Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Trapped in sticky resin 40 million years ago, insects fight, mate and feed in pieces of am-
ber at the Bärnstensmuseum.
The museum is near Höllviken's southern edge, just off the coast road towards Trelle-
borg.
Information
The town has banks and supermarkets.
Tourist Office
TOURIST INFORMATION
(
040-42 54 54;
www.vellinge.se
;
Videholms Allé 1A, Höllviken;
10am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 2pm Sat &
Sun mid-Jun-mid-Aug, shorter hours rest of the year)
The area's major tourist office is in the same building as the Höllviken library, just off Fal-
sterbovägen.
Falsterbo & Skanör
Informally known as the Swedish Rivera, Falsterbo's long, white-sand
beach
with its col-
ourful beach huts is popular with locals and Malmö leisure-seekers; a sense of serenity is
enhanced by a ban on jet skis and motorboats here.
The hook-shaped island of
Måkläppen
is a nature reserve, off limits to the public from
March to October.
Sights & Activities
Falsterbo Museum
MUSEUM
( 040-47 22 42;
www.kulturbron.com/falsterbomuseum.htm
; Sjögatan; adult/child Skr40/10;
10am-6pm mid-Jun-Aug)
Little Falsterbo Museum, at the southern tip of the peninsula, is a pleasing jumble: a small
Naturum, old shops and smithies, WWII mines and the remains of a 13th-century boat.
Falsterbo Fågelstation
BIRDWATCHING
