Yaaay, my hometown ❤ I feel very Swedish, but also close to Denmark. I grew up with Danish tv channels so I can understand the language fairly well. Also, it is tradition to take the ferry to Helsingör or just to stay onboard going back and forth for what is known as a "tura". Helsingborg would be perfect to combine with a visit to Denmark, but also Malmö and the very old city of Lund. Lund is a university town with a lot of history. You could also check out all of the amazing nature reserves around Skåne. Welcome!
Kinda expected Southern Swedes to be more patriotic (a la the newly converted) than those in Uppsala or Stockholm where they're surrounded by 'their own' as such. Probably wrong but as I say, just an expectation. More likely to need to defend their lands than those up North or at least be able to shoot at the Danes across the sund lol but those with an inclination towards and willingness to - fight for the land. Many mainland Danes will jokingly suggest we give Sjælland to Sweden, like Copenhagen is our dirty little secret. My Dad always referred to it as 'Djælveøen' lol. Bamse & Kylling - a trip is about right lol Good times. Mvh fra DK
Helsingborg and Helsingør (Elsinore of Hamlet fame) were so intertwined during the Denmark years, they had joint town square markets and city councils in the medieval ages.
My hometown 💚 Helsingborg is also known for its many restaurants, with great variety. The city is really alive, people are out socialising both during winter-and summertime. It’s easy to go by train from Malmö, takes about 50 minutes. Then you can continue up along the west coast, Halmstad, Varberg and Gothenburg. It takes about 2 1/2 hrs from Helsingborg to Gothenburg. You can see how nature changes, from very flat in Skåne to a more rocky coastline further up to Gbg. It’s also very beatiful north of Gothenburg, in Smögen, Fjällbacka and Strömstad.
If you go to sweden, don't forget to visit the classics like "Öland" and "Gotland" And Kalmar Castle where these halv danish was stopped from taking more of Sweden. Get the guided tour in the castle and you get interesting history lesson, while wondering around in the rooms in the castle.
If you live in Helsingborg and you feel Swedish, you should move back to Sweden. Var god lämna Skåne ifred, inga Svenskar bör finnas här. Detta är ett Daneland. Svenskarna kan åka över Östersjön till era syskon i Ryssland.
There is a train ticket called Öresund runt, it will take you from Malmö - Copenhagen - Helsingör - Helsingborg and back to Malmö. I live in Malmö and I love how easy it is to travel around in this area ❤️
Traveling around Sweden is pretty easy but expensive, we have a vast train network with national and regional lines making you able to reach even the most remote places. I suggest you do multiple trips if you want the extent of it, for example two weeks in southern Sweden/Götaland, a week in Stockholm and it's surroundings, a week in Bergslagen/Svealand and two/three weeks in northern Sweden. Thank you for your videos on Sweden, it's really nice to get an outsider's perspective!
Now you´re getting somewhere. The former danish parts of Sweden - Halland, Skåne and Blekinge - are just fantastic, and it´s so close to lovely Sjælland in Denmark, with Copenhagen and Elsinore.
@@OfficialFno You can´t really call Helsingborg "the real Sweden". The provinces of Halland, Blekinge and Skåne (Helsingborg is in Skåne) was conquered from Denmark in 1658. After this conquest, it was a long and hard conflict between swedish army and a partisan movement called "snapphanar", who fought the new swedish rule. This conflict lasted for centuries, before the last "snapphane" was killed. Still to this day, many in Skåne want to go back to Denmark. I have a neighbour who use to call everybody from Skåne as "foreigners". "Real" Sweden is those provinces that belonged to Sweden before 1658. My step son used to live in a small town (Tomelilla) in Skåne for years. According to him, the town was divided in two categories: Genuine "skånings" and people from other parts of Sweden, people who had moved to Tomelilla. There was hardly any interaction between these two categories in Tomelilla. One of the few exceptions was my sons nearest neighbor, a "skåning" married with a woman from Russia. For this "death sin" other "skånings" kepts a certain distance to him. If you, as an african-american or african-british or whatever you are, feel that there is a certain racism in Sweden, I can comfort you: It´s not really about pigmentation. It´s about being a "newcomer". In 1972, newly arrived in Gothenburg, I was often reminded by neighbors and workmates that a wasn´t a "real" gothenburger. Sweden is not really that nice as you picture it.
It was once part of Denmark, Copenhagen was in the middle of the country, but we lost it in war to Sweden in 1660. The Danes originate from this area, while the Svea (Swedes) originate much further north.
I live in Helsingborg. It is a beautiful city. And alot of things to do . We do have alot o danish tourist and I do not understand them that well, e few words maybe. If i try realy hard sometimes i can understand a whole sentence. But most of the danes that visit they will "swedishfy" their accent a bit. But yea you should totaly visit
If you’re going to Malmö you could stop by the really nice/cozy old University town of Lund with a church from 1145. There is a great outdoor museum too and a botanical garden - and its only five minutes by train from Malmö😊
There is a reason Helsingborg is a populer place to visit even for Swedes. People are constantly moving here too. It's one of the best places in Skåne County. Lots to see and do. If Helsingborg and Malmö is on your list. You can visit them both pretty easy. Since it's just a 35min train ride between them. And if you are in Helsingborg, from there you can take a short buss ride to Ödåkra which has Väla which used to be the biggest shopping center in scandinavia or even the nordic. And right next to it you have a real Swedish IKEA. And also if you are in Helsingborg you can visit Denmark and be back the same day. Helsingborg is a good starting place to experience alot of things.
How lovely to start my day with Dwayne viewing Helsingborg! We visited there last summer after finding unknown relatives and it is a very nice little town. We did not have time to explore much on that travel but upcoming Saturday we are going the 1200 km down south to visit again. This time we will go and see Fredriksdal and Sofiero and spend more time in Helsingör. Big towns are not always the best option, I vote for the small ones! I would do 3-4 trips to Sweden if I was a tourist and you live in UK, close enough for that. One week for the westcoast, one week for Stockholm/Uppsala and then go north. Up here it is more of outside activities (gosh, how do you bend that word correctly?!) like hiking or go by bicycle in the mountains, rafting in the rives and exploring sami culture. Very nice in summer but as an Englishman winter probably would be a blast with skiing, going up the mountains with a snowmobile and see the northern lights. So...4 trips, at least!
