Helsingør - Kronborg Castle Ramparts

In the casemates (fortified walls) below the inner ramparts of Kronborg Castle near Helsingor is a seated statue by H. P. Pedersen-Dan of the sleeping "Holger Danske", the national hero who, according to legend, will awaken only in the country's hour of need. A walk along the outer bastions is recommended. The "platform before the castle" is that on which, in Shakespeare's "Hamlet", the ghost of the Danish king appears striding past the guard.