Backängen

Backängen is a park in Helsingborg, Helsingborg Municipality, Scania. Backängen is situated nearby to the park Högaborgsängen, as well as near Ångtegelgropen.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Simhallsbadet and Folkets hus, Helsingborg.

Simhallsbadet

Water park

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Simhallsbadet is a swimming venue in Helsingborg. It hosts a 25 m 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 west of Backängen.

Folkets hus, Helsingborg

Community center

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Folkets hus, Helsingborg is a community center, which is situated 1 km west of Backängen.

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 2 km northwest of Backängen.

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 5 km southeast of Backängen.

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.

Backängen

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

56.03807° or 56° 2′ 17″ north

Longitude

12.71964° or 12° 43′ 11″ east

Open location code

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OpenStreetMap ID

way 32238202

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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