In this video Ingmar Bergman was mentioned. If you like his movies then Gotland, Swedens largest island and Fårö, an island just north of Gotland, is the place to go. Fårö is the place where many of his films were filmed and the island Ingmar lived on for 40 years, until his death. Also where he is buried.
wow alot of ppl from helsingborg commenting :) good to see im not the only one :) yeah you should def come here. stately homes yeah they are nice but usually ppl owning them arent rich(anylonger haha) upkeep both in sweden and the UK are costing more than they can earn in open house(castle/palace) so alot are sold off and/or converted into hotels etc :( ppl do swim over the öresund helsingör/helsingborg, the most narrow part is 1.5 kilometers but when you swim you need do a bend so the currents doesnt take you, so around 4 kilometers
As a child and teenager I spent many weeks in Helsingborg in the summer. And as an adult I have returned, now and then. It’s a lovely town. And so close to Denmark (we also used to spend time in Helsingør and København. I’ve always understood danish, comparatively, well (and I lived in Helsingborg for a year, as a toddler (formative language learning year) so that might have a little something to do with it). If you go there you should, definitely, visit the Fredriksdal area. I learnt how to ride a bike in those beautiful, tree lined, paths.🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳
the reason Helsingborg sounds like Helsingør sounds the same is because it's named by Danes, the area of Blekinge, Halland and Skåne (Southern Sweden where Helsingborg, Gotheborg , Malmø , Lund and more) was Danish, it was actually where the Danes first settled way before they settled modern day Denmark , the area was lost to Sweden in one of many wars, it is weird to say the real Sweden is the part that was Danish for most of history , for me as a Dane I think real Sweden is the center and north, it's the forest and Islands ect. not that I don't see Southern Sweden as Swedish but it's not the "most" Swedish when you look at the entire country, Sweden is actually a big country
The Øre- / Öre-sound /-sund is very narrow ( 3 -4 miles or so ) at its "mouth" between Helsingør (DK) and Hälsingborg (Swe.), which was also part of Denmark until c. 360 years ago. The names refer to this narrowness, since "hals" means "neck" + "throat" ( a full neck ) in both Danish & Swedish ~ Old English "he'als" ! The Danish king used to have castles on both sides of the sound with big cannons, which allowed him to demand customs from all ships sailing into or out of the Baltic Sea ( South & East of Denmark ).
Oh, had to hop on this in middle of chores haha. My town of all towns. But its a bold statement to say real Sweden, and I wont say yes or no - but all I can say it's an amazing town with alot for everyone, anyone - a good mix of culture and close ties to Denmark. Can't speak for other cities but I know we have alot of cultural funds put up by private persons just dedicated to keep our parks forever alive and with a cultural artistic twist, subtle of more noticable. Everything that has to do with Nature is always kept at high focus and its a fine line to walk with architecture, new versus modern. And Helsingborg (atleast what I heard a few years ago) was mentioned as one prime example as one to keep a good balance between restoring old houses, even traditional old apartments up to standards or to modernize it.
@bertil3887 I don't agree! I've never understood that, and I never heard people saying it before just a couple of years ago when I've seen ppl say it on socal media. For me Skånska and Danish is very different and I can't hear any similarities, the only direct I could see sound a bit like Danish is Värmländska. And that's quite far away.
@@EEmB I guess it's subjective ofc...värmländska is more closer to Norwegian than Danish imo...skånska is more like Danish but maybe it's more diverse opinions about that than I thought 🤷
Jeez... don't overdo it, a vacation is a time for relaxation as well as an opportunity to see new places and meet new people. If I were to spend some days in Gothenburg, my - very loosely planned schedule - might look something like this: Ride a tram from Gamlestan in the east to Näset in the far west and maybe follow along with a GPS navigation app. Hop off when you see something interesting and then get on the next tram or the one after that and go on. Take a half-day tour with MS/Carl-Michael Bellman around Hisingen, Sweden's fifth largest island. Go north along the coast and then east and south on the Göta river back to Gothenburg (everything is guided in English and you can have fika or eat on board) . If the weather permits, maybe bring a picnic basket, sunbathe and swim in "Pöl Harbour" (outdoor sea bath in the middle of the old shipyard area in central Gothenburg ["Puddle Harbour" - typical Gothenburg humor - Pearl Harbor is pronounced like written in the Gothenburg dialect. The tall building across the river with a cerise top is correspondingly called "the lipstick" and the newly built skyscraper a short distance away has been named "the fly" because of the zipper-like facade]. Visit Universeum - a very odd and different destination - everything from sharks and rainforest to a science workshop in a large building, also in the middle of town right next to northern Europe's largest amusement park Liseberg. Use the excellent public transportion or walk, Gothenburg is not that big.
His pronunciation isn't that bad actually. Yes Skåne (and Blekinge) are called Reserve Denmark, Skåne is also called The Morocco of Sweden. (I may make fun of the Skåne-people since I live there myself). My trip advice would be to concentrate on one city and not travel around too much, I learned that lesson pretty fast when travelling around the UK, Ireland, and France as a youngster, IF you travel around, a tip is to use night trains and sleep there instead of in a hotel/hostel, I know of people who went to London and parts of Scotland and didn't spend a penny on accomodation...
The cinnamon buns that are in this clip are the homemade simple ones, they are the best, don't look like much for the world, but taste better than the big ones they often have in most cafes. It is a really nice part of Sweden that he visits, they are clearly worth a visit especially when he goes a bit out of town to visit places around, It should be said that these are summer destinations, spring probably works too.. Am actually quite impressed by this American, he goes deeper than what most tourists do and visits some places not so many foreign tourists get to that have more Swedish visitors. Båstad is a nice little town, it's a town where many of the richest have summer houses in Sweden, so the prices among the small houses along the water are crazy.
If you ask the rest of Sweden I’m pretty sure they will say that here in ”Skåne” we all talk with a Danish accent. Our ’r’ sound is different, it’s a gutteral sound, from the throat and not the rolling sound from the tip of your tounge. We southerners share our gutteral sound with other north west Europe such as Danmark, Germany and France. This was a little bit of our lovely north west parts of Skåne. Helsingborg to Båstad.
I'm from Stockholm and I love Helsingborg. A beautiful little town. There are many small nice resorts along the coast all the way up to Norway. Whatever you do, come here during the summer (!!!) preferably June. Then it's bright, reasonably warm, lots of flowers and Sweden has lots of nature everywhere. I don't think Malmö is that much fun, but totally ok. If I visit Jönköping, I would not miss Gränna (north of Jönköping), a small village with a lot of tradition. I also think you should visit Dalarna (the area around Siljan) Öland and of course Stockholm, but don't miss the archipelago outside. It is spectacular and completely unique in its kind. If you like nature, then there is a lot to love in Sweden. It is easy to travel by train within Sweden.
