Helsingør attracts tourists from all over the world due to its historical monuments, including maritime ones. The impressive Kronborg Castle, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List is the city’s landmark. The Old Town of Helsingør delights with its streets and historical buildings and monuments.
The Maritime Museum of Denmark (M/S Museet for Søfart) is a modern museum located in an old dry dock, where visitors can explore the history of Danish shipping. For art and culture lovers, Helsingør offers a rich theater and music program in the iconic Kulturværftet (The Culture Yard) building, a former shipyard transformed into a cultural center.
Kronborg Castle
Kronborg Castle is the setting of Shakespeare’s play ‘Hamlet’. The current castle was finished in 1585. It is located on the coast at the narrowest point of the strait of Oresund with a great view across the water to Sweden. This point is the entrance to the Baltic Sea making it a strategically very important location.
At Kronborg Castle, You are experience fascinating history, participate in lively guided tours with skilled castle hosts, view changing exhibitions, and immerse themselves in engaging historical quests during school holidays.
Old Town
Helsingør has one of Europe’s best preserved historical town centers, thanks to far-sighted conservation people in the municipality in the 1960s and 70s. In few other cities so many beautifully restored houses can be seen, in architectural styles ranging from the 15thcentury up to present time.
The Culture Yard
The Culture Yard in Helsingør is a modern cultural centre located in the old shipyard buildings. The Culture Yard consists of Elsinore’s main library full of modern facilities, a large and a small stage, the Yard Museum, exhibition hall, eatery, arcade, meeting facilities and workshops. Here, under one roof, you will find music performances, plays, lectures, exhibitions, good food and social activities.
M/S Maritime Museum
The M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark is a prize winning, iconic museum, which is designed by the world renowned, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels. The museum is positioned around the old dry dock of Elsinore’s Shipyard (Helsingør Skibsværft) and has thus been preserved as a historical monument of industry.
The great maritime collections of the museum are told through evocative exhibitions with film, interactive games and personal narratives. Here, you can watch, listen and actively experience the maritime world. The museum’s exhibits are thoughtfully curated to provide insights into the lives of sailors, the evolution of shipbuilding, and Denmark’s role in global maritime trade. From the age of exploration to the modern era, the museum’s collections include ship models, navigational instruments, and personal artifacts that tell the stories of those who lived and worked at sea.
Danish Museum of Science and Technology
The Danish Museum of Science and Technology is an adventure for children and adults. Step into the planes and listen to the engines start. Sit comfortably on the trolleybus or try out the earliest console games and arcade machines. The museum also offers exciting events and activities throughout the year. Test your aerodynamics skills at the Danish Paper Plane Championships, discover the miniature world at a Model Train event or enjoy popular family activities.
Shipyard Museum
After visiting the Maritime Museum, you can take a walk around the old shipyard, which has been turned into a cultural port. In one part of the port there is a small museum dedicated to the history of the shipyard. As you enter the small museum, you will pass several statues of former shipyard workers.
The museum consists of two parts on either side of a small walkway. In one part of the museum there was a small display of various tools that workers used to build ships. There is also a reconstructed management office here, where meetings of the wharf’s management were held during the wharf’s operation.
Marienlyst Castle
The Marienlyst Castle named after Juilana Maria, the wife of King Frederik V of Denmark, its served as the residence of the royal pavilion until 1851. The castle interiors are exquisitely preserved and feature paintings that trace back to the 18th century.
St. Cathedral Olaf
St. Cathedral Olaf in Helsingør is named after Norway’s patron saint, King Olaf II Haraldsson. The history of the church dates back to the 13th century, when a small village church was founded and built in the Romanesque style. St. Cathedral Olaf in its current state, was completed in 1559.
Øresund Aquarium
In Øresund Aquarium you can admire the animals and fish that live in the Resound. There are ten different tanks, each of them designed in order to create an environment for the fish to live as they would in resund itself. Each Monday and Wednesday at 1p you can watch the fish being fed. A visit could be combined with a visit to Kronborg Castle.
