Hellebæk is a town in North Zealand

North Zealand

North Zealand is located in north-eastern part Zealand in Denmark. North Zealand is known for its beautiful countryside and many attractions and the Kronborg Castle in Elsinore, well known from Hamlet by William Shakespeare....

 in Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. It has a population of 5,578 (1 January 2011) and is sited by the Øresund about 5 kilometres north of Helsingør, in Helsingør Municipality

Helsingør municipality

Helsingør Kommune , is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 122 km², and has a total population of 60,844...

 and the Capital Region.

Hellebæk has historically grown to merge with the nearby settlement of Ålsgårde and was centred on the military industrial (and later clothing factory) complex at Hammermøllen

Hammermøllen

Hammermøllen was a set of water mills at Hellebæk in Denmark, used to power the Kronborg weapons factory. The first mill on the site was built in 1576, but it was only linked to weapons production from 1601, when the gun foundry was built nearby...

. In the case of war, the Danish government and royal family would move into a bunker at Hellebæk (Regan Øst), prior to the construction of 60 metre deep nuclear bunker Regan Vest in the Rold Skov

Rold Skov

Rold Skov is Denmark's second largest forest.The forest is named after the village of Rold which lies in the southern outskirt of the forest. Other towns in Rold Skov include Arden, Rebild and Skørping....

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