People who are travelling first time to Helsingborg/Landskrona, Sweden from Copenhagen/Copenhagen Airport, Denmark might find this blog useful.
There are basically four different modes of transportation available:
There are basically four different modes of transportation available:
By Car: Denmark (Copenhagen is the capital) and Sweden (Helsingborg is mid-sized city in Sweden, Landskrona a small town) is divided by sea. There are two ways in which one can reach Helsingborg/Landskrona from Copenhagen by car.
1) Öresund Link (Bridge) – The Bridge built between Sweden and Denmark is an exquisite piece of engineering, the bridge goes undersea (undersea tunnel) for about half a kilometer. The drive has picturesque view of sea, Copenhagen and Malmo. The toll for this bridge is 395 SEK (52 US$, 36 € approximately). The usual drive time is 80 – 120 minutes. Landskrona falls before Helsingborg by road.
2) Scandlines (Ferry) – Drive down to Helsingor from Copenhagen and take the Scandlines ferry which crosses over the sea from Helsingor to Helsingborg. The cost of the ferry for passengers + car must cost between 35-40 € (50-57 US$). Scandlines has a duty free shopping onboard of its ferry. Alcohol, chocolates, cigarettes (I think only one pack of 20 sticks per person is sold for that rate) are quite cheap when compared to prices on land in Sweden/Denmark. There are other ferry companies such as HH ferries which operate between Helsingor and Helsingborg. The link for Sscandlines is http://www.scandlines.se/SEFront/Front_COM. One needs to drive back from Helsingborg to Landskrona
1) Öresund Link (Bridge) – The Bridge built between Sweden and Denmark is an exquisite piece of engineering, the bridge goes undersea (undersea tunnel) for about half a kilometer. The drive has picturesque view of sea, Copenhagen and Malmo. The toll for this bridge is 395 SEK (52 US$, 36 € approximately). The usual drive time is 80 – 120 minutes. Landskrona falls before Helsingborg by road.
2) Scandlines (Ferry) – Drive down to Helsingor from Copenhagen and take the Scandlines ferry which crosses over the sea from Helsingor to Helsingborg. The cost of the ferry for passengers + car must cost between 35-40 € (50-57 US$). Scandlines has a duty free shopping onboard of its ferry. Alcohol, chocolates, cigarettes (I think only one pack of 20 sticks per person is sold for that rate) are quite cheap when compared to prices on land in Sweden/Denmark. There are other ferry companies such as HH ferries which operate between Helsingor and Helsingborg. The link for Sscandlines is http://www.scandlines.se/SEFront/Front_COM. One needs to drive back from Helsingborg to Landskrona
By Bus: One can take a bus from Copenhagen Airport to Helsingborg. The bus is operated by Swebus. The bus also takes the Öresund Link (Bridge) and the buses are pretty comfortable, usually the coaches are built by Volvo (one can expect this as Volvo is a Swedish company). The bus journey is also quite comfortable and becomes very affordable if tickets purchased well in advance. The bus ticket rate ranges between 60-130 SEK (8-17 US$, 5.5-12 € approximately), and there are different rates for youth/students/senior citizens (pensioners). The frequency buses is a bit low, I believe there are around 5-9 services (trips) per day. The bus station is just ahead of the first left exit (exit direction towards terminal 2) the airport (in between terminal 1 and terminal 2). The site for checking schedules/finding prices/booking online is http://www.swebusexpress.se/SwebusExpress_com/.
a. From Helsingborg one can take a train to Landskrona which takes around 12-25 minutes depending on the number of halts the train has (I believe the variants are non-stop, with one stop and with three stops). This leg Helsingborg-Landskrona costs 42 SEK (5.5 US$, 3.8 € approximately). b. From Helsingborg one can take a bus to Landskrona which takes around 35-40 minutes depending on the traffic and driver (usually the buses are on-time here), the view during summer (May-Aug) is very beautiful along the country side. The bus reaches the bus station and does not go to the train station directly an interchange is required either at Landskrona Vilan or Landskrona bus station. This leg of Helsingborg-Landskrona also costs 42 SEK (5.5 US$, 3.8 € approximately).
