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Landskrona

Country
Sweden
State
Kristianstad
City
Landskrona
Type of Location
Multiple
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How to Reach

By air

Nearest airports to Landskrona are sorted by the distance to the airport from the city centre
  Ronneby Airport (distanced approximately 160 km)
  Ronneby Karlskrona Rail Svc. Airport (distanced approximately 160 km)
  Emmaboda Airport (distanced approximately 190 km)
  Kosta Airport (distanced approximately 190 km)
  Goteborg Save Airport (distanced approximately 220 km)

By train

Landskrona has good rail connections to Malmo, Lund, and Helsingborg.
 

Key places to visit
Landskrona Castle, Landskrona Museum, Landskrona art gallery, Town Hall Square, Sofia Albertina church, Orenas Castle


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Places to Visit

Landskrona Castle

Landskrona Castle, the Citadel, a fortress of Landskrona , SkAne County .Citadel is one of the best preserved fortresses water from the 1500s with a well preserved moat system . It has also been imprisoned . There is both an ancient dungeon and a prison tower.Now owned by Citadel National Property Board . The castle is used for festivities and guided tours. Christian III of Denmark had built the Citadel in Landskrona 1549-1559. It was from the outset intended purely as a defense plant. The ground plan was square and the castle was surrounded by a seventy-meter wide moat. The main row of the channel was heavily armed. Guarantees other sites were protected by barrier walls with corner towers.

Landskrona Museum

Landskrona museum collections and exhibitions depicting events and people in Landskrona's history. Apart from permanent exhibitions display some 15 temporary exhibitions each year. In fact room museum, Memory Bank, is the municipality's memories and history combined. During spring and autumn are offered a varied program on Sunday afternoons and Thursday evenings. Tours, lectures, musical entertainment, debates and more. The children take much space at the museum and co-operation with schools is extensive.The museum is located at the Town Hall Square in the 1700s building, Adolf Fredrik's barracks. 1933 bought Landskrona city barracks and housed for many years, various associations activities. 1934 moved to Landskrona Museum into the upper floors, and since 1976 the entire building. Adolf Fredrik's barracks is declared as heritage building .

Landskrona art gallery

Landskrona art gallery is a municipally owned art gallery in Landskrona .Landskrona Art Gallery was built as an industrial arts showroom in the context of Landskrona city 550 anniversary of the 1963rd The building was designed by Sten Samuelson and Fritz Jaenecke and is a pure example of a Swedish modernist post-war architecture .At the art gallery there since 1997, a permanent sculpture collection, KaptensgArden sculpture park, with more than 20 sculptures by including Ulla Viotti , Bertil Herlow Svensson , Claes Hake , Staffan Nihlén , Lena Lervik , January Janczak , Bie Norling , Lone Larsen and Paul Smith .

Town Hall Square

The city's main square, Old Town Square, located at City Hall from the 1890's. Other buildings around the square is an exemption from the period 1890-1915, many of them are large magnificent buildings such as Handelsbanken and SEB office. Although the even older Adolf Fredrik's barracks (now the Museum) has its eastern gable facing the square. Middle of the square is the water-spouting fountain "west wind" and the square is crowned by lime trees that are cut to form a "green fence" a bit up in the air from late April to early November.

Sofia Albertina church

Sofia Albertina church is a church building belonging to Landskrona parish , diocese of Lund and Landskrona municipality . It is located in the center of Landskrona , across from City Hall.The church began in 1754 and was designed by Carl Harleman . 1788 the church was consecrated by the name Sofia Albertina church, a name it received after Gustav III 's sister Sofia Albertina . The church replaced a 1400-century church that they had to tear when you thought it was too close to the city's fortress. The north tower is since 1967 a carillon with 43 bells two swinging bells. The south tower has two bells swinging.

Orenas Castle

Orenas castles, palaces near Glumslov , Landskrona municipality .Orenas located just above the fish certainty Alabodarna at the Sound , below GlumslOv. The castle and surrounding buildings, over 100 hotel rooms, great restaurant and 10 conference rooms. It was completed in 1918 and is considered to be Sweden's youngest castle. The castle, located about 60 meters above sea level, is less than 500 meters from the coast, including a dance restaurant with outdoor terrace, with great views to the southwest and west. In addition to the Sound, one can see Ven and the Danish coast and Copenhagen (However, missing views to Elsinore and Kronborg Castle) The castle also has a number of halls to a pub and a few suites. Most of the hotel was built by Resia in the 1960s, as a modern annex a bit of Spanish-style resort with an irregular pool.

Right Time to Visit

November - February

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