Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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KRISTIANSTAD
BARS, CAFÉS
& RESTAURANTS
Banken
Duvander
Fornstugan
Harry's Bar
Hesslegatans
kök och bar
Kippers Källare
La Finestra
Steakhouse
Bus Station
Södra
Stadsporten
Regionmuséet
2
4
7
1
3
1
6
5
ÖSTRA BOULEVARDEN
ÖSTRA VALLGAT
AN
J.H. DAHLSGAT
AN
Film
Museum
ÖSTRA STORG
ATAN
ÖSTRA
STORGATAN
LILLA
TORG
STORA-
TORG
Rådhus
VÄ S T
R A STO R G ATA
N
V ÄSTRA ST
ORGAT AN
VÄ
STRA
VALL GAT A N
Heliga
Trefaldighetskyrkan
VÄ STRA
B OULEVA R D E N
O RNSV Ä GEN
Train Station
BARBA CK
AGATA N
Barbacka
Cultural Centre
Tivoliparken
Te a t e r
ACCOMMODATION
Best Western Anno 1937
Charlottsborg Camping
& Vandrarhem
First Christian IV
Quality Grand
Stadshotellet
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5
4
2
1
River Helge
Boat trips to
Vattenriket
0
200
Naturum
Vattenriket
metres
Brief history
Dating from 1614, when it was created by Christian IV, Denmark's seventeenth-
century “builder-king”, during Denmark's 44-year rule here, it's the earliest and most
evocative of his Renaissance towns. With beautifully proportioned central squares and
broad, gridded streets flanking the wide river, it was a shining example of the king's
architectural preoccupations. Christian nurtured plans to make the fortified town one
of Denmark's most important, and it wasn't until the mid-nineteenth century that the
fortifications were finally levelled, allowing the town to spill beyond the original
perimeter. The late-nineteenth century saw the creation of Parisian-style boulevards,
pleasant to wander through today, though the many bland buildings erected during the
1960s and 1970s have left the town with a rather dull appearance.
Heliga Trefaldighetskyrkan
Holy Trinity church • Västra Storgatan 19 • Daily 8am-5pm
The most obvious starting point for a visit to town is the 1618
Heliga
Trefaldighetskyrkan
, right opposite the train station. It symbolizes all that was glorious
about Christian IV's Renaissance ideas: the grandiose exterior has seven magnificent
spiralled gables, and the building's high windows allow light to flood the white interior.
Inside, the most striking features are the elaborately carved pew ends: each is over 2m
tall, and no two are the same. The gilded Baroque magnificence of the 1630 organ
facade is also worth a look.
Stora torg
Diagonally across from the Heliga Trefaldighetskyrkan, the main square,
Stora torg
,
contains the late nineteenth-century
Rådhus
, built in imitation of Christian's
Renaissance design. Inside the entrance, a bronze copy of the king's 1643 bust is
something of a revelation: Christian sports a goatee beard, one earring and a single
dreadlock, and exposes a nipple decorated with a flower motif, itself a source of interest
for a baby elephant round the royal neck. Opposite the town hall, and in marked
