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Sjalen Says: Sadly with scaffolding, I still want to show you what the old court house from the 1860s in its pretty square looks like. It is next to the old jail, now museum, that I mentioned in my previous tip. The scaffolding is because it was renovated to become a school.
Sjalen Says: The lovely old town hall from 1775 in the main square today houses the tourist information. It became too small for the town in 1896.
Sjalen Says: Hantverksmuseet is open all year round and shows local Ängelholm ceramics. There is also a collection of silverware. There are also temporary art exhibitions. The interesting thing to me though, is that the museum is housed in the old town jail. Don't miss the riverside...
Sjalen Says: Hembygdsparken is a piece of land by the river set aside for old heritage buildings like the Grönvallska gården and the Luntertungården (Ängelholm's oldest building from 1761). There is also a technical museum with motorbikes and other things, a school museum, and a mix of...
Sjalen Says: Ängelholm has had an air base (F10) for years and these days, it has opened as a museum. You get to see some fighter planes, helicopters and different engines and can also try look at an underground radar survelliance room and climb into the seat of a "Draken" plane. If you...
Sjalen Says: Ängelholm has not always had its centre this far inland. There has been a church on this site since mid 16th century and if you want to see the ruins of the earlier church, you have to head for Luntertun on the way to the beach. This new church is from 1861 (but with later...
Sjalen Says: The local planners today work in a completely different building, namely the new town hall. Set by the river, it is easily distinguishable as you can see that the architect has travelled a lot in the Middle East.
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Restaurang Golddragon: Wonderful Thai food outside of Thailand!
Hellomisssunshine Says: Me and my husband recently visited Ängelholm - for its nature, its peacefulness, biking and canoeing down the river. This was the last stop on our Sweden roadtrip before heading to Denmark. Little did we know that we would find a thai restaurant of this amazing standard that...
Sjalen Says: Out by the beach is this nice bar and restaurant with a summery feel to it as you sit beneath the little palms. As it is by the pleasure boat harbour, it has the sand dunes in front of it so you don't actually see the sea but it is just a short walk there and you are close...
Telegrafen: Town square meeting point
Sjalen Says: Ängelholm's British style pub with live music on Fridays. Summertime, most of the action happens in the main square where the restaurant sets up business, and with something for everyone on the menu (prawn starters, garlic bread, steaks and chips/baked potato, grilled pork,...
Sjalen Says: As the rest of Scania, Ängelholm is excellent for biking and here you can go both from the town to the beach or just along the river. That is when you're not busy pedalling along the Bjäre peninsula. A set tour is the "Lergöksrundan" on around 16 kilometres - the tourist...
Sjalen Says: It is easy to get to Ängelholm, both by the slow train from Gothenburg and regional trains from Malmö and Helsingborg (including some direct connections from Copenhagen too). Next to the station is the bus station if you need further connections.
Sjalen Says: Summertime, a boat trip with Laxen II is a great way to move around. You don't have to take a full sigtseeing tour but can hop off at the heritage park, but if you stay on, it is easily the most scenic way to the beach and back.
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Educated Swedes and/or locals know Ängelholm as "Clay pigeon town" (Lergökasta'n) and this is because the town once had more potterers than anywhere in this clay rich region. The ocarinas were therefore created as that little extra to bring from town on market days and often given to children. Today, there is an ocarina orchestra in town which sometimes performs and it is the typical souvenir in town. You also see these yellow birds on trees and signs around town, indicating walking- or biking paths.
Updated Jul 18, 2006
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Ängelholm got its town charter in 1516 and by then it moved to the place it is now. In medieval days, the town was called Luntertun (as in the house in Hembygdsparken) and was situated almost by the rivermouth. Luntertun was however always buried in sand from the sea which is why it was abandoned. Today, you can visit it to see the ruins of the old town church and to see a nice area full of lovely houses and boats as the forest planted around the area has stopped the worst sand drifts. You see it from the river if you take a boat trip, in which case you will also see the island opposite which had a fortress on it in medieval days.
Updated Jul 18, 2006
Sjalen Says: Rönne River is excellent for canoeing and you can rent them in town (walking along the river you will see how popular it is). Glide through the quiet river landscape shown in so many other pictures on this page and enjoy the Scanian Amazones at your own pace, maybe paddle...
Sjalen Says: Of course a seaside town with a good river has to have fish. You need to have a card to be allowed to fish, and this can be bought at the tourist office or by the local taxi company to name a few. It comes in a cheap day version or you can buy for a week, a month or a...
Sjalen Says: One of Scania's if not the south of Sweden's most important bird areas, the Rönne River between Ängelholm town centre and the mouth by the Skälder Bay are a few precious kilometres where you can be spoilt with kingfishers and other rare birds. Important enough to be put on...
Sjalen Says: If you love to look at nice houses, imagining that you live there, you'd better stay out of Ängelholm as there are so many wonderful houses along the river that you'll go crazy with frustration whilst wonderinf who can afford them all. Even some apartment blocks have their...
Sjalen Says: The Rönne River is one of the best things about Scanian nature in my opinion and I felt so peaceful travelling those few kilometres between town and sea. You can see why they call it the Amazones of Scania and I saw the fallen logs as alligators. That's when I didn't expect...
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Having passed Ängelholm several times by train between Gothenburg and the continent in my days, I didn't get to see it in detail until we finally cycled around the Bjäre peninsula north-west of...
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