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Helsingør [hɛlseˈŋøɔ̯ˀ], also known by its English anglo name Elsinore, is a city in Helsingør municipality on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. It is known internationally as the setting of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Image File history File links Kronborg_castle2. ...
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The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
Kronborg Castle in Helsingør municipality, Denmark. ...
Zealand (Danish: Sjælland ) is the largest island of Denmark. ...
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and is one of his best-known and most often quoted plays. ...
The name is derived from *Hals meaning "narrow strait" and it referred to the narrow passage between what is now Elsinore and Helsingborg. The Rerum Danicarum Historica (1631) claims that the history of Elsinore can be traced back to 70 BC, but this information is highly dubious. The people were mentioned, as Helsinger, for the first time in King Valdemar the Victorious's book from 1231, but they should not be confused with the Helsings of Hälsingland in Sweden. Prior to the Middle Ages it was just a marketplace where people sold goods, including women. About 1200 AD the first church, Sct Olai Church, was built. A number of convents once surrounded the church, but now all that remains is the church building, today the cathedral of the Diocese of Elsinore. Helsingborg in Sweden Helsingborg is located in the southernmost part of Sweden and has a population of 115,000. ...
Valdemar II (1170–1241), called Valdemar the Conqueror or Valdemar the Victorious, was the King of Denmark from 1202 until 1241. ...
Hälsingland?, is a historical province or landskap in the north of Sweden. ...
Helsingør as we know it today was founded in the 1420s by the Danish king Eric of Pomerania. He established the Sound Toll in 1429 and built the castle 'Krogen', which was made bigger in the 1580s and named Kronborg. The oldest parts of the cathedral of Elsinore date back to the 1200s and tell us that the fishermen's village, as Elsinore was then, was a town of a certain importance. At least, there have always been some form of ferryboats crossing between Elsinore and Helsingborg. Eric of Pomerania Eric of Pomerania, Erik af Pommern, Erik VII (Danish title), Erik av Pommern (Eirik III) (Norwegian title) or Erik av Pommern (Eric XIII) (Swedish title), was adopted by Margaret I of Denmark and became the hereditary king of Norway (1389 – 1440), elected king of Denmark (1412 – 1439...
Kronborg Castle is a main tourist attraction. Hamlet has been performed a number of times in its courtyard. Kronborg Castle as seen from the sea Kronborg Castle is situated near the town of Elsinore (Danish Helsingør) on the extreme tip of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Oresund (Danish Øresund), the sound between Denmark and Sweden. ...
The Swedish city of Helsingborg lies a short distance across the Øresund from Elsinore. European route E55 traverses the two cities; ferries connect the two ends. Helsingborg in Sweden Helsingborg is located in the southernmost part of Sweden and has a population of 115,000. ...
Denmark (red) / south Sweden (yellow), connected with the Oresund Bridge. ...
The European route E55 passes through the following cities: Helsingborg - Elsinore - Rostock - Berlin - Dresden - Teplice - Prague - Vienna - Ancona - Ioannina - Arta (bypasses) - Amphilochia - Agrinion - Messolonghi - Rhion * Antirrhion - Patras - Kourtesi - Marathia - Pyrgos - Epitalion - Zacharo - Kalo Nero - near Dorio - near Oichalia - Allagi - Thouria - Kalamáta From Helsingborg, the route continues northward through Sweden...
The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ...
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Windmills, antique (pictured) and modern, accent the gently rolling meadowlands of Denmark. ...
Lake Elsinore is a city located in Riverside County, California. ...
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