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The Best of Sweden - VEN

VEN is an island in the Öresund, located approximately 4.5 km from the Swedish west coast and 8.5 km from the nearest point on Sealand of Denmark. The island belongs to Landskrona. It has an area of 7.5 km2 and has 356 inhabitants. Geographical location: 55 ° 54'N 12 ° 42'O / 55.9, 12.7. Ven is known for the steep coast Reversing Fall. The Danish scientist Tycho Brahe built in the 1500s the castle Uranienborg and its observatory Stjerne Borg around the center of the island. On Ven is also St Ibbs church. The island is a plateau that rises up to 39 meters. This peak has no name but it is not far from Ven's southernmost tip. The landscape is fertile thanks to the mild climate. Moraine soil is clay and is where the well-suited for farming. Here is grown the past few years grapes and garlic and it is one of the northernmost places in Europe where it is okay to grow durum wheat (Triticum durum) used for the production of pasta. Along the coast killed the island steep down to the sea where the Sound faces a rocky beach. The steep coastal called for Reversing Fall. Larger forests missing with minor stands of trees before the closest coast. The major industries on the island is mainly tourism, fisheries, shipping and agriculture. Earlier there was where a brickyard. Capital of Ven Tuna is close to the island's center. Church Square is called the fishing village and port in the island's west coast. Brook bay is also a port and fishing village. This is where the ferry from Landskrona adds. http://www.landskronaplus.se/Pages/Pa... http://www.hven.net/