Sweden - Becky Ohlsen [131]
Cinemas in Lund include the following:
Biografen Kino (30 30 80; Kyrkogatan 3) Art-house films.
SF Bio Filmstaden (0856-26 00 00; Västra Mårtensgatan 12) Mainstream flicks.
Getting There & Away
Flygbuss (0771-77 77 77) runs regularly to Malmö’s Sturup airport (Skr99); Click here.
It’s 15 minutes from Lund to Malmö by train, with frequent Pågatågen departures (Skr39). Some trains continue to Copenhagen (Skr125, one hour). Other direct services run from Malmö to Kristianstad and Karlskrona via Lund. All long-distance trains from Stockholm or Göteborg to Malmö stop in Lund.
Long-distance buses leave from outside the train station. Most buses to/from Malmö (except buses to Trelleborg and Falsterbo) run via Lund. Click here for details.
Getting Around
Stadsbussarna (0771-77 77 77) local town buses cost Skr15 per ride; the terminal is on Botulfs-platsen, west of Mårtenstorget. Phone Taxi Skåne (33 03 30) for a taxi. For bike hire, head to Godsmagasinet (35 57 42; Bangatan; per day/week Skr20/130; 6.30am-9.30pm Mon-Fri), a bicycle lock-up in the northernmost train-station building.
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FALSTERBO PENINSULA
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This laid-back peninsula 30km south of Malmö lures sun-lovers with its sandy beaches and ornithologists with its impressive posse of feathered creatures. Eclectic extras include the unmissable Foteviken Viking Reserve and the offbeat amber museum.
The area’s major tourist office (42 54 54; www.vellinge.se/turism, in Swedish; Östra Hamnplan 2; 10am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm Sat & Sun mid-Jun–mid-Aug; 10am-noon & 1-4pm Mon-Fri Apr–mid-Jun & mid-Aug–mid-Oct; 10am-noon & 1-3pm Mon-Fri mid-Oct–mid-Dec & early Jan–Mar) is just outside Höllviken, near the lifting bridge. The town of Höllviken has banks and supermarkets.
Bärnstensmuseum
Trapped in sticky resin 40 million years ago, insects fight, mate and feed in pieces of amber at the Bärnstensmuseum (Amber Museum; 45 45 04; www.brost.se; Södra Mariavägen 4; adult/child Skr20/10; 10am-6pm mid-Jun–mid-Aug; 11am-5pm mid-May–mid-Jun & mid-Aug–Sep; 11am-5pm Sat & Sun Oct–mid-May). It’s small but interesting; museum staff acted as advisors to the makers of Jurassic Park.
The museum is near Höllviken’s southern edge, just off the coast road towards Trelleborg.
Foteviken Viking Reserve
If you mourn the passing of big hairy men in longboats, find solace at one of Sweden’s most absorbing attractions, about 700m north of Höllviken. Foteviken Viking Reserve (Vikingareservatet vid Foteviken; 33 08 00; www.foteviken.se; adult/6-15yr Skr60/25; 10am-4pm Jun-Aug, 10am-4pm Mon-Fri late-April–May & Sep-Oct) is an evocative ‘living’ reconstruction of a late–Viking Age village. Entry price includes a fantastic one-hour guided tour (Swedish, plus English), departing at 11am, 1pm and 2.30pm.
Around 22 authentic reconstructions of houses with reed or turf roofs have been built on the coast, near the site of the Battle of Foteviken (1134). These belong to various tradespeople, like the town’s jarl (commander of the armed forces), juror and scribe; and the chieftain, whose home has wooden floorboards, fleeces and a Battle of Foteviken tapestry. There’s even a shield-lined great hall (the Thinghöll), a lethally powerful war catapult and nifty Viking-made handicrafts to buy.
Amazingly, the reserve’s residents live as the Vikings did, eschewing most modern conveniences and adhering to old traditions, laws and religions – even after the last tourist has left.
Viking Week is usually held in late June, and culminates in a Viking market, complete with agile warriors in training.
There’s a reasonable hostel (040-33 08 06; cottages per night/week Skr630/3600) just outside the reserve for visitors.
Falsterbo & Skanör
Little Falsterbo Museum (47 05 13; bengt.04472242@telia.com; Sjögatan; adult/7-16yr Skr20/10; 10am-7pm mid-Jun–mid-Aug), at the southern tip of the peninsula, is a pleasing jumble: a small Naturum, old shops and smithies, WWII mines and the remains of a 13th-century boat.
Falsterbo’s long sandy beach is popular with locals and Malmö leisure-seekers.