For Paul's birthday in 2013, I surprised him with a trip to Helsingør, about a half hour train ride north of Copenhagen as part of our UNESCO World Heritage Site exploration goals. Other than the basic motivation to "collect them all", we mostly wanted to see the castle since it is where Hamlet was meant to be set (Helsingør = Elsinore). Which, you know, makes it already pretty cool.
BUT it was waaaay more interesting than even that and I'm so glad we took the time to get out there and learn a bit more Danish history. Helsingør is massively important in Danish (even world) history and, as a strategic fortress located right at the narrowing of the only navigable way into the Baltic, essentially made the country extremely rich through shipping tariffs.
Don't want to bore anyone to death about what we learned in Helsingør, but just wanted to make a note that, hey, it was a great museum with great hot chocolate and gave us a beautiful view over to Sweden. Two thumbs up to this most excellent fortress-castle, even on drizzly days.
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