Helsingør
Description
Helsingør is the most North Easterly point in North Zealand (the island which Copenhagen and Helsingør are on) and is a key point in controlling shipping through the straight that eventually leads through from the North sea to the Baltic. Effectively controlling all sea trade in and out of Sweden, Finland, Germany Poland and the Baltic States it has had an interesting history and the castle, which gave Shakespeare the inspiration for Hamlet, has seen much of it.
Charge
Getting There
Trains run every 20 minutes from the centre of Copenhagen to Helsingør station which is at the southern end of the town, taking about 55 minutes.
Latitude: 56.036305; Longitude: 12.613511
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Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (13/03/2005), and on time of last update (07/08/2010) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.