I was born in Denmark, my parents moved to Sweden wen I was 6 years old. I'm proud of my hometown Helsingborg and my birth town Copenhagen. Let me know if you are coming to Helsingborg and I invite you to stay over and show you our fantastic souroundings
My birthtown, lived in Höganäs for the 8 first years of my life, live in Landskrona, went to high school in Helsingborg, in the Nicolaischool, so yes, this is my home Turf
4 cities? If you come in the summer: Ranked in order from a tuirist perspective I would go: *_1) Visby_* *_2) Stockholm_* *_3) Falkenberg_* *_4) Karlskrona/Helsinborg/Göteborg._* The last three is interchangable, which one comes out on top depends on what youre looking for. *_Visby:_* One of Swedens oldest cities located on the island Gottland in the Baltic sea east of Swedens main land. Strongly associated with Vikings and mediaval times, the architeture and nature fit the part as well. I THINK Gottland has the highest number of genuine Viking Rune Stones in the country. I *_could_* be wrong on that, but I THINK thats the case. The entire town is surrounded by a legit mediavel castle wall and the houses inside are generally really small and the walls are not straight or even as the houses were built before tools that would allow you to make perfect angles. Ive been there twice and its one of the most magical places Ive ever been. It literally feels like stepping in to Astrid Lindgrens "The Lionheart Brothers". EVERYTHING in Visby is a landmark or a curltural heritage or a historical building etc etc. I was there for two weeks straight and I felt like I didnt have time to see half the stuff I wanted. Visby is the *_undisputed_* no1 in my rcommendations. _*Stockholm:* Its the Capital of Sweden, obviously it would be a top ranking destination for toursim. Aside from that, Stockholm is *_absolutely stunning,_* probably THE most beautiful city Ive ever seen, aesteticahlly speaking. Its sometimes called "The Venice of the North" due to its large bodies of water deviding the city into different areas. (I think Stockholm is built on 13 islands, I could be wrong on this but its the number ringing in my head) Stockholm, naturally has alot of shopping and tourists districts, primarily in Gamla Stan (Old Town) and the Architecture there is absolutely stunning and fascinating. There are of course castles and alot of other cultural heritage sites and a smaller amusement park kalled Gröna Lund, it pales in comparison to Liseberg but its gets the job done and the view from the rides is way better as its locatd right down by the water. You also have "Globen", or as its called now, Avicii Arena, but you already knew that. *_Falkenberg:_* A small beach town on west coast Sweden. Fantstic beach, the most beaituful nature you'll find in Europe, alot of wonderful hiking trails, rivers where you can fish or go kajaking, beautiful architecture and really good restaurants. Idyllic is probably the best word to sum it up. Its also one of Swedens bigger cities in respect to area even tho the population is so low. This results in seemingly infinite meadows, fields and forests if you travel as much as 5 minutes outside the city center. Falkenberg also hosts alot of festivals, fairs and carnivals during the summers. Most notable would probabnly be "Way OuT West" which is basically "Spring Break" but only for like 3 days and "Wheels and Wings" which is the biggest morot meet in Sweden. Mostly its American Muscle cars and 50s style cloathing but its not limited to that. Falkenberg also has one of Swedens best vacation hotels, Strandbaden which is ALOT of luxury for comparatively low price, located right on the several miles long fine grained sandy beach. And of course, the worlds latgest shopping mall is located in Falkenberg. Its called "GeKås". For refference, the second lagests in the world is a Walmart thats 0.6 of GeKås size *_Göteborg:_* Swedens second largest city, it has alot of shopping and, whats probably THE heaviest argument,_*Liseberg,*_ named Europes most beautiful amusment park. Besides Sweden Ive only een been to Tivoli in Denmark so I cant vouch for this title but I dont doubt it, its like walking into a fairy tale, not constructed but the geography itself looks like something youd imagine from H.C Andersen or the Grimm brothers landscapes. *_Helsingborg:_* Has alot of historical landmarks in the vicinity, there are castles and alot of cool architecture and there is the shuttle boats over to Denmark. You can easily go over, shopp around for an hour or two and go back to Sweden and you would still have time left in the day to go site seeing. Its basically getting to visit an extra country for free. Helsingborg is also a very beautiful city. *_Karlskrona:_* Also known as "The City of Winds" due to almost being located on _two_ coasts without anything shielding it from the gales coming in from the sea. Its a Military city and has alot of interesting historical artifacts, museums and its also a sailors city so there is alot of really good pubs (Highly recommend "The Fox and the Anchor" if you find yourself In Karlskrona) Its significantly smaller than Helsingborg and Göteborg which gives it that cozy small town feeling. Alot of streets made of cobbled stone. Its kind of the same feeling you get from walking in Visby, only its about 3& of the full effect.
Helsingborg is in Scania, so in other words, not the real Sweden since Scania has been part of Denmark longer than Sweden. xD I jest... Helsingborg is just as much the "real" Sweden as the other Sweden. xD Cross the water is Helsingör which is part of Denmark. Also, if you're thinking about Malmö, you could just stop by Helsinborg on the way to Malmö by train from Gothenburg probably. :)
Helsingborg-Helsingör is the old route to Denmark before the bridge Malmö-Köbenhavn was built, it was a busy spot, but you can still take the 25 min ferry over. The real Sweden though is in Österbotten (Finland).
Sweden really don´t exist as a country. its more of a nordic mish mash. Most settlement are much older than both Denmark and Sweden. And swedens borders change quite a lot. The place where i come from have been continuously seatled since the stone age. The country of Skåneland (that no longer exist.. sort of) is several hundred years older than Sweden, and a full millennia older than "modern Sweden" 4:53 i built that entrance back in the 90s.. or well i was in the team that built it. 6:00 I think you missed it "Hamlets castle" that is the castle where the play hamlet supposedly played out 11:34 There as my senior ball. "Flikorna Lundgren" is on Kullahalvön, not Bjärehalvön.
Helsingborg belongs to the Skåne region. Denmark once owned Skåne. And the city of Lund, which is located in Skåne, Lund University is Damark's f.d. old capital to Damark so you know about it.
In fairness, as far as I recall Alfred the Great had been King in England before the Swedes were actually in control of that part of Sweden, it's where the Danes came from - southern Sweden. The Angles and Jutes being on what we today call Denmark. Kinda like the Scots crossing the Irish sea from Ireland and taking over Scotland.. Edit: You can certainly break glass with a voice. It's a frequency thing. There's vids on YT of people doing it.
Technically speaking the real Sweden is Svealand, which is the origin place of the Swedish empire. Stockholm is in Svealand. It is also known as the heart of Swedish folk culture.
The northern parts of sweden is the most unique copared to the rest of europe, for a britt the nature up here is what i would recomend as a tourist attraction.
If I look out my kitchen window, I can see across the sea over to Denmark. Helsingborg is a great city! Fun fact: Did you know that Helsingborg is the 3rd most unfaithful city in Sweden? (relationship-wise).
