In the footsteps of Inspector Wallander A guide to Ystad and its surroundings for enthusiasts of the character of Kurt Wallander, inspector at the Ystad police Wallander Tours By vintage fire engine or on foot There is considerable interest in the books of in the novels on your own, you can easily do Mankell and in the character Kurt Wallander so with the help of the maps in this guide. both in Sweden and in other countries. Ev- For more information on dates, times and ery year, tourists flock to Ystad to discover prices of the guided tours, please contact the the world of this police inspector. Ystad Tourist Office at St Canute’s Square Every summer, the ‘Voluntary Salvage (S:t Knuts torg). Corps’ (Frivillige Bergnings Corpsen) ar- ranges specific Wallander tours by vintage fire engine through the streets and alleys of Ystad. The tours are led by a guide and start at the Main Square (Stortorget). The vintage fire engine passes through familiar and unfa- miliar locations from the books and films. The tourist office also arranges guided walks through town in the steps of Walland- er. If you prefer to walk around this idyllic town of ours, or visit other places mentioned Locations mentioned in the books and films 1. The police station. The second home of 5. Hotel Sekelgården. This is where a police Kurt Wallander. This is where Ebba hands witness stayed in The Fifth Woman. Birgitta him his phone messages and urges him to Törn from the Swedish ministry for foreign change his eating habits. affairs in The Dogs of Riga also stayed here. 2. Mariagatan. This is the street where Wal- 6. Västra Vallgatan. One of these half-tim- lander lives. The street lamp sways in the bered houses has been cited as the home of wind, and strains of opera arias can be heard Wallander in various film adaptations. from his flat. 7. Lilla Norregatan. This is the street where 3. Hotel Continental. This is where Walland- Wallander’s colleague, Svedberg lived, and er frequently has lunch, sometimes with his was murdered in One Step Behind. daughter Linda. This is also where a murder investigation takes place during a costume 8. Österleden. This road is often mentioned ball in One Step Behind. in police call-outs and, among other places, leads to the village of Löderup where Kurt’s 4. The Main Square (Stortorget) ... is the father lived. heart of the town. This is where you’ll find the bookshop frequently visited by Kurt 9. The pizza place. This is one of Kurt’s fa- Wallander. On the corner, you’ll see the vourite eating-places. This is where he shares restaurant where the inspector offered to buy his thoughts with the owner, Istvan. This is a meal for his colleague Nyberg in One Step also the place where two young girls ordered Behind without having the cash to do so. A a taxi in “Brandvägg”* [Firewall], a journey little further in, on the pedestrian street, at which ended with a murder. the corner of Teppgränd, used to stand the Union Bank, the bank which plays an impor- 10. The railway station. This is where the tant part in Faceless Killers. murderer in Sidetracked hid one of his victims. 11. Fridolf ’s Café (Konditori). Kurt Wal- 21. Nybrostrand. This is where Wallander lander often has a cup of coffee here, or a shot Rykoff in The White Lioness. Olof light beer with a Scanian herring sandwich. Hanzell lives on Skrakvägen, and he is an important witness in The Fifth Woman. The 12. The hospital. Wallander was been bride and groom as well as their wedding treated here for his diabetes and symptoms photographer were killed on the beach, in of stress. This is also where the midwife and One Step Behind. Svedberg’s cousin, Ylva Brink works. She is an important witness in The Fifth Woman. 22. The castle ruins of Stjärnsund, which is actually called Stjärneholm. This is where 13. The Ystad Tourist Information Office Wallander’s good friend and horse racing This is where Rykoff went to rent a cottage, coach, Sten Widén, lives. Wallander escapes in order to hide Victor Mabasha’s successor here on a number of occasions, when he in The White Lioness. wants to be on his own. 14. Sjömansgatan. Sten & Gustaf Torstens- 23. Ystads Sandskog. This is where former son’s solicitor’s office is located on this minister of justice, Gustaf Wetterstedt lived street in a yellow-plastered house, appear- and was killed in Sidetracked. ing in “Mannen som log”* [The Man Who Smiled]. This is also where Sten Torstensson 24. Vollsjö. This is where the killer in The was murdered. Fifth Woman had a house with a big baking oven. 15. Liregatan. The killer in The Fifth Woman has a flat in one of the houses on this street. 25. Krageholm Lake (Krageholmssjön). In The Fifth Woman, Eugen Blomberg was found 16. Harmonigatan. This is where the killer drowned here. At the same lake, estate agent lives in One Step Behind. Louise Åkerblom also met her killer in The 17. At the cash dispenser, which used to White Lioness. be located here, Tynnes Falk was killed in 26. Hagestad nature reserve at Dag Ham- “Brandvägg”* [Firewall]. marskjöld’s old estate Backåkra. This is where three young people celebrate mid- 18. Runnerström’s square (torg). A great th deal of the action of “Brandvägg”* [Firewall] summer dressed up in 18 century clothes in takes place in a flat by this square. One Step Behind. 19. Lenarp. This is a fictitious village in the 27. Löderup vicinity of Marsvinsholm, Kadesjö and Katslö- This is where Wallander’s father lived in a sa. This is where the killing of the old farming typically Scanian whitewashed long, low couple took place in Faceless Killers. isolated farmhouse. 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