Skåneleden

Skåneleden is a 1000 km (600-odd miles) hiking trail that goes around all of Skåne. The trail runs from the west to east and from north to south and passes through a highly diversified landscape such as rocky coastlines, undulating ridges, deep forests and white sandy beaches.

The trail is included in the 6,000-km-long North Sea Trail, which passes through Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Along most sections you'll pass through villages and small towns with grocery stores, kiosks or restaurants, and on Österlen especially there are farm shops selling local produce worth detouring for. Some of the more remote forest and ridge sections have long gaps between facilities, so it's worth carrying food for the day on those stretches.

Many sections have water posts along the trail, though these are only turned on from 15 April to 15 October, so outside that window you'll need to rely on villages or carry more water yourself. Tap water is safe to drink throughout Skåne.

There are some 100 lean-to shelters along the route, as well as many hotels and hostels.

• 56.31024812.7579381 Vejby Strand Hotel, Sandlyckevägen (where Skåneleden enters Vejbystrand), ☏ +46 703403164, info@vejbystrandhotel.se. Small family-run hotel on the beach.  (updated Sep 2020)

Skåne has the mildest climate in Sweden, with spring arriving earlier here than anywhere else in the country and winters that are often milder than further north—some years the coast doesn't see a proper meteorological winter at all. That said, conditions are still changeable: expect wind year-round, especially on exposed coastal sections, with the warmest weather from June to August and the coldest from January to February.

The Coast-Coast trail, totalling 370 km, is divided into two main sections:

• Part 1 of the Coast-to-Coast trail begins at the Yndre rest stop in 56.0314.5741 Sölvesborg. The last stage ends at the campsite at 56.31413.5771 Hårsjön lake.
• Part 2 of the Coast-coast trail begins at the campsite at Hårsjön lake. The final stage ends at Örlid.

Starts in 56.130712.9342 Åstorp on Söderåsen and goes to Agusa on Linderödsåsen, totalling 162 km. Passes through Söderåsens nationalpark.

This section can also be used as a separate weekend hike. Fantastic trip that goes through one of Skåne's most beautiful national parks called Söderåsen (known as Skåne's Grand Canyon). A lengthy hike but not too hard if you are fit. About 45 km.

• Day one: Take the bus to 56.0024913.2933 Röstånga on Friday afternoon, hike to Liagården and camp there. 6 km (3.7 mi)
• Day two: Hike from Liagården to Krika skog (Krika forest) and camp there. 17 km
• Day three: From Kirka skog hike to Åstorp and take the train back. 23 km

Trains leave to Malmö/Lund/Helsingborg every hour. Change trains in Helsingborg or Ramlösa if you are going to Malmö/Lund.

The North-South trail, totalling 325 km, is divided into two main sections. Part 1 of the North-South trail begins at the campsite in Hårsjö. The last stage ends at the campsite in the Rövarekulan nature reserve. Part 2 of the North-South trail begins at the campsite in Rövarekulan. The final stage ends at S:t Knutstorg square in Ystad, where you also find the town's tourist information office (but according to Wikipedia it goes to Trelleborg).

• The route passes 55.67513.3305562 Dalby Söderskog , a small national park, oldest in Skåne.

The Osterlen trail begins in 55.4313.824 Ystad totalling 188 km. The last stage finishes at Snogeholm, a few hundred meters from Raftarp farm. In the northern part it passes through the hills of Brösarp.

• The route passes through Stenshuvuds nationalpark.

The route goes from Utvällinge in the north to Malmö in the south (172 km). There is also a part not contiguous to the rest from Foteviken to Falsterbokanalen.

Vattenriket is planned to be ca 150 km long, and to be inaugurated in 2023. The route goes from Bökstad through Vattenriket in Kristianstad to Drakamöllan. The first four sections, Norra Lingenäset to Nyehusen, were to be finished 2020.

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