Halland County · Sweden
Where to stay in Halmstad
Halmstad is a city in Halland County, Sweden, home to about 73,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Halmstad, with about 54 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- HAD3 km · Halmstad Airport
- Currency
- SEKSwedish krona
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Language
- Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani
About
About Halmstad
Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of the Nissan river, in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County.
Halmstad is the seat for Halmstad Municipality. There is a population of around 106,000 in Halmstad Municipality (2023). Halmstad has been a city since early 1307 and during the Middle Ages, Halmstad was said to have been the largest city on Halland's west coast.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Halmstad
See
- Halmstad slott
- Fattighuset
Do
- Capital of Golf in Sweden
- Tylösand
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Halmstad
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Home Hotel Norre Park hotel | 54 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Halmstad
Halmstad has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; August is the wettest, with about 115 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Halmstad: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Halmstad Airport (HAD), about 3.0 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport (AGH, 42 km) and Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT, 115 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Situated on the Swedish west coast, between Malmö and Göteborg, Halmstad is easy to travel to by both train, bus, bike or car. There are a few daily flights from Stockholm Arlanda airport and some charter flights, but not much else. Alternatively, Malmö Sturup Airport and Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport are both within 2 hours' drive or an easy train journey and, for more international flights, Copenhagen Airport is within 3 hours of Halmstad.
Getting around
Public transportation in Halmstad city is run by Hallandstrafiken. The city transportation centre is called Österskans bus station. Some taxi companies in Halmstad.
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HAD · Halmstad Airport
AGH · Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport
GOT · Göteborg Landvetter Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Halmstad
Drink
You can pick up the free Entré and Frotté magazines in various stores to read more about Halmstad's nightlife. They are only available in Swedish though. See Swedish phrasebook.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Halmstad
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Halmstad: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Halmstad?
Halmstad has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; August is the wettest, with about 115 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Halmstad?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Halmstad Airport (HAD), about 3.0 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport (AGH, 42 km) and Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT, 115 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Halmstad?
Swedish krona (SEK).
Nearby
Destinations near Halmstad
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.