Landskrona Attractions
Post code: S-261..
Telephone code: 0418
The port and industrial town of Landskrona, on the Öresund, received its municipal charter from Eric of Pomerania in 1413, but suffered severely from the wars between Sweden and Denmark in the three following centuries. There are many market gardens and nurseries in the fertile surrounding area (e.g. at Weibulls).
Landskrona is noted as the only city in Sweden operating trolleybuses, the new station opened in 2001. Another notable attraction is the recreation area with the walls and moat of the old fort, Landskrona Citadel.
Telephone code: 0418
The port and industrial town of Landskrona, on the Öresund, received its municipal charter from Eric of Pomerania in 1413, but suffered severely from the wars between Sweden and Denmark in the three following centuries. There are many market gardens and nurseries in the fertile surrounding area (e.g. at Weibulls).
Landskrona is noted as the only city in Sweden operating trolleybuses, the new station opened in 2001. Another notable attraction is the recreation area with the walls and moat of the old fort, Landskrona Citadel.
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Ven Island - Uraniborg
The castle of Uraniborg stands on the island of Ven. Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe lived here for thirty years in the late 1500s, where he carried out astronomical observations and discovered the first super-nova star.
Borstahusen, Sweden
(Near Landskrona)
3km/2mi north of Landskrona's center lies the fishing village of Borstahusen. A few kilometers farther north is the hilly region of Glumslövs Backar, a landscape shaped by Ice Age glaciers.
Surrounding Borstahusean is an recreational area with camping, golf courses and good swimming.
Surrounding Borstahusean is an recreational area with camping, golf courses and good swimming.
Landkrona - Selma Lagerlöf's House
Behind the Sofia Albertina Church (18th C.; fine stained glass), at Kungsgatan 13A in Landskrona, stands the house in which the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf (Nobel Prize, 1909) lived from 1885 to 1891. While here she wrote her novel "Gösta Berling's Saga" (published 1891).
Landskrona Citadel
Behind the Landskrona barracks is the Citadel, within the area of which are a beautiful park and a Museum of Art. The Citadel, built by the Danish king Christian III in the 16th century, is surrounded by a triple ring of ramparts and moats, reinforced by bastions. From 1825 it was used as a prison, and from 1940 it provided accommodation for refugees. It is now occupied by the military.
Landskrona Harbor
From Landskrona harbor there are boat services to the Tuborg Harbor in Copenhagen and to the island of Ven. From the new water tower there is a fine view over the Öresund.
Town
Landskrona has many 18th century buildings, and its little houses have been carefully restored. In the center of the town is Town Hall Square, on the north side of which, housed in the 18th century Adolf Fredrik Barracks, is the Municipal Museum.
