Meet the family! Helsingborg is located exactly where the Øresund straits are narrowest. This makes Helsingør in Denmark our nearest neighbouring town. Besides a compact city heart offering commercial centres, popular culture and places to meet, we also have quayside and seashore walks, swimming halls and open-air bathing facilities, sandy beaches and parks. The Helsingborg Arena, a city theatre and a culture and concert hall are other attractions here.

However, Helsingborg is more than just the city of Helsingborg. It is part of the Helsingborg family, a group of 11 municipalities working closely together. The purpose of this collaboration is to raise the profile of our region as a cohesive entity and one of the most creative places in northern Europe. Our family comprises Bjuv, Båstad, Helsingborg, Höganäs, Klippan, , , Svalöv, Åstorp, Ängelholm and Örkelljunga.

The Helsingborg family is in what we call the Öresund region. Around 3.9 million people live and work here. Thanks to its position, Helsingborg is a strategic hub, close to Malmö, Copenhagen and, not least of all, Copenhagen Airport.

For inspiration, ideas and insights into new aspects of our region, we recommend visiting www.familjenhelsingborg.se or www.visithelsingborg.com. To discover everything about the City of Helsingborg’ cultural and entertainment scenes, www.mittkulturkort.se is the place to go.

Helsingborg facts

 A little over 337,000 people currently live in the 11 municipalities that make up the Helsingborg family.  Denmark and the town of Helsingør are 4 kilometres, or a 20-minute ferry ride, from Helsingborg.  Important industries here are IT, commercial and business services, foodstuffs, logistics, pharmaceuticals and tourism.  Helsingborg’s position means that there are several transport companies and distribution centres here. The Port of Helsingborg is one of ’s largest ferry terminals. It specialises in containers and is a nationally prioritised logistics node for Swedish trade and industry.  The Helsingborg family’s cultural and entertainment offerings can be enjoyed at, for example, Dunkers Kulturhus, Stadsteater and Landskrona Konsthall.

Did you know that...

 ...one of the world’s best free runners is a Helsingborg resident and the person behind Air Wipp Academy, http://www.airwippacademy.com/?  ...there are 40 kilometres of sandy bathing beaches in our region?  ...the country’s only allotment museum is in Landskrona?  ...you can see porpoises in the sea off Kullaberg?  ...the free Wi-Fi zone at Gröningen in Helsingborg is probably Europe’s largest?  ...Helsingborg Marathon, first held in 2014, has become Sweden’s second largest with something over 1,500 participants?  ...90 per cent of Sweden’s fruit and vegetable imports arrive via the Port of Helsingborg?  ...the city is over 900 years old?