On the fourth day of our holiday trip, we drove from Lund down to the southwesternmost point of Sweden - the two old medieval towns of Skanör and Falsterbo - and back again.
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| The ruins of an old fortress at Skanör (13th century) |
We had lunch at this or some similar place at Skanör harbour, and then went for a walk along the quayside.
From Skanör, far away in the distance to the north, we could actually see the Öresund bridge that connects Malmö and Copenhagen. (In this picture I zoomed it in with my camera.)
At Falsterbo, we visited the main bathing beach. (No, we did not go into the water... But I did walk barefoot in the sand for a bit!)
At Höllviken, we visited an odd and unique museum of amber - and various other beach finds. (More or less the whole house is actually built from driftwood, I think.)
We also visited at least four churches on this day. I'll get back to these in separate posts some time...
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| Skanör Church |
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| Maglarp Church |
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| Hammarlöv Church |
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| Västra Vemmerlöv Church |
We also had time to see a bit more of Lund. In the morning, before we set off to Skanör, we stopped to have a look at the old Observatory in the Town Park, which used to be part of the Astronomy Department at the University (until it was replaced by a new observatory in 2001). In the evening, we also went for a last walk in Lund to look at (among other things) the main old university building; and finished off with a stroll through the Botanical Garden.
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| The Observatory |
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| The University |
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| Greenhouse in the Botanical Garden, Lund |
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What a beautiful place, that sand looks so warm.
ReplyDeleteAmy, it was a pleasantly warm and sunny day... So yes, the sand was warm (but not so hot as to burn your feet!)
DeleteWhat a charming seaside location.
ReplyDeleteYes there are some wonderful sandy beaches along the south coast :)
DeleteThe churches are each one beautiful! I know you will be telling us if you went inside. My favorite picture is either the boat or the first field of purple wildflowers. You really got over the ground and covered a lot on this day.
ReplyDeleteGinny, it's a beautiful area, and especially on a sunny day like this :)
DeleteWow, you packed a lot into that day, and it all looks wonderful! The churches are interesting, especially Hammarlöv.
ReplyDeletePS: Bärnstein? You know it is Bernstein in German, don't you :-)
Delete'bärnsten' in Swedish (no i) ... (Not sure Bernstein was in my "active" German vocabulary but I certainly wouldn't have had any difficulty understanding it if I came across it in context...)
DeleteChurches with stepped gables were on my wish-list for this trip... And on this day I certainly couldn't complain of a lack of them! :) (They are common in Skåne - which once upon a time used to belong to Denmark - but rarely seen further north in Sweden, I think.)
You must have thoroughly enjoyed that day. I know that I would have. So much to see and do and in the sun as a bonus. I can't recall seeing stepped gable churches in the UK either. I was sure that I recalled the Öresund Bridge from one of your previous posts because I remembered Wikiing it years ago. Anyway it really is a remarkable structure.
ReplyDeleteGraham, we were lucky with the weather that whole week: Sunny and yet not too hot. I can't recall writing about the Öresund Bridge before (?) I know for certain that I haven't been that far south-west in Sweden myself since before it was built. However, last year we crossed the Öland Bridge on the east coast, and I did write about that. That's a long bridge too although not quite as long as the Öresund one.
DeletePS. Checking a list of the Longest Bridges in Europe, it seems even the Öresund Bridge is only No 5 now (and Öland Bridge No 7). The longest is one in Portugal.
DeletePPS Doing a search on my own blog I find that I did mention the Öresund bridge in a post way back in December 2013, in connection with a bad snow storm when it had to close... (So nothing wrong with your memory!!)
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