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Norrviken's gardens - fantastic park outside Båstad

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Writer: Helena Bergström

Norrviken Gardens, located outside Båstad in Skåne, was built in the late 19th century by gardening enthusiast Rudolf Abelin. Today this is a fantastic park with a range of fascinating style gardens, a restaurant and even activities for children. A wonderful destination!

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Artwork Nimis - directions and interesting facts

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Writer: Helena Bergström

Nimis is a fascinating artwork on the Kulla peninsula in Skåne, created by artist Lars Vilks. It's not just the artwork itself that is exciting, but the stories and myths surrounding it. We've gathered some interesting facts about the artwork and the 'sovereign state' of Ladonia and offer our top tips for visiting.

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Tropicarium in Helsingborg - exotic animals from around the world

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Writer: Helena Bergström

Tropikariet in Helsingborg is an exotic indoor park that showcases fascinating animals from Africa and South America. Here you can meet the world's smallest monkey, see the world's most poisonous animal or perhaps be charmed by the curious meerkats.

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Sofiero castle and gardens - royal floral splendour!

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Writer: Helena Bergström

Sofiero Castle and Castle Garden in Helsingborg offers a fantastic environment with intense greenery, splendid flower beds and a fabulous castle. Several royals have stayed here, and today both the castle and garden are open to the public.

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Jakriborg in Skåne - inspired by the Middle Ages

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Writer: Helena Bergström

Jakriborg is a residential area on the Scanian plain, just south of Lund, that looks like a cross between a medieval Hanseatic city and a modern fairytale town. Here, colourful houses with steep roofs, cobbled streets and signs for 'specerier' and 'charkuterier' meet.

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The Kyrkö bog car cemetery - a different kind of attraction

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Writer: Helena Bergström

The Kyrkö mosse car cemetery outside Ryd in Tingsryd municipality is an unusual sight, to say the least. In the middle of the forests of Småland lie around 150 scrap cars from the mid-20th century. The cars lie like rusty skeletons in the terrain and the site is gradually being taken over by nature.

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Habo Church and Bottnaryd Church - fantastic wooden churches

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Writer: Helena Bergström

Habo Church and Bottnaryd Church are two fantastically beautiful wooden churches in Västergötland and Småland respectively. Both churches are from the 17th century and both are richly decorated with fantastic paintings. These churches are well worth a visit, whether you are interested in church history or not.

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Cape Kaliakra in Bulgaria - and a visit to a mussel farm

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Writer: Helena Bergström

Cape Kaliakra juts out into the Black Sea as a long point, in the north-eastern part of Bulgaria. Here you can see both natural cave formations and the remains of a medieval fort. Not far from here you can also visit a mussel farm ...

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Baltjik in Bulgaria - botanical garden, palace and wine

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Writer: Helena Bergström

Baltjik is a Bulgarian town on the Black Sea that offers a stunning botanical garden, a beautiful summer palace and exciting wine tasting opportunities.

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Aladzha Monastery in Bulgaria - the cave monastery in the cliffs

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Writer: Helena Bergström

The Aladzha Monastery in Bulgaria is a cave monastery where monks once lived an ascetic life in silence. Today it is an interesting historical site, beautifully situated in the Golden Sands Nature Park.

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