helsingborg

In popular speech, Helsingborg is known as the Pearl of the �resund. Helsingborg is a great small town with good shopping in the pedestrian streets and a rich cultural life. The exciting new Dunker's Cultural House, has already become a landmark. You'll find some of Scandinavia's best renowned chefs here and wide range of less expensive restaurants and bars. Bordering on the sea, we have a beautiful new residential area by the waterfront, beaches and historical sites. Only minute's away right across the �resund you can see Denmark, Ellsinore and the Kronborg Palace, Hamlet's home.

We are 118 000 Helsingborgers which makes our beautiful town the ninth largest in Sweden.
Helsingborg is an exciting town with charming neighbourhoods and an ethnic and cultural diversity that makes us proud. A new harbour along with a new residential area by the waterfront, culinary fare, a well-spoken-of cultural life and a continental atmosphere will fascinate you.

Helsingborg takes an active part in the Committee of �resund working for a cooperation between Helsingborg and neighbouring towns and counties in this part of Sweden as well as in Ellsinore and Denmark on the other side of the �resund.
You will find that Helsingborg is a town on the move whether you are here for pleasure or business.

Like a dazzling crown jewel Helsingborg, stretches out by the waterfront with its beaches, yacht harbours and waterfront walks.
Our town is a major travel destination welcoming millions of business and leisure visitors each year. A scenic and picturesque pedestrian area with lots of quality shopping,
good restaurants and historic attractions makes Helsingborg
a must, not only in Sweden but in Scandinavia.

Most sites and neighbourhoods are within walking distance, which is part of the charm. In the surroundings of Helsingborg you'll find some of the best golf courses, a former royal summer residence with a very well renowned restaurant, an outdoor summer theatre and breath-taking scenic nature.

Landmarks: K�rnan dates back to the 12th century when the political situation around the �resund was very tensed and K�rnan was built as a defence tower. A century later a second tower was added by the young King Erik to serve as a residence for him and his queen Ingeborg.

The walls are 4 metres thick. For two centuries, K�rnan was very important as a part of the strategic defence of Denmark. In addition, Helsingborg was one of the more important towns in the Danish kingdom. However, in the 16th century when the construction of the Kronborg Royal Palace began, K�rnan lost some of its importance until a hundred years later when the wars between Sweden and Denmark broke out.

After many years of war Sk�ne and thereby Helsingborg was handed over to the Swedish King through the peace-treaty signed in 1658 at Roskilde in Denmark.

In today's K�rnan there is a restaurant in one of the towers and of course a magnificent view.

Helsingborg has many exiting things to offer. Helsingborg is known for having a great number of night-clubs, discos and pubs.The cultural offerings are wide as theatres, concerts and cinemas you will find a jazzclub with guest performers.

You can take an exciting fishing tour in �resund, go diving, sailing or surfing.If you like soccer you can watch HIF (our soccer team in Helsingborg) play at Olympia stadium. Golfing enthusiasts can choose between almost 30 golfcourses in the surrounding neighbourhood. In the summertime you can enjoy the beaches. We have also two indoor swimmingpools.

An exciting place for the children is ''Tropikariet''. Here they can watch different kinds of snakes, crocodiles, sharks and lizards in the warm tropical climate.

Jordbodalen is a small zoo, housing our most common animals. Next to this little park you have ''Sundsp�rlan'', Helsingborg's leisure park.

Helsingborg has a large selection of shops.
You can choose from a varied collection. The most important shopping street is Kullagatan at the northern end of the city. At the southern end you will find our new shopping centre ''S�derpunkten''.

And when you have tired yourself out strolling the City's pedestrian streets, allies and squares, you can take the buss out to shopping centre called V�la or take the ferry over to Helsing�r.

Helsingborg has an open-minded and continental atmosphere so it almost came natural that the very first pedestrian street in all of Sweden was and still is right here. Kullagatan is the name.

Here you will find a wide selection of trendy fashion shops, gifts, interior design, Swedish glass and electronic device and whatever else you might fancy. In the same neighbourhood are Drottninggatan, J�rnv�gsgatan, Storgatan and Bruksgatan the latter is called Gamla Stan, the Old Town. Gatan means the street by the way.

Helsingborg also has a big variety of shopping malls in the city centre as well as in the outskirts of the city.

Every mall has its own style and assortment. Some are very exclusive, others offer a wide selection of shops and international and national chain of shops.

You find almost everything under the same roof : clothes, electronics, provisions, restaurants, jewellery, toys, books and more!

The malls have extended opening hours and some are open on Sundays as well.

Helsingborg a cultural frontrunner!
Helsingborg has a solidly established cultural reputation and our town has been and still is in the cultural frontlines where yesterday's values and traditions go hand in hand with today's dynamic cultural life.The Concert Hall from the 1920ies is one of the Functionalism's landmarks.

The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra tours the world and sells records like any pop star. The Helsingborg Municipal Theatre was Sweden?s first one with
a permanent ensemble already in then 1920ies. And to go with all this we have art galleries, the Frederiksdals Summer Theatre and the spectacular new Dunker's Cultural House which altogether will make your stay a memorable one whether you are here for a day or longer.

Helsingborg has excellent connections to and from the rest of Europe and the world. Direct trains from Copenhagen International Airport take you to the city centre in less than two hours. From Malm�'s international airport, Sturup, Helsingborg is less than an hour and half away. And the �ngelholm-Helsingborg airport is 15 minutes away.

A well-developed highway system connects Helsingborg to all major cities in the rest of Scandinavia and Europe.