Born and still living here in Helsingborg, mostly 08 call skåne danish, since our dialect are close to danish A friend of my have bike to Germany from Helsingborg, can't remember if he went futher south. I feel Swedish, even if I grow up with the danish tv channels, I have problem understanding them, I understand a Norwegian better 🤣
Fly to Copenhagen, take the train from the airport to Malmö (20 minutes), from Malmö to Helsingborg by train, 45 minutes, take the ferry to Helsingør, 25 minutes. From Helsingør to Fredrikshamn, 5 hours and then by ferry to Göteborg, 3 hours and 30 minutes. Then to Stockholm by train, 3 houers…
Skåne was danish for a longer time then we have been occupied by Sweden and many of us see Copenhagen as our capital city. The region with Copenhagen is called Örestad or Öresundsregionen and it’s Copenhagen and Skåne working close together with schools and businesses. So the south of Sweden is in many ways closer to Denmark then the power in Stockholm.
well i am born in helsinborg and the city is very butiful in sommer recomend if you shall do a swidish trip go from hesingborg götteborg stockholm kivik greda and malmö as a trip and dont forget landskrona as well. but i recomend you do at list 3 trips to sweden.
There are many "real Swedens" of course. I guess the parts you are used to the most feels like "most real". This american clearly fell in love with Skåne and Helsingborg. To me, Helsingborg (especially "the harbour") is too destroyed by "modernism" though. Just like most (but not all) small towns in Sweden.
Helsingör is where ”Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” lived😊 If you go to Sweden i would say go to Stockholm, Helsingborg, Ystad, Fjällbacka and Gotland. Now everyone from the north in Sweden and from Gothenburg and Malmö Will get angry at me😜
no Hamlet never lived there , it is however the the Shakespeare play Hamlet takes place, the play was based on a much earlier legend about Amlet who was the son of a Chieftain in Jutland around the time when the Roman Empire fell so about 1000 years or so before when the story of Hamlet takes place , the story of Amlet is from Saxo Grammaticus history of the Danes he was a Danish historian who wrote a series of legends and history about Denmark between 1180-1208
I beg to differ.. nothing in Skåne is actual Sweden.. I am glad we took it back from the Danes, but the people from Skåne usually see themselves as a free standing part of Sweden.
If you are going to Stockholm then you must also visit Swedens oldest preserved town of Sigtuna. There you almost feel like you are back in the Wiking ages
The poll about which cities wont be fair. There are so many ppl living in Stockholm and Göteborg that will vote on themselves and win ofc. Smaller citites won stand a chance against them due to population numbers.
Fly to Stockholm, take a train to Göteborg ca 5-6 hrs, then train to Helsingborg, ca 3 hrs, then train to Malmö, ca 1 h, then train to Copenhagen ca 1h airport and fly back..
Some who live north of Skåne, where Helsingborg is located, would say that Skåne is Danish (it used to belong to Denmark), but I disagree. I've been to many parts of Sweden (I come from Göteborg) and have found that although all regions have their own identity, that identity is also very Swedish. Saying otherwise would be like saying some parts of England are more English than the rest, and that's just dumb in my opinion.
I lived both close to/in Helsingborg, Linköping and Norrköping. And Linköping is really quite boring being a modern industrial city, while Norrköping is very much a "use to be" city. Helsingborg both got a much richer history as well as more going on currently. On top of that, its far closer to.. pretty much everything. Like when we use to go to Denmark for 7 sek when we where kids... and buy alcohol.
You have seen lists named "best Swedish artists/singers/etc of all time". If those lists does not include Birgit Nilsson or Jussi Björling (one of the best Tenors in the world), you can ignore that list since it's a sham.
Helsingborg is a nice city. Not much to do but its pretty. I would recomend Helsingborg over Malmö to be honest. Good your not goign this year, its been such shitty weather in most of Europe.
Yaaay, my hometown ❤
I feel very Swedish, but also close to Denmark. I grew up with Danish tv channels so I can understand the language fairly well. Also, it is tradition to take the ferry to Helsingör or just to stay onboard going back and forth for what is known as a "tura".
Helsingborg would be perfect to combine with a visit to Denmark, but also Malmö and the very old city of Lund. Lund is a university town with a lot of history. You could also check out all of the amazing nature reserves around Skåne. Welcome!
@@khman4554 Matador?
@@SteamboatW Don't remember. Only thing I know I definitively watched was Bamse & Kylling. What a trip!
You Will love Lund❤
Kinda expected Southern Swedes to be more patriotic (a la the newly converted) than those in Uppsala or Stockholm where they're surrounded by 'their own' as such. Probably wrong but as I say, just an expectation. More likely to need to defend their lands than those up North or at least be able to shoot at the Danes across the sund lol but those with an inclination towards and willingness to - fight for the land. Many mainland Danes will jokingly suggest we give Sjælland to Sweden, like Copenhagen is our dirty little secret. My Dad always referred to it as 'Djælveøen' lol. Bamse & Kylling - a trip is about right lol Good times. Mvh fra DK
@@rickybuhl3176 There are definitely people in Scania that are more inclined towards Denmark than to Stockholm.
A Dane living in Sweden
Helsingborg and Helsingør (Elsinore of Hamlet fame) were so intertwined during the Denmark years, they had joint town square markets and city councils in the medieval ages.
My hometown 💚
Helsingborg is also known for its many restaurants, with great variety. The city is really alive, people are out socialising both during winter-and summertime. It’s easy to go by train from Malmö, takes about 50 minutes. Then you can continue up along the west coast, Halmstad, Varberg and Gothenburg. It takes about 2 1/2 hrs from Helsingborg to Gothenburg. You can see how nature changes, from very flat in Skåne to a more rocky coastline further up to Gbg. It’s also very beatiful north of Gothenburg, in Smögen, Fjällbacka and Strömstad.
If you go to sweden, don't forget to visit the classics like "Öland" and "Gotland" And Kalmar Castle where these halv danish was stopped from taking more of Sweden. Get the guided tour in the castle and you get interesting history lesson, while wondering around in the rooms in the castle.
Jag bor i Kalmar och kan gå dit när jag vill
@@R-jp5ev Bor precis bredvid Kalmar.... Shut up... i know.
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I live in Helsingborg and i feel very Swedish. It's a must to visit and you can take the ferry for 20 minutes and be in Helsingör, Denmark.
If you live in Helsingborg and you feel Swedish, you should move back to Sweden. Var god lämna Skåne ifred, inga Svenskar bör finnas här. Detta är ett Daneland. Svenskarna kan åka över Östersjön till era syskon i Ryssland.
There is a train ticket called Öresund runt, it will take you from Malmö - Copenhagen - Helsingör - Helsingborg and back to Malmö.
I live in Malmö and I love how easy it is to travel around in this area ❤️
As of 31 December 2023 Skånetrafiken no longer offers the Öresund Runt ticket and existing tickets not viable beyond 6 February 2024.
