Cykla längs banvallar i natursköna Kristianstad.
This bike tour takes you to stork centers, chocolate studios and picturesque fishing villages! You will cycle through the Renaissance town of Kristianstad and the medieval town of Åhus, but also out into the countryside where the Vattenrike has several visitor sites in varying nature.
Skåne's only archipelago with a varied and rich landscape. Several well-made stone fences from the 18th and 19th centuries run across the coastal meadows towards the water. In the spring, the pastures in the Tosteberga meadows nature reserve turn yellow and purple with cowslips and primroses. During spring and summer, the bushes are alive with nesting birds and you may even spot the mighty sea eagle.
Photographer: Zara Broström
Ekenabben is a deciduous wooded headland that juts out into Hammarsjön. Here you can experience bird life, flowers and the centuries-old oak trees.
Before you reach the town of Viby, you will find Fresta Farm. A small farm with a restaurant and a small shop. The restaurant offers food made from its own meat and tasty coffee.
Håslövs ängar protrudes like a large peninsula in Hammarsjön and is one of the country's largest inland meadows. To visit Håslövs ängar, follow the signs in Viby.
In Viby there is a popular farm shop. The shop offers a wide range of vegetables, eggs, jams, meat products and delicious crusts. The farm shop is also a stork center and you can see them nesting on the farm roofs.
Hercules is a nature reserve and has a varied landscape with open meadows, extensive reeds, thickets and exciting ponds.
Åhus has plenty of accommodation, cafés and restaurants. Enjoy an ice cream along the harbor promenade and see Sweden's second best preserved medieval city wall.
The bike ride goes east from Åhus to the fishing villages Landön and Tosteberga over the Rinkaby firing range. Remember to check current shooting exercises before passing through. If you want to visit Landön, you can take a detour towards the sea when you reach Vanneberga.
When you cycle to Tolle Ljungby Castle, you can visit Charli's brewery or Trolle Ljungby Viltbod. The castle cannot be visited but feel free to take part in the history of the castle and the legend of the troll, the horn and the pipe.
Between Trolle Ljungby and Tosteberga lies the small community of Östra Ljungby. This is a chocolate mecca. Mina's chocolate studio offers everything for chocolate lovers. You can book chocolate breakfasts, chocolate tastings and chocolate courses. The shop has a variety of chocolate products and the café serves delicious chocolate coffee or a buffet of chocolate waffles.
Once in Tosteberga, you can stop at the harbor and enjoy the beautiful view. Just before the harbor area is Tosteberga meadows. The meadows in the nature reserve turn yellow and purple in the spring with cowslips and wood anemones. You can walk along various paths. Here you can also see the mighty sea eagle.
Going north from Tosteberga, you pass Nymölla and then the bike tour connects to the Sydostleden trail that takes you back towards Kristianstad. At Bäckaskog you can stop and look at the Maglestenen, the large stone that is said to have been thrown by the trolls who wanted to prevent the church in Åhus from being built.
This cycling tour is easy and requires no special knowledge. The bike ride follows the Sydostleden signage from Kristianstad south. You pass Hammarsjön, Ekenabben, Viby and Rinkaby down towards Åhus.
You can travel by Öresundståg, SJ or Snälltåget to Hässleholm. From Hässleholm you travel with Skånetrafiken or Öresundståg 20 minutes further to Kristianstad. With the Öresund train from Copenhagen there are direct trains to Kristianstad several times a day. You can take your bike with you on Öresundståg and Skånetrafiken's Pågatåg, subject to availability.
If you want to cycle to Kristianstad, you can choose the Sydostleden cycle path. It goes all the way from Växjö and down to Simrishamn via Kristianstad. From Simrishamn, the Sydkustleden takes over, along the coast all the way up to Helsingborg.
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