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Sjalen Says: A "statare" was a cotter, i.e. a very poor farm worker who owned nothing himself. He settled at major farms in the agricultural parts of Sweden and received lodging with his family in cold and damp "cotters houses". There is a very good description in English if you use the...
Sjalen Says: Near Torup castle is a school museum next to the old village school, showing you what a school out here looked like.
Sjalen Says: Surrounding the castle is quite a chunk of beech forest which is the beloved green escape for many Malmö citizens and schools go here on field days and such. It is at its most gorgeous in late April and May when the beeches have just turned green and there is a carpet of...
Sjalen Says: Although geographically much closer to Svedala, Torup itself is owned by Malmö City these days since the owners sold it, but they now lease it instead. This means that you can only tour the inside with a guide weekends in May and June but then it is certainly worth it. It...
Statarmuseets Cafe: Countryside coffee
Sjalen Says: The Statarmuseet/Cotters Museum (see tip) has a cafe full of historical gadgets inside. In summer you can sit in the lovely garden and pig out on Swedish waffles with cream and jam (see secon pic) or lovely sandwiches whilst looking at the flowers and the beech forest....
Sjalen Says: To Svedala itself, you can easily get by train from Malmö Central station and from Ystad. To get around the countryside itself is much harder and the area I have written a lot about here (Torup) is best reached with your own car or by bike BUT in May and early June, you can...
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Near Torup castle is a school museum next to the old village school, showing you what a school out here looked like.
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Svedala is a municipality just south-east of Malmö and quite a boring one as such BUT the countryside around it is marvellous! As a daytrip from Malmö, the area is full of castles, beech forests and...
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