Must-see attractions in Helsingør

  • Kronborg castle, Helsingor, Denmark

    Kronborg Slot

    Helsingør

    Best known as the Elsinore Castle of Shakespeare's Hamlet, this Unesco World Heritage Site is a vast Renaissance masterpiece topped by baroque green…

  • M/S Museet for Søfart

    Helsingør

    Ingeniously built into a dry dock beside Kronborg Slot, this subterranean museum merits a visit as much for its design as for its informative multimedia…

  • Helsingør Bymuseum

    Helsingør

    One block north of the cathedral, Helsingør Bymuseum occupies a former sailors’ hospital, built in 1516 by the monks of the adjacent monastery. It…

  • Sankt Mariæ Kirke & Karmeliterklostret

    Helsingør

    Karmeliterklostret is one of Scandinavia’s few fully preserved monastic cloisters, its arched brick arcades giving the feel of an Oxford college. The…

  • Skibsklarerergaarden

    Helsingør

    Meaning 'Shipwreck Garden', this 1580 terraced building has a feel that has remained virtually unchanged for centuries. The ground floor 'Boutik' …

  • Hammermøllen

    Helsingør

    About 5km west of Helsingør, this picturesque old smithy was founded by Christian IV in 1765 to hammer out cannons for his battleships, and has also…

  • Sankt Olai Domkirke

    Helsingør

    The handsome, red-brick Sankt Olai Domkirke is a Gothic cathedral built in 1559 on the site of a 13th-century original. Eclectic features include a…

  • Danmarks Tekniske Museum

    Helsingør

    On an industrial estate southwest of Helsingør, Danmarks Tekniske Museum displays innovative technological inventions from the late 19th and early 20th…

  • Værftsmuseet

    Helsingør

    This free museum hosts changing exhibitions that highlight the role of shipbuilding in Helsingør's 19th- and 20th-century history. Once the city's main…

  • Han

    Helsingør

    A humorous dig at the Little Mermaid, Han is a 2012 male version of that statue in a similar pose to the Copenhagen original but made in gleamingly…

  • Rådhus

    Helsingør

    Restored in 2015, the attractive, brick, Gothic 1852 town hall building is particularly appealing at night when light strained through the stained-glass…

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