From Copenhagen to Sweden - 4th Oct 2008

It's the end of the first week in Copenhagen and we girls decided to be adventurous. After hearing stories about how we must visit Sweden, particularly Helsinborg, how could we resist the temptation. So, out set the three of us to Helsinborg. We took the train to Helsingor (Denmark) and from there, got a ferry to Helsinborg. I am impressed with the ferry. The usual ones we see only carry passengers but this is like a mini shopping mall in the ferry. It has duty free shops for chocolate lovers to indulge into chocolates and candies and there are quite a number of restaurants and cafes to dine from. We tried the much talked about sausage on our way back to Copenhagen.

After helping ourselves to the sausage we reached the Helsinborg train station. There were a group of men singing and cheering away. In fact, they did that since they were in the ferry. We could not understand what they were saying but it was certainly some sort of celebration they were having. Some looked a little drunk.

We stopped at a quaint coffee house to fill our stomachs before roaming the streets of Helsinborg. The waitresses were pretty and they were rather tanned for a Caucasian. My colleague speculated they spray-tanned themselves ;p No comments from my end as I have not a single clue to differentiate an authentic sun tan from a chemical-induced one.

Yummy, the food on display looked delicious, weren't they? I had a hard time deciding what to have. In the end, I ended up with a healthy sandwich with chicken ham and fresh greens. (Oo, the one on the first row, right most)

Satisfied, we walked out of the train station and we were greeted by this handsome building right before us.
On our left is the Helsinborg harbour. The wind was as chilly as Copenhagen's.

This is the castle we were looking for. Magnificient!

Ah, I have finally made my way up to the flight of stairs and posed to mark I was once here, with the little town behind me ;-)


A brief introduction on the Karnan castle in both Swedish and English was given to tourists.

Tadaa...this is the castle. It simply reminds me of castles illustrated in fairy tales. We didn't get to have a tour in the castle as it closes at 3pm on Sundays (We didn't know that until we were about to buy tickets)! We are only a few minutes late. What a waste.

Bird eye's view from the top

Street lined with shops and restaurants. It has a resemblance of Copenhagen's Walking Street, Strøget. Unlike Malaysian's shopping destinations, shops are closed at 4pm on weekends.