From the apple orchards at Ivösjön to the beaches and eel fishermen outside Åhus. From waterfalls and beech forests to chocolate making and medieval towns. The area around Kristianstad is filled with delicious places for both soul and palate.
The fog hangs heavy amidst the golden beech trees, casting a mystical glow in Åbjär Nature Reserve, just outside Kristianstad. In the autumn season, this reserve reveals its most enchanting beauty.
Ivö klack is a nature reserve on a 134-meter-high primeval mountain on Scania's largest island - Ivö. Hike in the present in the beech forest or travel 60 million years back in time and look for fossils in one of Sweden's fossil-richest places.
Vineyard, restaurant and farm hotel all in one Ivögården if you think holistically and locally grown, even about the wine! Come along to Sweden's smallest commercial vineyard.
Skåne is Sweden's most castle-dense landscape, and castle towers can be seen on the horizon almost as often as church towers. Join us from hut to castle around Kristianstad!
In Skåne there is plenty of nature and beautiful places for hiking, swimming and recreation. Here are my nine favorites among all the nature experiences around Kristianstad - from spring onion paradise to waterfalls!
In Scania's north-eastern corner, it is absolutely bubbling with taste experiences! Here are five hot tips for eating and coffee around Kristianstad - everything from a fantastic dinner to an abundance of chocolate!
One of Skåneleden's newest hiking trails SL6 starts in Åhus and goes through the Äspet nature reserve. A stretch that offers both rugged sand dunes and enticing sea bathing.
Åhus is a popular seaside resort during the summer, but the city is at least as interesting for a cozy weekend trip with good food all year round. Here are four really good tips for eating and coffee in Åhus!
Just north of Kristianstad is Skåne's largest lake Ivösjön. We set out on a journey of discovery along the 5 mile long road "Humleslingan" and discovered apple orchards, lovely nature, good food and lots of history.
It is said that the Bäckaskog monastery was built "where the angels sang the loudest". We took an autumn walk in the castle park at Bäckaskog castle to not only catch the 800-year-old winds of history - but maybe even see a ghost or two...
In the middle of Kristianstad, you can go hiking Linnérundan in the Kingdom of Water - a protected biosphere area that not only has a very varied nature, but is also home to almost a fifth of all of Sweden's threatened species.
My visit to the area's eel fishermen at Tvillingaboden south of Åhus offered not only a perfect beach, but also a lesson in the history of eel fishing.
