A short guide to some stores and other things around site. All time estimates are for travelling by car. Directions and opening hours is easy to find with a quick google search.
Remember that Thursday (same day as Market Day) is Ascension day and as it is a Swedish Holiday opening hours often differ from a normal workday.
Gärsnäs is the closest (10 min) and they have a small food store (ICA).
Simrishamn is a bit further away (20 min) but they have several food stores (ICA, COOP and Netto).
In Sweden, we buy our alcohol at Systembolaget, which can be found in Simrishamn. Alcohol free beverages and beverages with low levels of alcohol can be found in a normal food store. The legal age for drinking alcohol is 18 years in Sweden, and 20 years for buying alcohol at Systembolaget.
There are three different drugstores in Simrishamn: Apoteksgruppen (at the same place as COOP), Apoteket Hjärtat and Lejonet.
In Simrishamn one can find both a district health care centre (vårdcentral) and a hospital. The emergency center is at the hospital.
Gärsnäs: Järnia
Simrishamn: Bolist, XL-Bygg
Dollar Store in Simrishamn has a lot of useful stuff and very generous opening hours.
Gyllebo: K. Berggrens Metallia (refill and renting of petroleum gas)
Simrishamn: TANKA and Bolist.
Nearest gas station is about 15 minutes away, and there are several stations in Simrishamn as well.
To get the most current information we recommend that you search for gas stations nearby.
If coming to Copenhagen Airport (DK) it is easy to rent a car there and drive across the bridge into Sweden. However, due to different tax rules in Denmark it might be cheaper to take the train to Malmö Central and rent one there. From Malmö, it is about 1,5 hours ride to the site.
There are a couple of taxi companies in the area. For the most current information we recommend that you search for taxi services nearby.
Of course we want you all to have a too good time on the site to even have time to think about sightseeing in the area, but stay a day extra or it is a rainy day (those happen, wether we want it or not), these are some good things in the area.
It is the best preserved medieval stronghold in Scandinavia. It was built 1499-1506, during an era when Scania formed a vital part of Denmark, and contains many defensive arrangements of the era. On site there is a museum, medieval kitchen, shop and restaurant and coffee house. During summer time there are several guided tours daily. In local folklore, the castle is described as haunted by multiple ghosts.
Founded in 1267 and is one of the best preserved monastries in Sweden. Partly demolished in 1600, but the east wing and church is still intact. Today it houses a museum and is surrounded by beautiful landscaped gardens.
Several churches in the area are pre-16th century, and often built during the 12th and 13th centuries. Even though most of them are more or less renovated, most have taken care to not erase the original look and feeling. A lot of churches are open for visit during business hours.
Vera Kovatcheva
Marina Hägg
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All photos from past Double Wars by Jonas Evertsson