Oh, so much fun to see a video about Helsingborg! This is where I live and been raised most of my life 😊
Traveling around Sweden is pretty easy but expensive, we have a vast train network with national and regional lines making you able to reach even the most remote places.
I suggest you do multiple trips if you want the extent of it, for example two weeks in southern Sweden/Götaland, a week in Stockholm and it's surroundings, a week in Bergslagen/Svealand and two/three weeks in northern Sweden.
Thank you for your videos on Sweden, it's really nice to get an outsider's perspective!
Helsingør or "Elsinore" is where Shakespeare let his play Hamlet take place.
Now you´re getting somewhere. The former danish parts of Sweden - Halland, Skåne and Blekinge - are just fantastic, and it´s so close to lovely Sjælland in Denmark, with Copenhagen and Elsinore.
Skåneland :Skåne, Halland, Blekinge and Bornholm
Yes Great Britain is very green and have so lovely parks and countryside. 🌳🌱🌿
I lived in Båstad for 3 years and it is so beautiful! Very small town but so much to see!
You're such a lovely guy, Dwayne 😊. And you feel very Swedish at heart.
Love from beautiful Hälsingland in mid Sweden 👋
The spelling of the name of the city was previously Hälsingborg. It was changed as recently as 1970.
We have fought wars for that place! Helsingborg is definitely ours! 😊🇸🇪🇸🇪 I LOVE that town, would move there in a heartbeat. (And I'm from Stockholm)
So many wars…
@@johankaewberg8162 44 to be exact :D
@@OfficialFno You can´t really call Helsingborg "the real Sweden". The provinces of Halland, Blekinge and Skåne (Helsingborg is in Skåne) was conquered from Denmark in 1658. After this conquest, it was a long and hard conflict between swedish army and a partisan movement called "snapphanar", who fought the new swedish rule. This conflict lasted for centuries, before the last "snapphane" was killed. Still to this day, many in Skåne want to go back to Denmark. I have a neighbour who use to call everybody from Skåne as "foreigners". "Real" Sweden is those provinces that belonged to Sweden before 1658. My step son used to live in a small town (Tomelilla) in Skåne for years. According to him, the town was divided in two categories: Genuine "skånings" and people from other parts of Sweden, people who had moved to Tomelilla. There was hardly any interaction between these two categories in Tomelilla. One of the few exceptions was my sons nearest neighbor, a "skåning" married with a woman from Russia. For this "death sin" other "skånings" kepts a certain distance to him. If you, as an african-american or african-british or whatever you are, feel that there is a certain racism in Sweden, I can comfort you: It´s not really about pigmentation. It´s about being a "newcomer". In 1972, newly arrived in Gothenburg, I was often reminded by neighbors and workmates that a wasn´t a "real" gothenburger. Sweden is not really that nice as you picture it.
My hometown🇸🇪 Helsingborg is not 'danish name'🇸🇪
@@ingemarsjoo4542 That is a rather one-sided view of the state of things.
It was once part of Denmark, Copenhagen was in the middle of the country, but we lost it in war to Sweden in 1660. The Danes originate from this area, while the Svea (Swedes) originate much further north.
I live in Helsingborg. It is a beautiful city. And alot of things to do . We do have alot o danish tourist and I do not understand them that well, e few words maybe. If i try realy hard sometimes i can understand a whole sentence. But most of the danes that visit they will "swedishfy" their accent a bit. But yea you should totaly visit
If you’re going to Malmö you could stop by the really nice/cozy old University town of Lund with a church from 1145. There is a great outdoor museum too and a botanical garden - and its only five minutes by train from Malmö😊
There is a reason Helsingborg is a populer place to visit even for Swedes. People are constantly moving here too. It's one of the best places in Skåne County. Lots to see and do. If Helsingborg and Malmö is on your list. You can visit them both pretty easy. Since it's just a 35min train ride between them. And if you are in Helsingborg, from there you can take a short buss ride to Ödåkra which has Väla which used to be the biggest shopping center in scandinavia or even the nordic. And right next to it you have a real Swedish IKEA. And also if you are in Helsingborg you can visit Denmark and be back the same day. Helsingborg is a good starting place to experience alot of things.
When you are in Helsingborg you got to take a "Tura" Its when you take the ferry to Helsingör and drink beer.
Hello from Helsingborg! haha
I also happen to live next to Fredriksdal, it's lovely :)
I was in Helsingborg earlier today. Now i am on the train on my way back to Norrköping. Helsingborg is a great and beautiful city.
How lovely to start my day with Dwayne viewing Helsingborg! We visited there last summer after finding unknown relatives and it is a very nice little town. We did not have time to explore much on that travel but upcoming Saturday we are going the 1200 km down south to visit again. This time we will go and see Fredriksdal and Sofiero and spend more time in Helsingör. Big towns are not always the best option, I vote for the small ones!
I would do 3-4 trips to Sweden if I was a tourist and you live in UK, close enough for that. One week for the westcoast, one week for Stockholm/Uppsala and then go north. Up here it is more of outside activities (gosh, how do you bend that word correctly?!) like hiking or go by bicycle in the mountains, rafting in the rives and exploring sami culture. Very nice in summer but as an Englishman winter probably would be a blast with skiing, going up the mountains with a snowmobile and see the northern lights. So...4 trips, at least!
In this video Ingmar Bergman was mentioned. If you like his movies then Gotland, Swedens largest island and Fårö, an island just north of Gotland, is the place to go. Fårö is the place where many of his films were filmed and the island Ingmar lived on for 40 years, until his death. Also where he is buried.
wow alot of ppl from helsingborg commenting :) good to see im not the only one :) yeah you should def come here. stately homes yeah they are nice but usually ppl owning them arent rich(anylonger haha) upkeep both in sweden and the UK are costing more than they can earn in open house(castle/palace) so alot are sold off and/or converted into hotels etc :( ppl do swim over the öresund helsingör/helsingborg, the most narrow part is 1.5 kilometers but when you swim you need do a bend so the currents doesnt take you, so around 4 kilometers
As a child and teenager I spent many weeks in Helsingborg in the summer. And as an adult I have returned, now and then. It’s a lovely town. And so close to Denmark (we also used to spend time in Helsingør and København. I’ve always understood danish, comparatively, well (and I lived in Helsingborg for a year, as a toddler (formative language learning year) so that might have a little something to do with it). If you go there you should, definitely, visit the Fredriksdal area. I learnt how to ride a bike in those beautiful, tree lined, paths.🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳
the reason Helsingborg sounds like Helsingør sounds the same is because it's named by Danes, the area of Blekinge, Halland and Skåne (Southern Sweden where Helsingborg, Gotheborg , Malmø , Lund and more) was Danish, it was actually where the Danes first settled way before they settled modern day Denmark , the area was lost to Sweden in one of many wars, it is weird to say the real Sweden is the part that was Danish for most of history , for me as a Dane I think real Sweden is the center and north, it's the forest and Islands ect. not that I don't see Southern Sweden as Swedish but it's not the "most" Swedish when you look at the entire country, Sweden is actually a big country
I would also recommend visiting the famous painter Anders Zorn's house, it's a very impressive building with a lot of cool artifacts on display.
