The railway system is connected to Sweden by bridge in Copenhagen and ferry in Helsingør and Frederikshavn, by land to Germany in Padborg and ferry in Rødby and to Norway by ferry in Hirtshals.

Helsingør (; often known in English-speaking countries by Shakespeare's spelling Elsinore ) is a city and the municipal seat of Helsingør Municipality on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark.

The name Helsingør is derived from the word hals meaning " neck " or " narrow strait ", referring to the narrow strait ( Øresund, or The Sound ) between what is now Helsingør and Helsingborg, Sweden.

The Rerum Danicarum Historica ( 1631 ) claims that the history of Helsingør can be traced back to 70 BC, but this information is highly dubious.

A number of convents once surrounded the church, but now all that remains is the church building, today the cathedral of the Diocese of Helsingør.

Helsingør, as it is known today, was founded in the 1420s by the Danish king Eric of Pomerania.

* In Bret Easton Ellis's novel Lunar Park the street on which the character Bret Easton Ellis lives with his own father-son haunting issues is named Helsingør Lane.

* A well-known poem by the Portuguese surrealist poet Mário Cesariny is named " You are welcome to Helsingør ".

Kronborg is a castle and star fortress in the town of Helsingør, Denmark.

Its width is just at the narrowest point between Kronborg Castle at Elsinore ( Helsingør in Danish ) in Denmark, and the northern harbour of Helsingborg in Scania, Sweden.

The average surface salinity is about 10-12 PSU in the southern part but above 20 PSU north of Helsingør.

The Hørsholm Highway is Denmark's oldest highway and connects Hørsholm to Copenhagen to the south and Helsingør to the north.

Hillerød is the capital of " Region Hovedstaden " ( The Capital Region ), one of the five regions in Denmark, and is also the third-largest city in this part of Zealand after Copenhagen and Helsingør.

Also, there is a ferry connection between Denmark ( Helsingør ) and Sweden ( Helsingborg ).

It is part of the Helsingør municipality.

The International People's College is a folk high school in Helsingør in the northern part of Zealand, Denmark.

Helsingør Kommune ( variant English name: Helsingør / Elsinore municipality ), is a municipality ( Danish, kommune ) in Region Hovedstaden on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand ( Sjælland ) in eastern Denmark.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Helsingør ( also referred to in English as " Elsinore ").

He also made important contributions to housing design, especially with his Kingo Houses near Helsingør.

The old road north from Copenhagen to Helsingør follows the scenic coastline passing through Klampenborg with its vast Dyrehave Park and the Bakken amusement fair, Rungsted with the Karen Blixen Museum and Humlebaek with the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, famous for its associations with Shakespeare's Hamlet.

In 1937 Guthrie ’ s production of Hamlet played at Elsinore / Helsingør in Denmark, with Olivier in the title role, and Vivien Leigh as Ophelia.

Halmstads BK returned to Division 1 after only 1 season in Division 2, the club crushed Örgryte IS with 6-1 in the 1947 qualify, the team also played their first match outside Sweden this year, they defeated Helsingør IF with 8-2 and the youth squad won the youth championship again after defeating Djurgårdens IF with 2-1.

Helsingør municipality was not merged with other municipalities due to the nationwide Kommunalreformen (" The Municipality Reform " of 2007 ).

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