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Built in 1574-85, Kronborg Castle is known throughout the literary world as the setting for Shakespeare's Hamlet. The castle, which lies in a strategic position overlooking the entrance to the Sound of Øresund, burnt down in 16... more

Skokloster Palace was uninhabited for many years and was never quite completed. The construction took place during the period of 1654-1677 under the direction of architects Caspar Vogel and Nicodemus Tessin Sr. Commander Carl G... more

Fredensborg Castle is wonderfully located in Fredensborg, north of Copenhagen. The square castle with its grand dome was built in 1721, during the reign of Frederik IV, under the supervision of architect C. Krieger. Since then... more

In this aquarium you can admire the animals and fish that live in the Øresund. There are ten different tanks, each of them designed in order to create an environment for the fish to live as they would in Øresund itself. Each Mo... more

Frederiksborg castle's Baroque gardens date from the 1600s. At one point it fell into disrepair and then simply vanished; in 1996 the gardens were re-landscaped and re-opened, though. You can now once again admire the big water... more

The 16 buildings here are reconstructions of houses from Medieval Norway. The farm was built in 1994 for the shooting of the film Kristin Lavransdatter, based on Nobel Laureate Sigrid Undset's famous novel of the same name. Now... more

Have you ever heard the term New Circus? It is a circus form that developed in France during the 1980s. It drew inspiration from performance art, street artistes and rock 'n' roll rather than from the traditional circus with it... more

This little town hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1994, and has a lot to offer in the summer as well. It is one of the oldest winter resort towns and boasts an idyllic city center, with most of its old wooden houses intact, a... more