The Øre- / Öre-sound /-sund is very narrow ( 3 -4 miles or so ) at its "mouth" between Helsingør (DK) and Hälsingborg (Swe.), which was also part of Denmark until c. 360 years ago.
The names refer to this narrowness, since "hals" means "neck" + "throat" ( a full neck ) in both Danish & Swedish ~ Old English "he'als" !
The Danish king used to have castles on both sides of the sound with big cannons, which allowed him to demand customs from all ships sailing into or out of the Baltic Sea ( South & East of Denmark ).
You must take the ferry ⛴️ from Helsingborg to Helsingor. It’s only a 20 minutes trip to Denmark over the sea 🌊
Oh, had to hop on this in middle of chores haha. My town of all towns.
But its a bold statement to say real Sweden, and I wont say yes or no - but all I can say it's an amazing town with alot for everyone, anyone - a good mix of culture and close ties to Denmark.
Can't speak for other cities but I know we have alot of cultural funds put up by private persons just dedicated to keep our parks forever alive and with a cultural artistic twist, subtle of more noticable. Everything that has to do with Nature is always kept at high focus and its a fine line to walk with architecture, new versus modern. And Helsingborg (atleast what I heard a few years ago) was mentioned as one prime example as one to keep a good balance between restoring old houses, even traditional old apartments up to standards or to modernize it.
Sundets pärla, pearl of Öresund.
It shows its beauty in the short summer.
for us further north in sweden the dialect of Skåne sounds like a mix of swedish and danish
@bertil3887 I don't agree! I've never understood that, and I never heard people saying it before just a couple of years ago when I've seen ppl say it on socal media. For me Skånska and Danish is very different and I can't hear any similarities, the only direct I could see sound a bit like Danish is Värmländska. And that's quite far away.
@@EEmB I guess it's subjective ofc...värmländska is more closer to Norwegian than Danish imo...skånska is more like Danish but maybe it's more diverse opinions about that than I thought 🤷
Jeez... don't overdo it, a vacation is a time for relaxation as well as an opportunity to see new places and meet new people.
If I were to spend some days in Gothenburg, my - very loosely planned schedule - might look something like this:
Ride a tram from Gamlestan in the east to Näset in the far west and maybe follow along with a GPS navigation app. Hop off when you see something interesting and then get on the next tram or the one after that and go on.
Take a half-day tour with MS/Carl-Michael Bellman around Hisingen, Sweden's fifth largest island. Go north along the coast and then east and south on the Göta river back to Gothenburg (everything is guided in English and you can have fika or eat on board) .
If the weather permits, maybe bring a picnic basket, sunbathe and swim in "Pöl Harbour" (outdoor sea bath in the middle of the old shipyard area in central Gothenburg ["Puddle Harbour" - typical Gothenburg humor - Pearl Harbor is pronounced like written in the Gothenburg dialect. The tall building across the river with a cerise top is correspondingly called "the lipstick" and the newly built skyscraper a short distance away has been named "the fly" because of the zipper-like facade].
Visit Universeum - a very odd and different destination - everything from sharks and rainforest to a science workshop in a large building, also in the middle of town right next to northern Europe's largest amusement park Liseberg.
Use the excellent public transportion or walk, Gothenburg is not that big.
His pronunciation isn't that bad actually.
Yes Skåne (and Blekinge) are called Reserve Denmark, Skåne is also called The Morocco of Sweden.
(I may make fun of the Skåne-people since I live there myself).
My trip advice would be to concentrate on one city and not travel around too much, I learned that lesson pretty fast when travelling around the UK, Ireland, and France as a youngster, IF you travel around, a tip is to use night trains and sleep there instead of in a hotel/hostel, I know of people who went to London and parts of Scotland and didn't spend a penny on accomodation...
The cinnamon buns that are in this clip are the homemade simple ones, they are the best, don't look like much for the world, but taste better than the big ones they often have in most cafes.
It is a really nice part of Sweden that he visits, they are clearly worth a visit especially when he goes a bit out of town to visit places around, It should be said that these are summer destinations, spring probably works too..
Am actually quite impressed by this American, he goes deeper than what most tourists do and visits some places not so many foreign tourists get to that have more Swedish visitors. Båstad is a nice little town, it's a town where many of the richest have summer houses in Sweden, so the prices among the small houses along the water are crazy.
If you ask the rest of Sweden I’m pretty sure they will say that here in ”Skåne” we all talk with a Danish accent. Our ’r’ sound is different, it’s a gutteral sound, from the throat and not the rolling sound from the tip of your tounge. We southerners share our gutteral sound with other north west Europe such as Danmark, Germany and France.
This was a little bit of our lovely north west parts of Skåne. Helsingborg to Båstad.
I'm from Stockholm and I love Helsingborg. A beautiful little town. There are many small nice resorts along the coast all the way up to Norway. Whatever you do, come here during the summer (!!!) preferably June. Then it's bright, reasonably warm, lots of flowers and Sweden has lots of nature everywhere. I don't think Malmö is that much fun, but totally ok. If I visit Jönköping, I would not miss Gränna (north of Jönköping), a small village with a lot of tradition. I also think you should visit Dalarna (the area around Siljan) Öland and of course Stockholm, but don't miss the archipelago outside. It is spectacular and completely unique in its kind. If you like nature, then there is a lot to love in Sweden. It is easy to travel by train within Sweden.
Cinemon buns are great, but cardemum buns are the shit :)
I was born in Denmark, my parents moved to Sweden wen I was 6 years old. I'm proud of my hometown Helsingborg and my birth town Copenhagen.
Let me know if you are coming to Helsingborg and I invite you to stay over and show you our fantastic souroundings
My birthtown, lived in Höganäs for the 8 first years of my life, live in Landskrona, went to high school in Helsingborg, in the Nicolaischool, so yes, this is my home Turf
Are you just going for the cities? Cuz there is alot more to see in Sweden then cities :) love your videos btw :)
My hometown ❤️
What the hell! i am at hovs hallar strolling around just as i watch this.
Ooh I live in Helsingborg 😄
4 cities?
If you come in the summer:
Ranked in order from a tuirist perspective I would go:
*_1) Visby_*
*_2) Stockholm_*
*_3) Falkenberg_*
*_4) Karlskrona/Helsinborg/Göteborg._*
The last three is interchangable, which one comes out on top depends on what youre looking for.
