LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS With its 300 half-timbered buildings, no other town in Scandinavia and few in Europe can boast such a complete picture of bygone times. And it is a district that is very much alive. Many of the old buildings house shops, eateries and other fascinating places for people who like to enjoy […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS Glimmingehus, located in Simrishamn Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden, is the best preserved medieval stronghold in Scandinavia. It was built 1499-1506, during an era when Scania formed a vital part of Denmark, and contains many defensive arrangements of the era, such as parapets, false doors and dead-end corridors, ‘murder-holes’ for pouring […]
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LOCATION Kulturen Tegnérsplatsen, Box 1095 S-22104 Lund Sweden photo source: ATTRACTIONS (Local Name: Kulturhistoriska Museet) In Lund’s Tegnérsplats is the Museum of Cultural History (Kulturhistoriska Museet; popularly known simply as Kulturen), an open-air museum with farmhouses, pastors’ houses and town houses from all over southern Sweden; particularly notable is an old church from Bosebo in […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS In 990, the then 1000-year old town Uppåkrais believed to have been moved to Lund’s location. The distance is only some five kilometers, but Lund is located on a hill, and on the other side of a rivulet-ford, giving the new site considerable defence advantages compared to Uppåkra, that is situated […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The southern part of the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea is dominated by a vast limestone plateau. Human beings have lived here for some five thousand years and adapted their way of life to the physical constraints of the island. As a consequence, the landscape is unique, with abundant […]
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LOCATION Canoeing in Immeln and a picnic in nature photo source: ATTRACTIONS SOURCE
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS A day at Karlshamn city. It is worth getting started to visit Karlshamn from the science center „Kreativum“ which attracts people of all ages and is especially suitable for families. In this center everyone – both young and adult – has a great time trying out a wide range […]
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LOCATION Blekinge and eastern Scania is the south-eastern part of Sweden, located by the Baltic Sea, also referred to as the Garden of Sweden owing to its natural abundance. Historically, it is a part of Gotland from which Goths and Gepids set off to the south in the early years of our millennium. As far […]
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LOCATION The south-eastern end of Sweden is Österlen, Scania plain, a land of mild climate, fertile soil and rich past. It bears the stigma of both the Vikings and the Danes who had ruled Scania until the mid-17th century. What attracts tourists besides the scenic beaches, national parks and moraine hills is numerous monuments of […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION Ystad (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈyːsta]) is a town, and the seat of Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden, with 18,350 inhabitants in 2010. [1] The settlement dates to the 11th century and the town has become a busy ferry port, local administrative centre and tourist attraction. It is associated with the fictional detective Kurt Wallander whose […]
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