During the summer, Skåne’s beaches are usually packed with holiday-hungry Swedes. Voted as Sweden’s most beautiful beach in 2023, Knäbäckshusen is perhaps the most popular destination.
Now, however, there is sad news for all beach lovers, namely that the beach will not be open to visitors during the summer of 2024. The reason is the storm Babet, which made the beach dangerous to stay on.
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Therefore, the Knäbäckshusen beach is dangerous to visit
The Knäbäck houses were hit hard by the storm. The stairs leading to the beach are destroyed and the nature behind the beach is collapsing onto the beach. Linda LarssonUnit Chief for Public Environments in Simrishamn municipality, explained in an interview with P4 Kristianstad why the place is dangerous.
– It is the racial risk. This slope is collapsing all the time and we have trees falling down it. The more you move on the slope, the faster the course goes and more happens. If you leave the beach alone for a period, over the summer for example, without moving there, the vegetation gets an opportunity to bind the soil. Then the risk of collapse is reduced and it will be easier to build a staircase by the summer of 2025, which we hope to be able to do.
The stairs at Knäbäckshusen. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
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