PART 3:
Rock and metal is very popular music in Halmstad. There seems to be a large underground scene.
Carl Milles fountain “Europa och tjuren“ from 1926. Another copy of “Europa on the bull“ is located somewhere in Tennessee, USA.
The motive has its roots in Greece mythology, where Zeus, in a shape of a bull, abducts princess Europa.
Rådhuset, The Town Hall of Halmstad. It consists of an old part from 1938 and a modern part from 1982. The old part is definately more preferable.
St Nikolai Kyrka (St Nicholas Church) stand right at Stora Torg. At a height of 62m to the spire, it is the tallest building in Halmstad’s city center, and the city’s tallest building between 1490 and 1988. When completed it was completed, Halmstad was part of the Danish province of Halland. It is one of the few buildings that survived the large fire in 1619.
The beginning of Storgatan, the longest and nicest of several pedestrian streets. Beginning from Stora Torg.
The trendy stores at Storgatan.
A yard that has been modernized with a large Espresso House, boutiques and a glass elevator shaft.
The yard is located between Storgatan and Köpmansgatan and has a gate on each side.
Kirsten Munks Hus from around 1620. Munk was Christian IV:s consort.
Its green glazed brick facade is very nice.
A display window in Munk’s house has a faked electric guitar in the same style as the house.
To the left is Gastons, a trendy restaurant where we had diner. Pretty good location and food, but very slow service. To the right is Vattenporten.
Vattenporten is one of the grandest building along Storgatan.
Another historic building on Storgatan.
Looking towards Norre Port from 1610, that leads to the city park.
It was once a part of the city’s fortress and is one of the few preserved city gates in Sweden.
Röda Kvarn (red mill), a cinema in classical style at Lilla Torg.
Lilla Torg (little square), looking towards Vattenporten. An exotic view with the palms and open-air restaurants.
Köpmansgatan.
The tower belongs to a marketplace building, that formerly was a fire department.
The TV building at Lilla Torg.
Overview of Lilla Torg. Fattighuset is the name of the building to the right of the tower. That means “poor man’s house“ despite it looks all but poor today. It was renovated in 1997 and hosts several craftsmen that have their workshops and both sell and manufacture their stuff in this building.
Looking towards Galgberget, the green “gallows mountain“ that looks over the city, just north of downtown. It used to be an execution place until the mid 19th century. Wood was planted here in the 1860s. Galgberget is actually an esker, not a mountain.
A beautiful green lane in Mickedala right at the foot of Galgberget.
The stairs up from to Galgberget, where I haven’t been since I was about 4 years old.
Hallandsgården is an open air museum at Gallows mountain. Just like at Kulturen in Lund, there are very old wellpreserved houses in typical red wood Swedish style, of those some have been moved to Hallandsgården from other places in Halland. Hallandsgården was founded in 1925 and has about a dozen houses.
At this stone, we first thought there stood „666“ but it probably is „1666“.
The windmill of Hallandsgården.
The nice open-air café at Hallandsgården, where we sat down and had coffee for a while.
Hörsåsstugan was built in the beginning of the 18th century.
Hörsåsstugan is Hallandsgården’s oldest house.
Galgberget has very nice vegetation and many events are held there.
The observation tower on the top of Galgberget. It was completed in 1897 and is today a residence for a woman who lives there and she displays her paintings in the stairway that leads to the top.
It is free to get up to the top of Galgberget’s observation tower. During WWII a canon was placed on its top.
The stairway is very narrow.
PART 4:
Views from the narrow top of Galgberget’s observation tower:
To the south: Nissastrand, Andersberg and Trade Center.
Trade Center again.
City center and the harbour.
Panorama from the south (left) to the city center in the middle and the harbour to the right.
Lilla Torg can be seen in the middle and the beach in the distance.
The stairs up to Galgberget.
Pines at Galgberget.
The horizon.
The shadow of the tower.
These kind of houses, just between Galgberget and downtown, are typical for Halmstad.
A wedding was going on in this church.
A very grand residential building.
Krönleins, formerly Appeltofftska bryggeriet, is the brewery that make among others the popular beer Three Hearts, Halmstadcider and Cuba-Cola, Sweden’s first cola brand.
Vallgatan (Bank Street) is a charmy street behind the brewery.
Hantverksgatan towards the roundabout.
Oldfashioned shops in central Halmstad.
Brogatan, seen from Stora Torg. As you can see, you can even buy kebab in Halmstad.
Kyrkogatan. The halftimbered houses of Broktorpsgården from the 17th century.
Hantverksgatan.
A tourist train at the roundabout at Karl XI:s väg.
Rotorp, a typical residential district in west Halmstad, where my grandmother lived when I was little. It has changed a bit since then.
PART 5:
Halmstad Äventyrsland (Adventureland), amusement park in American style in Söndrum in the west edge of Halmstad.
Halfway between Halmstad and Tylösand.
Tylösand is a flashy suburb, 8 km from Halmstad.
It is famous for its popular beach, expensive residence, its spa and golf.
An unusual minigolf course.
An unusual tower in oriental style.
The leaning lifeguard tower of Tylösand.
The beach of Tylösand.
It also has rocks.
Golf course.
Approaching Hallandsåsen from the North, into Skåne.
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