Kristianstad is located in southern Sweden, in the region of Skane.
The historical city centre is warm and friendly with unique shops and plenty of restaurants offering the local kitchen as well as international food.
The town is surrounded by a beautiful landscape, dominated by water. The surroundings offer vast beaches with white sand as well as lakes, rivers and our typical wet inland grasslands in Kristianstads Vattenrike.
Kristianstad has a strong passion for handball and has hosted several national and international competitions. The competition venue, hotels, cafes, restaurants and shops are all within walking distance in the city centre. Kristianstad is only one hour away from Malmo by train or car.
There are two options for getting to Kristianstad by air. The first is to fly to Copenhagen’s airport, Kastrup, and take the train from the airport across the bridge directly to Kristianstad. The other option, if you can find a flight that lands at Malmo airport Sturup and via Malmo the train to Kristianstad. From the airports to Kristianstad approximately 1h 30min. From Kristianstad Central station is it walking distans to citycenter, hotels and Kristianstad Arena.
Long-distance trains from around Sweden stop at Kristianstad Centralstation (the Central Station). It’s near the middle of the city and has loads of shops and restaurants. Local commuter busses also stop here, as do international services. From Kristianstad Central station is it walking distans to citycenter, hotels and Kristianstad Arena.
Regional and townbuss services from major Swedish cities arrive and depart from stop Kristianstad Central station. Kristianstad Central station is it walking distans to citycenter, hotels and Kristianstad Arena. For buss travel book on line Skanetrafiken.
