Skåne County · Sweden
Where to stay in Helsingborg
Helsingborg is a city in Skåne County, Sweden, home to about 116,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Helsingborg, with about 409 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- June
- Nearest airport
- AGH29 km · Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport
- Currency
- SEKSwedish krona
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Language
- Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani
About
About Helsingborg
Helsingborg is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 151,404 (2024).
Helsingborg is on the east side of the Oresund on Sweden's south-west coast. It's Sweden's 8th largest municipality with a population of about 128,000 (2009). Major businesses are service, trade, industry and tourism. In 2000 a branch of the University of Lund opened in the former Tretorn rubber factories a stone's throw from the Denmark ferries. On the opposite side of the sound in Denmark is Helsingør. Before the Malmö–Copenhagen Øresund bridge was finished, most of the trans-Scandinavian traffic (transit and tourist) used the ferries between Helsingborg and Helsingør.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Helsingborg
See
- Beredskapsmuseet
- Fredriksdal
- Kärnan
- Museum of Failure
- Norra Hamnen (H99)
- Ramlösa Brunnspark
- Raus Kyrka
- Rådhuset
- Sankta Maria kyrka
- Sofiero Castle
- Gantoftadösen
Do
- Dunkers Kulturhus
- Tropikariet
- The Dance School
- The Tivoli
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Helsingborg
2 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Helsingborg
24 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Best Western Plus Hus 57 | 24.4 km | |
| Clarion Grand Hotel | 1.7 km | |
| Comfort Hotel Helsingborg | 1.3 km | |
| Elite Hotel Marina Plaza | 1.8 km | |
| Elite Hotel Mollberg | 1.6 km | |
| First Camp Råå Vallar Helsingborg | 4.9 km | |
| Fleninge Classic Motel | 8.7 km | |
| Good Morning + Helsingborg | 0.9 km | |
| H5 Hotel | 1.7 km | |
| Helsingborg Hostel | 1.1 km | |
| Hotel Kärnan | 1.6 km | |
| Hotel Lilton | 23.9 km | |
| Hotel Linnea, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western | 1.5 km | |
| Hotell Erikslund | 18.8 km | |
| Hotell Villa Rönne | 23.8 km | |
| Kullabygdens Bed & Breakfast | 19.4 km | |
| Milano Garden - City Bungalow Hotell, i Gränslandet Till Kullabygdens Pärlor | 17.7 km | |
| Nyckelbo Vandrarhem | 7.1 km | |
| Radisson Blu Metropol Helsingborg | 1.3 km | |
| Riverside Hotel & Apartments | 24.0 km | |
| Scandic Helsingborg Nord | 3.9 km | |
| Sundsgården Hotell & Konferens | 6.5 km | |
| The Vault Hotel | 1.6 km | |
| V Hotel Helsingborg; BW Premier Collection | 1.9 km |
All 26 hotels in Helsingborg, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Helsingborg
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Helsingborg are June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; August is the wettest, with about 90 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 Helsingborg: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport (AGH), about 29 km from the city centre in a straight line; Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH, 47 km) and Copenhagen Roskilde Airport (RKE, 63 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Helsingborg Central Station is in the lower level of Knutpunkten, a massive complex on the waterfront which also includes the ferry terminal. From Malmö and Lund, there are three trains an hour to Helsingborg; the trip takes 40 minutes on the fastest routes, or just over an hour on the mauve Pågatåg local trains. Trains run hourly from Copenhagen (1¼ hours) and Kastrup Airport (1 hour) to the south, and from Göteborg (2½ hours) to the north. Hourly trains run from Hässleholm (1 hour), of which some originate in Kristianstad (1hr 20min).
Getting around
Practically all public transport goes through the train/ferry terminal Knutpunkten (Helsingborg C), including regional and long-distance trains and buses as well as local buses. Skånetrafiken runs the local and regional bus and train system, and if you intend on spending some time in the Skåne-region it is highly recommended that you get the so-called Jojo-card which is a prepay card that gives you 20% off any ticket. Additionally a duo/family ticket will give you another 10% off (for up to 2 adults and 3 children). Bus is the main means of transport in town.
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AGH · Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport
CPH · Copenhagen Kastrup Airport
RKE · Copenhagen Roskilde Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Helsingborg
Eat
Helsingborg is known as somewhat the gastronomical center of Sweden, having some of the greatest chefs in the country.
Drink
A lot of bars can be found downtown, inside or near Knutpunkten (Train station/Ferry terminal). During Summer, the district Norra Hamnen (North Harbour) with its marina is highly recommended. Koppi Cafe and Roaster in the core of Helsingborg are places where you drink fancy coffee.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Helsingborg
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Questions
Helsingborg: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Helsingborg?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Helsingborg are June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; August is the wettest, with about 90 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Helsingborg?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport (AGH), about 29 km from the city centre in a straight line; Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH, 47 km) and Copenhagen Roskilde Airport (RKE, 63 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Helsingborg?
2 places in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Helsingborg?
Swedish krona (SEK).
Nearby
Destinations near Helsingborg
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.