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Staycation In Helsingborg

25 July 2011 By: Marlene15 Comments

While the rest of the world are suffering from intense heat wave, here is practically rainy and grey. It feels hot and humid though after the rain. Our summer road trip turned out to be brief this time due to unpredictable weather conditions. We drove south a week ago expecting to get the best of the sun. It’s typically warmer in the south so we headed to Helsingborg (Sweden). Hubby lived in this city before so it’s easy for us to go around and find a hotel. He said he would show me the street where he had his flat and the hotel where he worked as a night porter. We usually drive through Helsingborg when we take a road trip to neigboring countries but we have never made a stop to explore the city. And here’s what we discovered recently.

Kärnan in Helsingborg
Right at the heart of the city is this fortress leading to the famous Kärnan (The Core), a medieval tower used in the past for controlling entry to the Baltic Sea. Hubby was tired and out after going up 100+ steps and I had no intention to take the stairs down so we took the elevator (hiss).

Helsingborg City Hall
The Helsingborg city hall building is unanimously impressive to me. It looks like a castle in the city centre. It’s close to the Kärnan and across the street is the harbour where ferries to Helsingor (Denmark) dock.  There’s more to show and tell about this beautiful city but in my future posts.

~ My World Tuesday ~

About Marlene

Marlene works as a teacher, but she blogs in her spare time. She started blogging in 2007, and since then, it has become one of her hobbies. She writes for Lemback.com, which she and her husband have built and managed but later moved to Wordpress to join other WP bloggers. Connect Marlene on Twitter

Comments

  1. SEO says

    25 July 2011 at 16:01

    It does look like a great city I love how it truly does look royal and regal throughout.

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      29 July 2011 at 23:53

      It is, indeed. If given a choice I’d love to live there.

      Reply
  2. Eileen says

    25 July 2011 at 23:40

    It is a pretty city, I like the building and architecture. thanks for sharing your world.

    Reply
  3. Rajesh says

    26 July 2011 at 02:57

    Beautiful shots of the place. The architecture is marvelous.

    Reply
  4. Joyful says

    26 July 2011 at 08:53

    That is a nice building. It’s good you can enjoy a staycation. I think those are becoming more popular now. Keep hydrated as we too are having more humidity and rain and it makes one thirsty.

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      29 July 2011 at 23:57

      Joyful, thank you for visiting, it makes me joyful. It was just short but relaxing.

      Reply
  5. Marlene says

    26 July 2011 at 13:08

    Thank you, I like most the design of this theme. It just happened that I am in this beautiful country with histories of castles and royalties.

    Reply
  6. fjällripan says

    26 July 2011 at 15:39

    En väldigt vacker stad, har bara hunnit med ett kort besök där innan jag skulle vidare. Men nån gång skulle jag vilja besöka västkusten igen 🙂

    Reply
  7. Marites says

    26 July 2011 at 16:42

    indeed, both buildings are quite impressive. My fave is the 2nd one.

    Reply
  8. Luna Miranda says

    26 July 2011 at 19:34

    these are magnificent buildings! i love the medieval tower–it must have an interesting history.

    P.S. you’re from Negros, too? kasimanwa.:p

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      28 July 2011 at 12:29

      My mother is from Dumaguete but we never lived there. We visited her place when I was little.

      Reply
  9. Claudia says

    29 July 2011 at 01:20

    This place looks awesome! Nice pictures too! This is definitely going on my list of places to travel. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      30 July 2011 at 00:05

      Thank you, Claudia. I’m sure you’ll love this place if you like old architectures with histories behind.

      Reply

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