On both sides of the sound there are clearly marked bicycle paths of different types – national, regional and local. For those who want to go their own way, the opportunities are ofcourse enormous. (more…)

Last week I just realized that this region should be explored on a bike. Most tourist offices have day tours and short excursions in the area. I think I will create the coast to coast alternative as well! This tour will take you alongside the coastline, near sandy beaches and to the rural countryside with forests, ridges, castles and small villages. (more…)

Each spring, artists and artisans of the Skåne region open their studios to the public. Now there are several open-house art routes in Skåne. (more…)

A total of 10,923 companies from 184 countries presented their tourism attractions on a display area measuring some 160,000 square metres. In spite of this huge competition the Skåne town (more…)

Here is a little taste of summer in the middle of Christmas preparations! The Hostel Skeppar gården, in Haväng in South East Skåne recently was awarded ”The Pillow of the Year”. (more…)

Ryanair got the Festive Season off to a flying start this week by launching its new Christmas Markets Website on and in doing so with a flight giveaway to Christmas markets in Europe. In South of Sweden you arrive in Malmö-Sturup Airport (more…)

Join a cooking adventure with some of the best chefs in Skåne!
During a 4-day programme in three different outstanding locations (more…)

No less than six professional chefs from Skåne out of twenty-four from the whole Sweden will compete in the semi final for the title Årets Kock (Chef of the Year). The six skilled chefs from Skåne are:

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On November 10, 2006 the new Wallander movie “The Secret” (Hemligheten in Swedish), will hit the big screen in Scandinavia. It is the 13th movie with Swedish actor Krister Henriksson as inspector Kurt Wallander. It is also the last in a planned series based upon the character Kurt Wallander. Discussions are in progress whether there will (more…)

For culinary experiences in Skåne the visit to Kivik is a must! The apple season in Kivik, southeast Skåne, is celebrated with the big apple market September 27-28th. Here you can look at apple exhibitions, see the worlds largest work of apple art. Each year the artist Emma Karp creates a gigantic “painting” made of apples (more…)