Helsingborg

Helsingborg is a port on the eastern shore of the narrowest point (about 5 km) of the Öresund Strait, opposite the Danish city ​​of Helsingør . The city is visible from the Danish coast. It is connected to Helsingor by a car ferry, flying every 20 minutes. European automobile routes E04 and E55 are ending in the city (not combined into one only because of the high cost of replacing signs).

Climate

Helsingborg's climate is temperate. An average of 500-600 mm of precipitation falls annually. Average January temperature: −0.1 ° C, July: 16.8 ° C ^[1] .

In Helsingborg shipbuilding, electrical engineering, rubber-chemical, textile, ceramic, food industry are developed; non-ferrous metallurgy (copper smelting). Helsingborg is an important transport, trade and business center.

Strength

Until the middle of the 19th century, Helsingborg was a small city with a population of about 1000 people. But in the second half of the 19th century, partly due to industrialization, the population of the city began to grow rapidly. By 1900, about 25 thousand people lived here. However, over the next decades, population growth declined dramatically. In 2010, with 97 thousand people, Helsingborg is Sweden's eighth most populated city.

National composition

The majority of the population are Swedes . Foreigners (that is, those who were either born outside of Sweden or whose parents were both born outside of Sweden) make up 23.2% of the city’s population. Among the foreigners there are especially many Danes , Serbs , Arabs (mainly from Iraq , Lebanon and Palestine ) and Bosnians . Poles , Iranians , Vietnamese , etc. also live in the city. In general, representatives of more than 160 nationalities live in Helsingborg ^[2] .

The historical part of Helsingborg consists of many old houses on the banks of the strait. Of particular interest are the town hall building, the Cernan tower ( Swede. Kärnan ), the church of St. Mary's in the style of brick Gothic architecture , the open-air museum Fredricksdal and the cultural center of Henry Dunker.

• 1085 - the first mention of the city ( May 21 )
• 1300 - Chernan Tower was built
• 1400s - the church of St. Mary
• 1641 - Jacob Hansen's house was built, currently the oldest residential building
• 1707 - Ramles mineral springs discovered
• 1710 - Swedes defeated Danes in the Battle of Helsingborg
• 1810 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte landed in the city - the future Swedish king Charles XIV
• 1891 - Henry Dunker establishes a rubber factory
• 1892 - the first steam ferry starts between Helsingborg and Helsingor
• 1897 - the town hall was opened
• 1903 - tram service was opened in the city (until 1967)
• 1921 - the first in the country Helsingborg City Theater
• 2002 - Henry Dunker Cultural Center opened

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  Helsingborg view

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  City fortifications

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  Town Hall

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  Chernan Tower

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  Monument to Magnus Stenbock

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  City view from the sea

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  House of Jacob Hansen

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  Sculpture "Broken Head"

• Helsingborg (football club)

• City's official website (Swedish )
• Sculptures from garbage in Helsingborg (Russian)
• Description of the city and photo (Russian)