King Erik of Pomerania decided to take advantage of Helsingør's strategic position at the entrance to the narrow strip of water linking the North Sea and the Baltic. And so, in 1427 he introduced Sound Dues, a duty imposed on all passing ships, and..

Helsingør's old town has retained a number of carefully restored timber-framed houses. Rich merchants and shipbuilders favoured the area around the harbour whereas craftsmen and sailors lived on the outskirts. Much of the old town has been pedestrian..

Now Helsingør's cathedral, St Olaf's Church, built between 1200 and 1560, stands at the junction of Sankt Anna Garde and Skt Olai Gade. Its furniture is mostly Renaissance and Baroque. The altarpiece and the font are particularly noteworthy.

The cloisters and gardens of the early-15C monastery are open to the public. The hospital founded by the monks now houses the town museum , where a model of the original Elsinore Castle can be seen. The German composer Dietrich Buxterhude (1637-17..

This castle was King Frederik II's summer residence. Originally built in the 16C, it was extended in the second half of the 18C for Queen Juliana Maria by the French architect Nicolas Jardin, who converted the castle into a small Louis XVI-style pala..

The national technical museum illustrates scientific and technological development through the ages.