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03.07.2020
Wadkoping Wadkoping is a fictional city in a series of short stories by Hjalmar Bergman. The childhood town of author Erebru and Westeros, where Hjalmar Bergman took the student as a private artist, were role models. The fictional resort gave its name to the Wadköping Open Air Museum in...
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03.07.2020
Tiveden National Park Tiwen National Park is a national park located in the Tiwen Forest in the municipalities of Laxo (Örebro County) and Karlsborg (Vestra Götaland County), in the historic province of Westergötaland in Sweden. It is managed by Naturvårdsverket and Örebro County,...
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03.07.2020
Helsingborg City Hall The building of the municipality of Helsingborg, designed by Alfred Hellerstrom, was built in 1897. In 1889, an architectural competition was held to define the design of the new Helsingborg City Hall. Only 26-year-old Alfred Hellerström, who had recently graduated from the...
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02.07.2020
Tropikariet Zoo, Helsingborg In Tropikariet Zoo in Helsingborg you will find animals from all over the world, interesting for everyone, big and small! The zoo was opened in 1994 entirely with private funds and is operated without any municipal or state subsidies. The Tropikariet is divided into small departments...
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02.07.2020
St. Mary's Church, Helsingborg St. Mary's Church - Church building in Helsingborg. It is a parish church in Maria Helsingborg parish in the diocese of Lund . St. Mary's Church in Helsingborg is the oldest church in the city and was erected in the 11th century in the Romanesque style. In the 1400s it was...
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02.07.2020
Sofiero Palace Sofiero Palace, or simply Sofiero in the municipality of Helsingborg, Scania was one of the Swedish royal country homesteads located 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) north of Helsingborg. Originally a Swedish farm called Scablike, it was bought in 1864 by Swedish Prince Oscar and his wife...
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01.07.2020
Toy World Toy World is a museum in Helsingborg. The world of toys is an experience for children and adults. It is not a play centre or a traditional historical toy museum, but a wonderful world built with toy exhibitions, a play area and games for fun, a creepy room and fun activities. The...
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01.07.2020
Karnan Kärnan is a medieval tower in Helsingborg, Skania, in southern Sweden. It is the only remaining part of a large Danish fortress that together with Kronborg Fortress opposite Oresund controlled the entrance between Kattegat and Oresund and further south of the Baltic Sea. The...
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01.07.2020
Dunkers Kulturhus Dunkers Kulturhus is an art museum and art centre in the Norra hamnen (North Harbour) residential area in the Swedish city of Helsingborg, opened in 2002; has a total surface area of 16,000 m², of which 10,600 m² are used as commercial premises - an exhibition area of 3,200...
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30.06.2020
Fredriksdal Museums and Gardens Fredriksdal Museums and Gardens is an open-air museum with an area of 36 hectares in Helsingborg, built around an estate similar to the estate, owned by Fredriksdal. Originally Fredriksdal was built by Fredrik Wilhelm Köster in 1787 as an agricultural land, a kind of summer place....
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