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Place in Skåne, Sweden
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Vellinge is a municipality at the southwestern edge of Scania, containing a peninsula with twin towns Skanör and Falsterbo.
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Despite many later additions, much of the original Romanesque church is preserved to this day.
A 1.6 km canal finished in 1941, used by small craft.
An open-air Viking museum centered around a large Viking settlement reconstruction. The area is an important archaeological site of the Viking Age and the naval Battle of Fotevik was fought around here in 1134. Experimental archaeology, roleplays and season program and engaging activities for the whole family.
A castle ruin.
A public beach.
Good quality bakery with pastry at mid-scale price level.
At Vellinge ängar, by the municipal hall is the motorway bus stop where buses arrve from Malmö, Trelleborg, Höllviken and Falsterbo.
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