Helsingborg - Do & See
Helsingborg is a city full of beauty. Architectural sights that extend from the early Middle Ages via the functional style to the present day. The city is also full of history – old and modern, Danish and Swedish. Dunkers Kulturhus, Fredriksdal, Kulturmagasinet, Kärnan and Sofiero tell some of the story. Other locations and museums give an account of different occupations and industries – the rubber factory, fishing, the printing works, the stoneware factories etc. This and much besides can be found in the independent museums. Welcome!
Sancta Maria Church
The city’s oldest church dates from the 14th century, a beautiful brick-built Gothic church that was originally one of Denmark’s largest city churches. See the altar screen from the 15th century and the silver hoard in the cellar of the vestry. Sancta Maria Church in the centre of Helsingborg, a triple nave, Gothic church from the 15th century with a hoard of silver in the cellar of the vestry.
Wallåkra stoneware factory
Wallåkra stoneware factory still produce stoneware, brown shiny pots and pans, from the local clay. During the winter, the best day to visit the factory is on a Sunday when the restaurant and the factory are open from 12.00pm to 16.00pm. The factory and shop are also open Wednesday to Friday.
At other times of the year, it is open for conferences, dining, views etc.
Gustav Adolfs Church
At the heart of the multi-cultural central Söder district lies the grand Gustav Adolfs Church in red brick. The church dates from 1897 and is built in the neo-Gothic style with stained-glass windows in both ancient and more contemporary styles.
Helsingborgs IF
A football game at Olympia offers everything you could possibly ask for. Fresh smell from the grass, roars from the spectators and the sound of 22 athletes battling on the pitch. The excitement is guaranteed and you’re more than welcome to enjoy the unique atmosphere in one of Sweden’s most legendary stadiums.
Kärnan
The defensive watchtower, Kärnan, is the symbol of Helsingborg and it has kept watch over the city for almost 700 years. At a height of 34 metres the top offers a ravishing view over the city and the Danish coast. Kärnan is what remains of the mighty Helsingborg castle. Kärnan is some 35 metres high and getting up to the top and enjoying the magnificent views over the port, the Sound and Helsingör is worth every single step.
On the way up you get an exciting history lesson on the city’s heyday during the Middle Ages
Fredriksdal Museums And Gardens
Fredriksdal is one of the largest open-air museums in Sweden. There is something for everybody here when it comes to nature and culture. Charming old city quarters, a living Scanian farm, parks and a botanical garden. Visiting Fredriksdal Museums and Gardens is like taking a trip through history.
Sofiero Castle And Gardens
Sofiero in Helsingborg was designated Sweden’s most beautiful park in 2010. Visitors come from far and wide to experience 10,000 flowering rhododendron shrubs, the murmuring brooks of the ravine, the view over the Sound from the castle’s café, art exhibitions, concerts and all the year’s food and garden events. Take a blanket and picnic hamper along and enjoy Slottsparken (Castle Park).
Dunkers Kulturhus
You will find an art gallery, exhibitions of urban and cultural history, music, theatre, youth culture, shops, fact rooms, restaurants and bistros here. Dunkers Kulturhus is part of Helsingborg’s Museums, which also includes Fredriksdal Museums and Gardens and Kulturmagasinet.
Southern Sweden’s largest arts centre is an arena for artistic and creative experiences, learning and creating – a meeting place for culture in all its forms!
Tropikariet
In Tropikariet exotic animals from throughout the world live in their own environments. This mini-zoo is divided into different parts of the world. Not all the animals are behind glass, some move around freely among the visitors.
Helsingborg Sports Museum
Helsingborg Sports Museum offers sports histories, current exhibitions, a library and a Hall of Fame containing many personalities from Helsingborg to be proud of
Helsingborg School Museum
Helsingborg School Museum is administered on behalf of the municipality by the Helsingborg School Museum Society, a completely non-profit organisation with the function of collecting and exhibiting objects and documents that illuminate the character of elementary schools and their development from past times to the present. The emphasis is on the development in Helsingborg and the villages surrounding the city.
Helsingborg Medical History Museum
Among other exhibits, the museum has utensils for care, examination and treatment.
The objects have been in use at the Children’ Hospital, Helsingborg General Hospital, Vanföreanstalten (institution for the disabled), St. Maria Hospital and the Isolation Hospital.
Special exhibitions on drug manufacturing at Leo, spa life at Ramlösa, St. Maria Hospital and the exhibition “A development for life” and others are also to be found in the museum
Råå Museum
During the 19th century Råå was one of Sweden’s largest fishing villages and today it is one of the largest harbours for leisure boats. Picturesque fisherman’s cottages, Råå Museum of fishing and shipping containing equipment and models.
North Harbour-tropical Beach
North Harbour has a very continental feel, it is a relatively new district with a beautiful quayside promenade lined by restaurants.
