Helsingborg, Sweden

It only takes around an hour to get from Copenhagen to Helsingborg and there are now two ways to cross the Oresund (the channel of water between Denmark and Sweden). There is a bridge/tunnel combination from Copenhagen to Malmo in the south or a ferry from Helsingor to Helsingborg in the North. I decided to take the ferry as it was cheaper (320DKK/£40) than the tunnel (550DKK/£70).

My campsite was just south of Helsingborg in Raa Hahn but it was quite pricey (240SKr/£25 per night). I did get a nice spot though where I could look across the water and see Denmark. The Raa harbour is pretty busy for small yachts and boats and there are boats lining the banks of the canals for quite a way inland too. It is certainly a nice area to cycle through. I planned to have a barbeque for the first time on the edge of the water but the wind picked up and the clouds looked ominous so I decided to have it by the van instead - finishing just before the rain started.

It was windy and rainy pretty much from this point until I left Helsingborg but I found a gap in the weather to get out and see the town itself. The port of Helsingborg is much more commercial and not nearly as appealing but inland it still has plenty of history and old buildings. The town hall is located on the harbour with the statue of Magnus Stenbock (the man who led to the Swedes to take back the town from the Danes) erected outside.

Just up the street is the castle with it's fortified walls now turned into a water feature. The single tower in the centre is surrounded by grass and parklands and the fortress gives a great view over the harbour and city centre.

The horizontal rain put a stop to too much more exploring but now I head further north up the coast to Gothenburg.