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runs to Karlskrona (Skr120, 1¾ hours), Kalmar (Skr330, three hours and 25 minutes) and
Stockholm (Skr420, nine hours and 40 minutes).
The train station is across town from the bus station. Trains run daily to Lund (Skr103,
one hour) and Malmö (Skr103, 1¼ hours); many services continue on to Copenhagen
(Skr200, two hours). Regular trains also run to Helsingborg (Skr103, 1½ hours).
Call
TaxiKurir Kristianstad
(
044-21 52 70)
for a taxi.
Åhus
044 / Pop 8980
The small coastal town of Åhus (about 18km southeast of Kristianstad) is a popular sum-
mer spot thanks to its long sandy
beach
. The area is also known for its
eels
: the Eel Coast
runs south from Åhus, and this delicacy is served up boiled, fried, smoked, grilled or
cooked on a bed of straw at restaurants and at autumn Eel Feasts throughout the region.
mannagatan 29)
, where half a million bottles are produced daily. Free tours run six times
daily on weekdays from late June to the end of August. Tickets are available from the
company's reception one hour before the tour begins. There is no prebooking and only 19
people are allowed on a single tour.
from late June to the second half of August.
Very close to the harbour is
STF Vandrarhem Åhus
( 044-24 85 35;
www.cigarrkungenshus.se
; Stavgatan 3; hostel dm/s/d Skr250/325/500, B&B per person from
Skr400;
)
, an agreeable youth hostel and B&B based in a 19th-century ci-
Mar-Nov;
gar factory.
The harbour has several good dining options.
The central
tourist office
( 044-13 47 77; Järnvägsgatan 7; 10am-7pm Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Sat, 10am-2pm Sun mid-Jun-Aug, 10am-5pm Mon-Fri mid-Apr-Sep)
is well stocked and helpful.
Bus 551 runs several times an hour (roughly hourly on weekends) between Kristianstad
and Åhus (Skr40, 30 minutes).
