FALSTERBO PENINSULA
Sunday, January 24th, 2010Families and sun-worshippers will love the white-sand beaches at the edges of Falsterbo Peninsula, and ornithologists will enjoy the area’s birdlife. The peninsula also has some real one-off attractions: the unmissable Viking reserve Foteviken, and the weird little amber museum. The area’s major tourist office is just outside Hollviken, near the lifting bridge. Hollviken is a reasonable-sized town with facilities like banks and supermarkets.
Barnstensmuseum
Trapped in sticky resin 40 million years ago, insects forage, fight, mate and feed in pieces of amber at the Barnstensmuseum. It’s small but interesting; movie buffs might like to know that the museum staff acted as advisors to the makers of Jurassic Park. Beachcombers may find pieces of washed-up amber in this part of Sweden. The museum is near the southern edge of Hollviken.
So small it could almost be a miniature elephant
