Viskängen

Viskängen is a park in Helsingborg, Helsingborg Municipality, Scania. Viskängen is situated nearby to the miniature golf course BGK Viskan, as well as near the park Källängen.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kärnan and Simhallsbadet.

Kärnan

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Kärnan is a medieval tower in Helsingborg, Scania, in southern Sweden. It is the only part remaining of a larger Danish fortress which, along with the fortress Kronborg on the opposite bank of the Øresund, controlled the entranceway between the Kattegat and the Øresund and further south the Baltic Sea. Kärnan is situated 1¼ km northwest of Viskängen.

Simhallsbadet

Water park

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Simhallsbadet is a swimming venue in Helsingborg. It hosts a 25-metre swimming pool, another smaller pool and a sauna. The building was designed by the Swedish architect Mogens Mogensen and completed in 1941. Simhallsbadet is situated 1 km southwest of Viskängen.

Tycho Braheskolan

School

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Tycho Braheskolan is a school, which is situated 430 metres northwest of Viskängen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Helsingborg and Välluv.

Helsingborg

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Helsingborg is in the Scania province of southern Sweden. Historic Helsingborg, with its many old buildings, is a scenic coastal city. The buildings are a blend of old-style stone-built churches and a 600-year-old medieval fortress in the city centre, and more modern commercial buildings.

Välluv

Hamlet

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Välluv is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km southeast of Viskängen.

Elsinore

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Elsinore or Helsingør is a city of just under 50,000 residents, in the north eastern corner of the island of Zealand in Denmark. It is the closest city to Sweden, with frequent ferry connections to its twin city across the strait; Helsingborg.

Viskängen

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Helsingborg, Helsingborgs Maria, Helsingborg Municipality, Scania, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

56.04327° or 56° 2′ 36″ north

Longitude

12.71557° or 12° 42′ 56″ east

Open location code

9F8J2PV8+86

OpenStreetMap ID

way 32203827

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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