city / town
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Between 1422 and 1857, all ships passing through the Øresund had to pay customs duty to the city. The city's resulting wealth can be seen to this day in the form of beautiful medieval timber-frame buildings, the Gothic Carmelite monastery and the state palaces from the Renaissance and baroque eras.
4 votes
Waking up in a dorm at the low-priced and clean Danhostel City, just enjoy the morning view you have over Denmark’s capital; the hostel i...
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A national symbol of the Danish people and used as the setting for William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. At "Kronborg" Castle, you can visit the largest and probably also the most delightful knights' hall in Denmark. The view from the defensive walls across to Sweden is outstanding. Located on a strategically important site commanding the Sund, the stretch of water between Denmark and Sweden, the Royal castle of Kronborg at Helsingør (Elsinore) is of immense symbolic value to the Danish people and played a key role in the history of northern Europe in the 16th-18th centuries. Work began on the construction of this outstanding Renaissance castle in 1574, and its defences were reinforced according to the canons of the period's military architecture in the late 17th century. It has remained intact to the present day. It is world-renowned as Elsinore, the setting of Shakespeare's Hamle...
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