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Hallands län · 56.7° N

Halmstad

In Swedish

Halmstad is the county town of Halland, on the west coast at the mouth of the river Nissan. Long sandy beaches close to the centre and a university make it work for a summer or a full term.

Still river at dusk reflecting a bridge, a brick church with a spire and lit older buildings, with trees strung with purple lights.
Slottsbron over the Nissan on a March eveningPhoto: Johan Wessman / News Oresund, CC BY 2.0

Now in Halmstad

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Things to do in Halmstad

  1. Prins Bertils stig

    An 18 km coastal path from Halmstad Castle to Möllegård, by way of Tylösand. It is split into four stages, so you can walk it in sections.

  2. Tylösand beach

    A sandy beach backed by dunes, west of town. Above it sits Hotel Tylösand, run by Per Gessle and Björn Nordstrand since 1995.

  3. The old centre

    Stora torg has Carl Milles's fountain Europa och tjuren from 1926. Nearby are Sankt Nikolai kyrka, the town's only surviving medieval building, and Norre port, a city gate from 1601.

  4. Mjellby Art Museum

    Home to the collection of the Halmstadgruppen, the group of artists active from 1929 to 1979.

Official tourism guide
Sandy beach with grassy dunes, a lifeguard tower and the sea on the right; a low hotel and a wooded headland in the distance.
Tylösand in August, with the hotel in the dunesPhoto: Katti98, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go

Best timeJune to August

It is beach season: besides Tylösand there is Östra stranden, six kilometres of sand two kilometres from the centre. In winter the town puts on Vintermagi, from late November to early January.

The light of the year The longest and the shortest day of the year here.

21 June
17 h 48 min
21 December
6 h 47 min

From Santiago

As the crow flies
12,700 km
Time difference today
4 hours ahead of Chile
County
Hallands län

The city

Population
106,084 (municipality, SCB 2024)
Known for
It is the home town of Per Gessle's bands Gyllene Tider and Roxette, and a classic Swedish summer resort thanks to its beaches.
To study
Högskolan i Halmstad