The Skåneleden trail is a long-distance walking trail that stretches all over the beautiful countryside of

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, situated in the very south of Sweden. The trail is 1250 km long and divided into five separate trails, with a total of 107 sections. The trail can easily be recognized by the orange trail marks along the footpath. 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. Parts of the trail is accessible in the wheel chair. Throughout the trail, there are about 90 permanent shelters at camp sites. The trail is included in the 6,000-km long

North Sea Trail The North Sea Trail is a transnational long-distance hiking trail along the coast of the North Sea. The route passes through seven countries and 26 partner areas. The aim of the project is to promote sustainable tourism and to keep alive the com ...

, which passes through Sweden,

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, the

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and the

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. On behalf of

Region Skåne Region Scania is the regional council of Scania County in Sweden. Scania County was formed on January 1, 1999, by the amalgamation of the county councils of Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County and some of the tasks handled by Malmö Municip ...

, the Scanian Landscape Foundation manages the trail, including functions of coordinating the municipal work and the contact with the visitors. The municipalities are in turn responsible for the maintenance of the trail.

Sub-trails

The five separate segments are: # (Coast to coast), 370 km (two divisions, East and West), stretching from

Sölvesborg Sölvesborg (old da, Sølvesborg) is a locality and the seat of Sölvesborg Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 10,024 inhabitants in 2013. Sölvesborg is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to ...

in the east to

Ängelholm Ängelholm is a locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in Skåne, Sweden with 39,612 inhabitants in 2010. History The old settlement ''Rynestad'' was mentioned around the year 1600. The city was founded in 1516 as Engelholm by King C ...

in the west. # (North to south), 325 km (two divisions, North and South), stretching from Hårsjö (west of

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) in the north to

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in the south. The southern section passes through

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, Skåne's smallest and oldest national park. # (Ridge to ridge), 162 km – Stretching from Åstorp to Brösarp. This part of the trail runs through

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National Park – Skåne's largest national park. # , 188 km, starting and ending in

Ystad Ystad (; older da, Ysted) is a town and the seat of Ystad Municipality, in Scania County, Sweden. Ystad had 18,350 inhabitants in 2010. The settlement dates from the 11th century and has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre, a ...

. Between the cities of

Simrishamn Simrishamn (old da, Simmershavn) is a locality and the seat of Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6,527 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its small population, Simrishamn is, for historical reasons, usually still referred to as a ''c ...

and

Kivik Kivik () is a locality in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 960 inhabitants in 2010. It is in a part of Scania (Skåne) called Österlen. Kivik is known for its annual market, usually taking place on the third Monday through Wed ...

the trail passes through

Stenshuvud National Park Stenshuvud is a hill in the southeastern corner of Sweden, in the province of Scania, close to Kivik in Simrishamn Municipality. Since 1986, it is one of the National parks of Sweden. The park covers an area of about . The hill is high and face ...

. The northern part of the trail passes through

Brösarp Brösarp () is a locality situated in Tomelilla Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden near the Hallamölla Hallamölla is the biggest waterfall in Skåne County, Sweden with a height of 23 metres. The waterfall is situated in Tomelilla Municipality ...

s slopes and

Hallamölla Hallamölla is the biggest waterfall in Skåne County, Sweden with a height of 23 metres. The waterfall is situated in Tomelilla Municipality, in the Verkeån river 6 km south of Brösarp and 2.5 km north west of Eljaröd. The waterfall ...

waterfall. # , 172 km – Stretching from

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in the north to

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal popula ...

in the south. A detached part runs from Foteviken bay to the Falsterbo Canal. # , - 150 km. The most recent addition to Skåneleden stretches from Bökestad to Drakamöllan, passing Vatttenriket in

Kristianstad Kristianstad (, ; older spelling from Danish ''Christianstad'') is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 40,145 inhabitants in 2016. During the last 15 years, it has gone from a garrison town to a developed ...

and will be complete in 2023. The first four sections between Norra Lingenäset and Nyehusen will be finished in May, 2020.

Gallery

Skåneleden, Hammars backar.jpg, Hammars backar hill Skåneleden, ny ledmarkering.jpg, Signpost Hammars backar-2017.jpg, Hammars backar hills, seen from

Etapp 7, Helsingborg - Rydebäck, Öresundsleden.jpg, Between

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and

Rydebäck Rydebäck is a bimunicipal locality situated in Helsingborg Municipality and Landskrona Municipality in Skåne County Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, ...

External links

Official website

References

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