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Skanör - sandy beach, finger food and a blog session

Writer: Helena Bergström

Skanör is located at the bottom of southeastern Skåne and offers fantastic sandy beaches and cosy restaurants. We went here to experience the lovely environment and to meet a bunch of travel bloggers who happened to be here right now.

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Skanör

Skanör is located on Falsterbonäset in south-west Skåne. Close by is the twin town of Falsterbo, which is why you often hear the two towns mentioned together.

Along the coast of southern Skåne

We drove from Ystad and chose to follow the road that runs along the water, road number 9. We made sure to leave in good time, because we suspected that we would pass many nice places where we would like to stay, and that's exactly what happened. The coastline is incredibly beautiful with long sandy beaches, small cosy harbours and yellow waving rapeseed fields.

As we approached Skanör, we were forced to stop and photograph a warning sign. You may recall that we recently photographed a sign warning of otters, at Mt. Österbybruk? Now we found a sign with a frog. We need to start collecting unusual animal warning signs I think!

Meeting with travel bloggers

Four other travel bloggers, and us, had managed to book a meeting in Skanör. It felt great fun, because now it is rare for us travel bloggers to meet. It was partly the friends Magdalena and Pernilla, behind the blog Travelsiswho live in this part of Skåne. In addition, there was Daniel from FlyingDryden and his girlfriend Maria from Mary's foodwho lives in Östersund but was on a cycling holiday in southern Sweden.

The sandy beach in Skanör

The sandy beach in Skanör is really fantastic. The sand is incredibly fine-grained and soft, and we can understand Travelsis who said that "When we are abroad, we sometimes say that this beach is almost as nice as at home".

So much fun to meet other travel bloggers again! This pandemic has limited all physical meetings, and lately we have also been very busy with work and travel. newspaper productionso we are not spoilt by hanging out with others.

Bathers

There are plenty of bathing huts in Skanör and other parts of southern Skåne. When we first saw them in Ystad, we wondered what they were and joked that they were little houses of infidelity.

It has now been explained to us that they are bathing huts, and that you can store your outdoor furniture and other things there, instead of dragging them back and forth to the beach. They didn't used to be so expensive, but nowadays they're rarely sold, so we've heard that the price can sometimes go up to SEK 100,000 for a single small cabin.

Linda's finger food

We all wanted to have lunch and Pernilla and Magdalena, who know the area, took us to Linda's finger food. If you watched Sweden's Master Chef in 2015, you may well recognise Linda Letelier Hansson. She has also published two cookbooks: 'Comfort Food - from Chile to Skanör' and 'Festive Buffets'. She now runs the restaurant Linda's finger food, which in this case should be interpreted as "food you can eat with your fingers".

One of Linda's specialities is 'empanadas', small South American pies. You could order two for a hundred, with your choice of filling, and it suited us perfectly. We don't know if it's Linda's Chilean heritage, but the pies were delicious. We also all shared some salads, to try them out. Both the bean salad and the salad with halloumi can be highly recommended!

We had sun and gentle summer heat. So fantastically lovely! We still think it feels a bit, a bit exotic to be in Skåne, in a positive way.

See more in the neighbourhood

Right next to Skanör is the neighbouring town of Falsterbo. It is also not far if you want to visit towns such as Malmö, Lund, Trelleborg or Ystad. Or why not visit Sweden's southernmost headland Smygehuk? From Trelleborg and Ystad you can also take ferries to Germany and Poland.

Have you visited Skanör?

Have you visited Skanör or Falsterbo? Maybe you've been here on a sun and sea holiday? Tell us about it!

Facts about Skanör

Municipality: Vellinge municipality
County: Skåne County
Landscape: Skåne
Location: On Falsterbonäset in Vällinge municipality in south-eastern Skåne.
Population: More than 37 000 in Vellinge municipality (2021)
Read more: Read more about south-west Skåne at Visit Skåne.

History in Skanör

12th century: The establishment of the German Hansa laid the foundation for a large fish market in Skanör. It was a combination of lots of herring, the Germans' large ships and access to barrels and salt that made the market possible.
13th century: Skanör is mentioned in writing for the first time. It is the historical writer Arnold of Lübeck who, in 'Chronica slavorum', tells of captured merchants.
The Middle Ages: Together with Falsterbo, Skanör was one of the most important marketplaces in northern Europe. Trade flourished in the autumn, and there may have been as many as 70,000 visitors.
16th century: The availability of fish declined, leading to economic decline.
1874 and 1885: Major fires hit the city.
1872: The city was hit by a flood.
Late 19th century: With the railway and the new wave of sea baths, Skanör's new period of prosperity began.

READ MORE: Things to do in Skåne - sights and experiences
READ MORE: Holidays in Sweden - your guide to Sweden's best destinations

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01 June 2021 6:00

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Ruth i Virginia says:

Skanör-Falsterbo was like a foreign country for a Bergslag resident.
read about that area in geography class, but knew of course,
that I would never make it that far south.
The sandy beaches of Skanör are absolutely stunning!
So I'm so happy that I finally got to see some of it.
Skanör-Falstrbo - Waiting for the next chapter.