a. From Helsingborg one can take a train to Landskrona which takes around 12-25 minutes depending on the number of halts the train has (I believe the variants are non-stop, with one stop and with three stops). This leg Helsingborg-Landskrona costs 42 SEK (5.5 US$, 3.8 € approximately). b. From Helsingborg one can take a bus to Landskrona which takes around 35-40 minutes depending on the traffic and driver (usually the buses are on-time here), the view during summer (May-Aug) is very beautiful along the country side. The bus reaches the bus station and does not go to the train station directly an interchange is required either at Landskrona Vilan or Landskrona bus station. This leg of Helsingborg-Landskrona also costs 42 SEK (5.5 US$, 3.8 € approximately).
By Train: Denmark and Sweden are well connected by train network the trains operate in joint cooperation between Skanetrafiken, Sweden and DSB, Denmark. There are trains at regular frequency between Copenhagen and Helsingborg. Usually in summer the night trains frequency is higher than in winter. Please check the availability online, the Skanetrafiken website in English is http://www.skanetrafiken.se/templates/StartPage.aspx?id=16125&epslanguage=EN for home page and http://www.reseplaneraren.skanetrafiken.se/querypage_adv.asp?language=en for the travel planner. The train costs 178 SEK (24 US$, 16 € approximately). Also the cost of travel is displayed in the itinerary generated from the Skanetrafiken website. The train takes the Öresund Link (Bridge) after Malmo (one of the biggest cities in Sweden) and enters Copenhagen. The train station Copenhagen airport in -1 level (basement). The duration of travel ranges from an hour and half to two and a half hours depending upon the number of changes. There are direct trains and other possible option is a train changeover at Malmo or Lund. The train ticket counter is on level 0 (ground floor) just before the exit of the airport.
Landskrona falls one station before Helsingborg if it is a direct train from Copenhagen, if it is a change over train then the stop before Landskrona is Häljarps station, anyways there is a display which shows the next approaching station and there is announcement as well (but usually in Swedish).
Landskrona falls one station before Helsingborg if it is a direct train from Copenhagen, if it is a change over train then the stop before Landskrona is Häljarps station, anyways there is a display which shows the next approaching station and there is announcement as well (but usually in Swedish).
By Train and Ferry: This mode of travel is similar to the road travel using ferry. Take the train from Copenhagen to Helsingor. From there take the Scandlines ferry to Helsingborg. This I believe is the cheapest mode of commutation from Copenhagen to Helsingborg with a good frequency.
a. From Helsingborg one can take a train to Landskrona which takes around 12-25 minutes depending on the number of halts the train has (I believe the variants are non-stop, with one stop and with three stops). This leg Helsingborg-Landskrona costs 42 SEK (5.5 US$, 3.8 € approximately).
b. From Helsingborg one can take a bus to Landskrona which takes around 35-40 minutes depending on the traffic and driver (usually the buses are on-time here), the view during summer (May-Aug) is very beautiful along the country side. The bus reaches the bus station and does not go to the train station directly an interchange is required either at Landskrona Vilan or Landskrona bus station. This leg of Helsingborg-Landskrona also costs 42 SEK (5.5 US$, 3.8 € approximately).
a. From Helsingborg one can take a train to Landskrona which takes around 12-25 minutes depending on the number of halts the train has (I believe the variants are non-stop, with one stop and with three stops). This leg Helsingborg-Landskrona costs 42 SEK (5.5 US$, 3.8 € approximately).
b. From Helsingborg one can take a bus to Landskrona which takes around 35-40 minutes depending on the traffic and driver (usually the buses are on-time here), the view during summer (May-Aug) is very beautiful along the country side. The bus reaches the bus station and does not go to the train station directly an interchange is required either at Landskrona Vilan or Landskrona bus station. This leg of Helsingborg-Landskrona also costs 42 SEK (5.5 US$, 3.8 € approximately).
Another nearest airport is in Stockholm but people usually travelling to Helsingborg use the Copenhagen airport. I shall post another post about my travel to Stockholm, Helsinki from Helsingborg.
References/Links:
1) Skanetrafiken site
2) Swebus express
3) Scandlines
Really helpful info 10q
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