Helsingor, Denmark, and has 'pointy turrets and cannons galore' The castle, in Helsingor, on the north-east corner of Denma.
