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Ystad Port Information
If you follow the coastline eastwards from Trelleborg, you will reach the small harbor town of Ystad in around 50 minutes by car. Ystad belonged to Denmark until 1658 and was an important port for herring fishing in the Middle Ages. Today, ferries run from Ystad to the Danish island of Bornholm and to Swinemünde in Poland.
Places of interest
The beautiful old town with over 300 well-preserved half-timbered houses is unique in Sweden. Ystad is best known among German tourists today for the "Wallander" novels by Henning Mankell, almost all of whose plots are set in Ystad. The places mentioned in the crime novels also exist in real life, for example the home of detective Kurt Wallander at Mariagatan 10, a simple red brick building.
On Stortorget is St. Mary's Church, whose 16th century tower is one of Ystad's landmarks. A little further north is St. Peter's Church and the former Franciscan monastery, both built in the 13th century.
Museums
- Charlotte Berlin Museum. The former home of Charlotte Berlins is an originally furnished bourgeois home from the 19th century
- Address: Dammgatan 23, 271 42 Ystad, Sweden
- Website: charlotteberlinsmuseum.se
- Opening hours: daily from 27 june to 11 september, guided tours every hour from 11 am to 4 pm.
- Ystad Art Museum with a focus on regional art (Denmark, southern Sweden)
- Address: St Knuts Torg, 271 42 Ystad, Sweden
- Website: konstmuseet.ystad.se
- Ystad Monastery
- Address: S:t Petri Kyrkoplan, 271 34 Ystad, Sweden
- Website: www.ystad.se/klostret
- Ystad Military Museum
- Address: Nils Ahlins gata 19, 271 39 Ystad, Sweden
- Website: www.ystadsmilitarmuseum.se
Getting to the harbor
The ferry port of Ystad is about 1 km from the city center, which is a 15-minute walk.
- By car:
The port is easily accessible via the main roads. From Malmö, the European route E65 leads directly to Ystad, the journey takes about an hour depending on traffic conditions. There are short and long-term parking spaces at the port. - By plane:
The nearest major airport is Malmö Airport. From there you can travel on to Ystad by rental car, bus or train. The total travel time from the airport to the port is between one and one and a half hours, depending on the means of transport. - Public transportation:
Ystad is well connected to the Swedish rail network. There are regular train connections from larger cities such as Malmö and Lund. From Ystad train station, the port can be reached on foot in approx. 15 minutes, alternatively cabs and local buses are available.
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