*_Visby:_*
One of Swedens oldest cities located on the island Gottland in the Baltic sea east of Swedens main land.
Strongly associated with Vikings and mediaval times, the architeture and nature fit the part as well.
I THINK Gottland has the highest number of genuine Viking Rune Stones in the country.
I *_could_* be wrong on that, but I THINK thats the case.
The entire town is surrounded by a legit mediavel castle wall and the houses inside are generally really small and the walls are not straight or even as the houses were built before tools that would allow you to make perfect angles.
Ive been there twice and its one of the most magical places Ive ever been.
It literally feels like stepping in to Astrid Lindgrens "The Lionheart Brothers".
EVERYTHING in Visby is a landmark or a curltural heritage or a historical building etc etc.
I was there for two weeks straight and I felt like I didnt have time to see half the stuff I wanted.
Visby is the *_undisputed_* no1 in my rcommendations.
_*Stockholm:*
Its the Capital of Sweden, obviously it would be a top ranking destination for toursim.
Aside from that, Stockholm is *_absolutely stunning,_* probably THE most beautiful city Ive ever seen, aesteticahlly speaking.
Its sometimes called "The Venice of the North" due to its large bodies of water deviding the city into different areas.
(I think Stockholm is built on 13 islands, I could be wrong on this but its the number ringing in my head)
Stockholm, naturally has alot of shopping and tourists districts, primarily in Gamla Stan (Old Town) and the Architecture there is absolutely stunning and fascinating.
There are of course castles and alot of other cultural heritage sites and a smaller amusement park kalled Gröna Lund, it pales in comparison to Liseberg but its gets the job done and the view from the rides is way better as its locatd right down by the water.
You also have "Globen", or as its called now, Avicii Arena, but you already knew that.
*_Falkenberg:_*
A small beach town on west coast Sweden.
Fantstic beach, the most beaituful nature you'll find in Europe, alot of wonderful hiking trails, rivers where you can fish or go kajaking, beautiful architecture and really good restaurants.
Idyllic is probably the best word to sum it up.
Its also one of Swedens bigger cities in respect to area even tho the population is so low.
This results in seemingly infinite meadows, fields and forests if you travel as much as 5 minutes outside the city center.
Falkenberg also hosts alot of festivals, fairs and carnivals during the summers.
Most notable would probabnly be "Way OuT West" which is basically "Spring Break" but only for like 3 days and "Wheels and Wings" which is the biggest morot meet in Sweden.
Mostly its American Muscle cars and 50s style cloathing but its not limited to that.
Falkenberg also has one of Swedens best vacation hotels, Strandbaden which is ALOT of luxury for comparatively low price, located right on the several miles long fine grained sandy beach.
And of course, the worlds latgest shopping mall is located in Falkenberg.
Its called "GeKås".
For refference, the second lagests in the world is a Walmart thats 0.6 of GeKås size
*_Göteborg:_*
Swedens second largest city, it has alot of shopping and, whats probably THE heaviest argument,_*Liseberg,*_ named Europes most beautiful amusment park.
Besides Sweden Ive only een been to Tivoli in Denmark so I cant vouch for this title but I dont doubt it, its like walking into a fairy tale, not constructed but the geography itself looks like something youd imagine from H.C Andersen or the Grimm brothers landscapes.
*_Helsingborg:_*
Has alot of historical landmarks in the vicinity, there are castles and alot of cool architecture and there is the shuttle boats over to Denmark.
You can easily go over, shopp around for an hour or two and go back to Sweden and you would still have time left in the day to go site seeing.
Its basically getting to visit an extra country for free.
Helsingborg is also a very beautiful city.
*_Karlskrona:_*
Also known as "The City of Winds" due to almost being located on _two_ coasts without anything shielding it from the gales coming in from the sea.
Its a Military city and has alot of interesting historical artifacts, museums and its also a sailors city so there is alot of really good pubs (Highly recommend "The Fox and the Anchor" if you find yourself In Karlskrona)
Its significantly smaller than Helsingborg and Göteborg which gives it that cozy small town feeling.
Alot of streets made of cobbled stone.
Its kind of the same feeling you get from walking in Visby, only its about 3& of the full effect.
You are looking at a country (almost) the size of France with a history ca 1500 years deep. Good luck seeing it all ❤
That a very large part of the history is also outside of the current border.
Helsingborg is in Scania, so in other words, not the real Sweden since Scania has been part of Denmark longer than Sweden. xD
I jest... Helsingborg is just as much the "real" Sweden as the other Sweden. xD Cross the water is Helsingör which is part of Denmark.
Also, if you're thinking about Malmö, you could just stop by Helsinborg on the way to Malmö by train from Gothenburg probably. :)
Helsingborg-Helsingör is the old route to Denmark before the bridge Malmö-Köbenhavn was built, it was a busy spot, but you can still take the 25 min ferry over.
The real Sweden though is in Österbotten (Finland).
It still are in some exstent
That guy pronounces the swedish names very well.
Ironic how you talk about how it looks so calm when he mentions the tennis in Båstad wich is the most hectic time ever. 😂 like heart attack hectic.
And ps. Neither Båstad or kullen is a part of Helsingborg. Just really close but not as close as Denmark.
Fun fact. Landskrona in skåne was once considered to be the capital of sweden. There by the name translated to enligt country crown
Sweden really don´t exist as a country. its more of a nordic mish mash. Most settlement are much older than both Denmark and Sweden. And swedens borders change quite a lot. The place where i come from have been continuously seatled since the stone age. The country of Skåneland (that no longer exist.. sort of) is several hundred years older than Sweden, and a full millennia older than "modern Sweden"
4:53 i built that entrance back in the 90s.. or well i was in the team that built it.
6:00 I think you missed it "Hamlets castle" that is the castle where the play hamlet supposedly played out
11:34 There as my senior ball.
"Flikorna Lundgren" is on Kullahalvön, not Bjärehalvön.
Sweden dont exists as a country? What? 😂
Helsingborg is such a beautiful town! And you should defo go to Helsingborg rather than Jönköping 😄
Also, you NEED to visit north of sweden 🫶🏼
15:40 cracking glass by voice can be done, check the mythbusters episode on it.
+Try Karlskrona inn Blekinge Komun Sweden
Helsingborg belongs to the Skåne region. Denmark once owned Skåne. And the city of Lund, which is located in Skåne, Lund University is Damark's f.d. old capital to Damark so you know about it.
In fairness, as far as I recall Alfred the Great had been King in England before the Swedes were actually in control of that part of Sweden, it's where the Danes came from - southern Sweden. The Angles and Jutes being on what we today call Denmark. Kinda like the Scots crossing the Irish sea from Ireland and taking over Scotland..
