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Medieval market town Ystad has an intoxicating allure thanks to its half-timbered houses,
rambling cobbled streets and the haunting sound of a nightwatchman's horn. Fans of writer
Henning Mankell know it as the setting for his best-selling Inspector Wallander crime
thrillers, while fans of drums and uniforms head in for the spectacular three-day
Military
Ystad was Sweden's window to Europe from the 17th to the mid-19th century, with new
ideas and inventions - including cars, banks and hotels - arriving here first. Now a termin-
al for ferries to the Danish island of Bornholm and to Poland, the port's transitory feel
doesn't spread to the rest of Ystad: settle in for a few days and let the place work its ma-
gic.