Helsingborg to Malmo - July 30

Our wedding anniversary.
We had a pretty good night's sleep in the tent at the Raa campground. The wind was already blowing strongly before we got up, and we ate brekky sheltering in the tent.
Our plan for the day was to ride to Malmo, about 60km away. We were booked on the 10pm ferry from Malmo to Travemunde, back in Germany.
We started riding with a very strong headwind. The wind was coming from the front and side so that there was little assistance to be had from riding as a group. It was going to be a long 60km.
After 20km of grinding into the wind we stopped for a coffee in Landskrona, a pleasant old town with a beautiful park. As we were heading into the cafe it started raining.

The cafe in Landskrona

After a couple of coffees and some very nice cake the rain eased and we headed for the railway station.
Swedish trains are very good, with excellent facilities for bicycles. We arrived in Malmo with plenty of time to have a look around. Tracey found the Tourist Info office, in the station building, and returned with a map and some pointers for a quick tour of Malmo.
It wasn't far out to the ferry terminal so we rode out there first so we knew where to go later. We left our luggage in a locker at the station and rode into town for lunch and a look around. The food was good and significantly cheaper than that in Denmark, with prices more comparable to Australia.
Next to the main square, which is quite impressive, a smaller square called Lilla Torg is lined with interesting old buildings and full of restaurants and people. When we were there there was a transparent squash court set up in the middle of the square.
After a pretty good look around the town centre we retrieved our bikes from where we had locked them and rode out to Vastra Hamnen. On the short ride out there we nearly got blown away, and were very happy with our decision to catch a train from Landskrona.
We found shelter from the wind in a bar on the waterfront with a fantastic view with the huge bridge to Copenhagen in the distance and yachts and sailboards battling the wind.
After a while Rod headed off to look at a U-boat and Tracey and I settled in to use up our kronas. It was a very pleasant afternoon.
We went back into Lilla Torg for dinner at the Steakhouse before meeting Rod at the station and heading out to the ferry terminal.