More information: Exploring Skåne
Helsingborg is a coastal city in Skåne County in the southern part of Sweden. This is the closest that you will get to Denmark from the Swedish mainland, with Helsingør located directly across the narrow Öresund Strait. Helsingborg is, with a population of around 113,000, the second largest city in the province of Skåne, with Malmö…
Ales Stenar, or Ale’s Stones in English, is a megalithic monument in Ystad Municipality in the province of Skåne in southern Sweden. The monument is on the outskirts of the village of Kåseberga. These 59 large stones create the largest stone ship in Sweden with a length of 67 meters. A Short History of Ales…
Ängelholm is a locality in the historical province of Skåne in southern Sweden. It is located on the shores of the bay Skälderviken, a part of the sea of Kattegat. Its center is, however, located a bit inland along the river Rönne Å. In addition to being known for its ocarinas, Ängelholm also has around…
Heading out on a solo road trip had so far been really interesting. It was the summer of 2022 and I had reached Bergkvara in southern Småland after two days of driving that had taken me through Östergötland, across to the Island of Öland and I was now close to the province of Blekinge. This…
Hässleholm is a town in the province of Skåne in southern Sweden. It is a fairly new town, with only a little more than 100 years of history. Still, it has around 19.400 inhabitants and has used its position as a railway junction well. The railway initially attracted many industries to the area and manufacturing…
Kristianstad is a town in the province of Skåne in southern Sweden. It is today the region’s fourth-largest locality with a population of around 41.300 inhabitants. This is a town that was once fortified and many of the fortifications are still standing. The area has been for centuries an important border area between Sweden and…
Bromölla is a locality in the province of Skåne in southern Sweden. It is home to around 8.100 inhabitants as well as the old industrial manufacturer Ifö, known for their toilets. It is also famous for its fossil deposits, with finds of Plesiosaurs from the Cretaceous Period. These giant reptiles are today remembered with a…
The Swedish town Landskrona is not far from Denmark, it’s just across the strait. The town has is one of several in southern Sweden that has historically been a part of both Sweden and Denmark. Only a short distance from Sweden’s third largest city – Malmö – Landskrona is one of the places in the…
Malmö is the third city of Sweden and it’s the biggest city in the southernmost area of Sweden known as Skåne (or Scania). The city lies near the Danish capital Copenhagen as well. Not too long ago we decided to visit this city that is also famous for the Eurovision Song Contest, football player Zlatan…