Edit: You can certainly break glass with a voice. It's a frequency thing. There's vids on YT of people doing it.
There are different cinnamon rolls, well it’s the same but some are more teasty so You have to try from different places to find your favorit. 😋
My hometown, it's a decent place most days.
If you are going to Göteborg, and want to go to Malmö, just hop of the train in Helsingborg on the way.
Technically speaking the real Sweden is Svealand, which is the origin place of the Swedish empire.
Stockholm is in Svealand.
It is also known as the heart of Swedish folk culture.
I thought the heart of swedish folk culture was in Dalarna?
@@bmxfjolla
That is in Svealand.
The northern parts of sweden is the most unique copared to the rest of europe, for a britt the nature up here is what i would recomend as a tourist attraction.
If I look out my kitchen window, I can see across the sea over to Denmark. Helsingborg is a great city! Fun fact: Did you know that Helsingborg is the 3rd most unfaithful city in Sweden? (relationship-wise).
Helsingborg is close to malmö 40min with train
I think his pronaunciation is really good.. Ok that he says Bastad intead of Båstad... and the name Torekov was not wrong at all.
Well, most Swedes would propably recommend that you avoid Stockholm and visit almost any other city... Like Helsinki or Reval.
Born and still living here in Helsingborg, mostly 08 call skåne danish, since our dialect are close to danish
A friend of my have bike to Germany from Helsingborg, can't remember if he went futher south.
I feel Swedish, even if I grow up with the danish tv channels, I have problem understanding them, I understand a Norwegian better 🤣
Fly to Copenhagen, take the train from the airport to Malmö (20 minutes), from Malmö to Helsingborg by train, 45 minutes, take the ferry to Helsingør, 25 minutes. From Helsingør to Fredrikshamn, 5 hours and then by ferry to Göteborg, 3 hours and 30 minutes. Then to Stockholm by train, 3 houers…
It's close to the natural mineral water source in ramlösa 😊
Skåne was danish for a longer time then we have been occupied by Sweden and many of us see Copenhagen as our capital city. The region with Copenhagen is called Örestad or Öresundsregionen and it’s Copenhagen and Skåne working close together with schools and businesses. So the south of Sweden is in many ways closer to Denmark then the power in Stockholm.
well i am born in helsinborg and the city is very butiful in sommer recomend if you shall do a swidish trip go from hesingborg götteborg stockholm kivik greda and malmö as a trip and dont forget landskrona as well. but i recomend you do at list 3 trips to sweden.
There are many "real Swedens" of course. I guess the parts you are used to the most feels like "most real". This american clearly fell in love with Skåne and Helsingborg. To me, Helsingborg (especially "the harbour") is too destroyed by "modernism" though. Just like most (but not all) small towns in Sweden.
Ok, drop in Denmark, some time there. Train to Malmö, likewise, then to Gothenburg. X2000 to Stockholm… What is your time budget?
Helsingör is where ”Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” lived😊
If you go to Sweden i would say go to Stockholm, Helsingborg, Ystad, Fjällbacka and Gotland.
Now everyone from the north in Sweden and from Gothenburg and Malmö Will get angry at me😜
no Hamlet never lived there , it is however the the Shakespeare play Hamlet takes place, the play was based on a much earlier legend about Amlet who was the son of a Chieftain in Jutland around the time when the Roman Empire fell so about 1000 years or so before when the story of Hamlet takes place , the story of Amlet is from Saxo Grammaticus history of the Danes he was a Danish historian who wrote a series of legends and history about Denmark between 1180-1208
@@veronicajensen7690thanks for the information, i didn’t know that.
My family comes from Skåne
I beg to differ.. nothing in Skåne is actual Sweden.. I am glad we took it back from the Danes, but the people from Skåne usually see themselves as a free standing part of Sweden.
If you are going to Stockholm then you must also visit Swedens oldest preserved town of Sigtuna. There you almost feel like you are back in the Wiking ages
The poll about which cities wont be fair. There are so many ppl living in Stockholm and Göteborg that will vote on themselves and win ofc. Smaller citites won stand a chance against them due to population numbers.
My favorite town in Skåne is Lund
Maybe that was the point where swedegarmans first came in area of Finnic tribes.
Not much from Helsingborg was actually shown in this video. The real Sweden as I see it is anywhere outside of Stockholm.
Fly to Stockholm, take a train to Göteborg ca 5-6 hrs, then train to Helsingborg, ca 3 hrs, then train to Malmö, ca 1 h, then train to Copenhagen ca 1h airport and fly back..
Some who live north of Skåne, where Helsingborg is located, would say that Skåne is Danish (it used to belong to Denmark), but I disagree. I've been to many parts of Sweden (I come from Göteborg) and have found that although all regions have their own identity, that identity is also very Swedish. Saying otherwise would be like saying some parts of England are more English than the rest, and that's just dumb in my opinion.
Yes it was Danish and it should stay Danish! From a swede up north.
Karlskrona is a most
Malmo and Helsingborg are like 50min train..
If you count the times countries have been at war with eachoter, Sweden vs Denmark are top contenders.
His pronunciation actually wasn't half-bad.
Only reason for visiting Helsingborg is because you’re on your way to Denmark or further south.
I visited Helsingborg a week ago.
Very beautiful, very Swedish, but somewhat rude people. My kids were harrased by both kids and adults.
You cant buy a cinnamonbun like the ones my grandma and my dad made. Still good but I´ve never bought a great cinnabun.
"The real Sweden" the only place in Sweden that's not a forest
Stay away from Malmö it's a lost city
Reserve Danish
Växjö, Karlskrona, Kalmar, Ystad, Malmö, Helsingborg, Jönköping, Gothenburg, Linköping, Norrköping, and thats just the south.
Pite havsbad 😂
I lived both close to/in Helsingborg, Linköping and Norrköping. And Linköping is really quite boring being a modern industrial city, while Norrköping is very much a "use to be" city.
Helsingborg both got a much richer history as well as more going on currently. On top of that, its far closer to.. pretty much everything. Like when we use to go to Denmark for 7 sek when we where kids... and buy alcohol.
You have seen lists named "best Swedish artists/singers/etc of all time".
If those lists does not include Birgit Nilsson or Jussi Björling (one of the best Tenors in the world), you can ignore that list since it's a sham.
Oh, ah, oh ah eh, vi e Helsingborgare, HIF
Cool
Helsingborg is a nice city.
Not much to do but its pretty.
I would recomend Helsingborg over Malmö to be honest.
Good your not goign this year, its been such shitty weather in most of Europe.
Thats a superstition? That may either be true or an apocryphal story, not superstitious.
It’s quite possible to do with a voice though.
About Birgit Nilsson. Who cares if the story is true. Never fact check a good story.
Sweden didnt really have black slaves we had british though in viking ages..