7 Sights in Halmstad, Sweden (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Halmstad, Sweden. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 7 sights are available in Halmstad, Sweden.
Sightseeing Tours in Halmstad1. Norre Port
Norre Port, also Norreport, city gate in Halmstad, Halland County, Sweden. Norre Port was completed in 1601 under the Danish king Christian IV. This was part of the city's fortifications, which also included Halmstad Castle and the ramparts you can see remnants of in Norre Katt's park and by Charles XI's road. The gate, which leads to the street called Storgatan, is angled in relation to this, a way to prevent shelling towards the city.
2. Olaus Petri kyrka
Olaus Petri Church, formerly St. Nikolai Chapel, is a church building in the center of Halmstad Parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. It is located in the main town of Halmstad Municipality. Initially, the name was St. Nikolai Chapel within Halmstad parish, but when the parish was divided in 1962, the name was changed to Olaus Petri Church.
3. Vapnö slott
Wapnö Castle is located in Vapnö parish in Halmstad Municipality, Halland, Sweden. The main building houses a restaurant and conference center. The estate comprises 1400 hectares of productive agricultural land and 433 hectares of forest land. The main activity of the estate is milk production and operation of a dairy.
4. Sankt Nikolai kyrka
Sankt Nikolai Church, formerly also Halmstad Church, is a church building that since 2016 belongs to Halmstad Parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. It is a three-nave hall church with a raised nave and chancel and is located in central Halmstad.
5. Sperlingsholms kyrka
Sperlingsholm Church, formerly Sperlingsholm Chapel, is a church building that since 2016 belongs to Halmstad Parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. It is located at the Sperlingsholm estate in Övraby parish in Halmstad municipality.
6. Europa och tjuren
Europa and the Bull is a bronze fountain by Carl Milles in Halmstad, Sweden, built in 1926. The motif is taken from Greek mythology and is about when Zeus, in the shape of a bull, abducts Princess Europa.
7. Vapnö kyrka
Vapnö Church is a church building that since 2006 belongs to Söndrum-Vapnö parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. It is located on a hill in Vapnö with a view of Vapnödalen in Halmstad municipality.
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