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with access afforded by four stone gateways. However, it was a fire soon after, rather than
the Swedes, that all but destroyed the city; the only buildings to survive were the castle
and the church. Undeterred, Christian took the opportunity to create a contemporary
Renaissance town with a grid of straight streets; today the main street, Storgatan, still
contains a number of impressive merchants' houses from that time. After the final defeat
of the Danes in 1645, Halmstad lost its military significance, and the walls were torn
down. Today, just one of the great gateways, Norre Port, remains; the moat has been filled
in and a road, Karl XIs vägen, runs directly above where the water would have been.
Stora torg
At the centre of the large, lively market square,
Stora torg
, is Carl Milles's
Europa and
the Bull
, a fountain with mermen twisted around it, all with Milles's characteristically
muscular bodies, ugly faces and oversized nipples.
St Nikolai kyrka
Kyrkogatan 4 • Daily June-Aug 8.30am-6pm; Sept-May Mon-Fri 8.30am-3pm, Sat & Sun 8.30am-6pm
Flanking one side of Stora torg is the grand
St Nikolai kyrka
. Dating from the
fourteenth century, its monumental size bears witness to Halmstad's former
HALMSTAD
BARS, CAFÉS & RESTAURANTS
Börje Olssons Skafferi
The Bull's Pub
Fridbergs konditori
Fridolfs
Gastons
Harry's
Lilla Helfwetet
Pio & Co
Yoss
Norre
Katts
Park
7
4
1
8
5
9
6
2
3
LILLA
TORG
Gunilla-
parken
Linnéparken
RADIOPLAN
Filtparken
Stadsbiblioteket
Kapsyl-
parken
City buses
STORA
TORG
ÖSTERSKANS
Värdshuset
Tre Hjärten
Te a t e r
Picasso-
parken
St Nikolai
Kyrka
Najaden
Halmstads
Castle
Slottsparken
N
L
ACCOMMODATION
Best Western Grand
Clarion Collection Norre Park
Continental
Hagöns Camping
Kaptenshamn
Resecentrum
Train & Bus Station
4
1
2
3
5
Järnvägsparken
0
200
metres