01 June 2021 - 6:14

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  Helena says:
  
  We also thought it felt a bit like being abroad, haha. Fantastic sand!!!
  
  01 June 2021 - 17:08
  
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4000mil says:

I can safely say that I am jealous. Especially on the travel blogger meeting but also on Skåne. We came home, but I would love to throw myself south again right away. (however, I have a syringe to comfort me with next week).
Christofer was by the way in Falsterbo 10 days at the end of April / May, but was busy with a military training and did not have time to tour anything.

01 June 2021 - 7:27

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  Helena says:
  
  You are a bit starved both on meetings and adventures, and therefore it was very fun!!! Hope that it will start again soon and that we can also meet soon on occasion!!!
  
  01 June 2021 - 17:09
  
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bmlarsreseblogg says:

We have never visited Skanör-Falsterbo despite many trips down to Skåne. Even though we are not ones to hang out on beaches, the sandy beach looks absolutely wonderful. So fun for you to meet travel blogs, now it feels like you see the famous light in the tunnel????

01 June 2021 - 8:01

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  Helena says:
  
  The sandy beach is really fantastic and fun to meet others, you are not so spoilt with that. Yes, now we glimpse the light I think, a little weak there at the other end of the tunnel 😉.
  
  01 June 2021 - 17:11
  
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Ditte says:

What a success! And extra fun to get personal guidance from Pernilla and Magdalena on site.
I have been in Skanör /Falsterbo a few times but then stayed with friends in Höllviken. Unfortunately a long time ago but will gladly come back
The lunch was fun and the food was tempting and tasty.

01 June 2021 - 8:17

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  Helena says:
  
  Local guides are always the best! 🙂
  
  01 June 2021 - 17:11
  
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Ann-Louise Paulsson says:

So nice to meet fellow travel bloggers! And Skanör looks absolutely wonderful! It is one of the few places in Skåne that I have not yet visited.

01 June 2021 - 8:51

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  Helena says:
  
  Definitely worth a visit! Super nice!
  
  01 June 2021 - 17:12
  
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Ama de casa says:

Oh how nice it looks and you couldn't complain about the weather either 🙂 Nice with a blog meeting too 😀.

Speaking of "complaining about the weather" - here it just started to thunder. Well, it was a nice start to the first month of summer... But it will probably work out anyway 🙂.

01 June 2021 - 9:44

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Åke+Hammarbäck says:

After many years of living in Skåne, I have found many gems for excursions, swimming and camping,
Right now we are on a seasonal site in northern Skanör at Solhejdans naturist campsite, a small cosy family campsite with wood-fired sauna, barbecue area with sunset and heated pool, later when the heat comes, you wade out to the sand reef, for sea bathing without swimwear.
Regards

01 June 2021 - 12:09

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Lena+i+Wales+och+Spanien says:

Skanör-Falsterbo, so nice there. But it has been a while since I was there. I had a friend who lived there, so I hung out there quite a lot for a while, but then they moved to Switzerland and then it was not relevant to go there again.
So nice with a blog meeting and also in beautiful surroundings and nice weather.

01 June 2021 - 13:52

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Geddfish says:

I have never been to Skanör - Falsterbo, but would love to. It sounds so cosy.
How cosy you had it!
Hugs

01 June 2021 - 15:24

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Solan says:

Friends we met in Spain have a bathing hut in Skanör. Not at all wrong to cosy up with wine and some picnic food during the evening in such a wonderful place. After bathing...
Fun trip you are on...we are ferrying to Gotland on Monday! ⭐⭐⭐

01 June 2021 - 17:07

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Travelsis.se says:

So much fun to meet and next time we run a more planned meeting and then we will show you more gems.

01 June 2021 - 17:29

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BP says:

Almost like in Benidorm:-) What a nice beach! Nice to see pictures from Skanör-Falsterbo, as I read Olsén & Hansson's fun detective series with pensioners as private detectives that takes place right there.
That cab for 100 000 SEK is probably too much, especially since it was painted in AIK colours;-)

01 June 2021 - 20:47

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Znogge says:

I myself live in Skanör and can only conclude that our beaches here in Näset are absolutely fantastic. Therefore, I am quite picky when it comes to beaches abroad and far from everyone impresses me. I can add that Falsterbonäset now counts as an island.

04 June 2021 - 15:04

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Andreas says:

The sand on the Falsterbo side is even finer, Skanör's sand is almost coarse-grained in comparison.. And stones mixed in the sand... But iofs, larger beach at Skanör, so pitch a it, then there will be less congestion for us on the Falsterbo side 😋

04 June 2021 - 20:47

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Lena - gott för själen says:

It's nice to meet other bloggers when you're in the neighbourhood. Energising!

I have never been there as far as I can remember. Possibly when I was a child, but nothing I remember.

Hug Lena

22 June 2021 - 5:59

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Skanör - sandy beach, finger food and a blog session

Writer: Helena Bergström

Skanör

Along the coast of southern Skåne

Meeting with travel bloggers

The sandy beach in Skanör

Bathers

Linda's finger food

See more in the neighbourhood

Have you visited Skanör?

Facts about Skanör

History in Skanör

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