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ine, nearly pitch-black zone (just follow the arrows), imagine the miserably
claustrophobic conditions the soldiers lived in, waiting to see some action.
The most famous “resident” of the Kronborg casements was Holger
Danske (“Ogier the Dane”), a mythical Viking hero revered by Danish chil-
dren. The story goes that if the nation is ever in danger, this Danish superman
will awaken and restore peace and security to the land (like King Arthur to the
English, Barbarossa to the Germans, and Wenceslas to the Czechs). While this
legend has been around for many centuries, Holger's connection to Kronborg
was cemented by a Hans Christian Andersen tale, so now everybody just as-
sumes he lives here. In one of the first rooms, you'll see a famous, giant statue
of this sleeping Viking...just waiting for things to get
really
bad.
