Introducing Helsingborg
Fourteen million passengers per year pass through Helsingborg on their way to/from Denmark: many of them see very little of the town, which is a proper shame. Away from the port and gloomy underground travel centre, there are pedestrian streets and half-timbered houses, a jazzy new waterside art gallery and restaurants, and the ruins of a dramatic castle perched on high.
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Helsingborg's position on the Öresund gave it vital strategic importance during the many Swedish-Danish wars, and it was battled over and battered down with depressing regularity. In 1709, the Danes invaded Skåne but were finally defeated the following year in a battle just outside Helsingborg.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Re: me plus a 5yr old... a christmas adventure?!
by Bjoern 08 August 2011
If it is right that say Norwegian or SAS can't give you cheap tickets (remember ALL the extras for Ryanair/and some for Easyjet if those…
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RE: Oresund pass
by Scand1 15 July 2011
It's Helsingborg (not Hälsingborg) since 1968. (Same pronunciation as before). Elsinore is an English variant of Helsingør. The Oresund…
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RE: Gothenburg
by Albin_2 05 July 2011
I think Helsingborg is about 300 km's South of Gothenburg. Sunday July 31st Helsingborg plays at home at 1630 (4:30 PM), actually against…
