Travel Reference
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Half-timbered houses are scattered liberally round town, especially on Stora Östergatan.
Most date from the latter half of the 18th century, although
Pilgrändshuset
on the corner
of Pilgrand and Stora Östergatan is Scandinavia's oldest half-timbered house and dates
from 1480. Take a peek, too, at the facade of beautiful
Änglahuset
on Stora Norregatan,
which originates from around 1630.
Sankta Maria Kyrka
CHURCH
Among the church's highlights is a magnificent 17th-century baroque pulpit. This is also,
famously, the place from where the nightwatchman sounds his horn.
Latinskolan
, next to
Sankta Maria Kyrka, is a late-15th-century brick building and the oldest preserved school
in Scandinavia. See (
Click here
)
for more information about this quirky tradition.
Klostret i Ystad
MUSEUM
noon-5pm Tue-Fri, noon-4pm Sat & Sun)
Klostret i Ystad, in the Middle Ages Franciscan monastery of Gråbrödraklostret, features
local textiles and silverware. The monastery includes the 13th-century deconsecrated
Sankt Petri Kyrkan (now used for art exhibitions), which has around 80 gravestones from
GOOGLE MAP
; 0411-57 72 85;
www.konstmuseet.ystad.se
; St Knuts Torg; 10am-5pm Mon-Fri,
noon-4pm Sat & Sun Jul-mid-Aug, noon-5pm Tue-Fri, noon-4pm Sat & Sun mid-Aug-Jun)
. In the
same building as the tourist office, its superb collection of southern Swedish and Danish
art includes work by the great Per Kirkeby.
Per Helsas Gård
ARTS CENTRE
Housed in one of Ystad's most iconic (and magnificent) half-timbered buildings, dating
from the 1500s and set around a courtyard; the central cobbles here are flanked by craft
workshops, art galleries and a cafe.
Charlotte Berlins Museum
MUSEUM
