Skånska Kusten

The Scanian coast faces the southern Baltic, where sandy shores and shoals border the sea lanes toward the Danish straits. Farther west, the seasonal herring fisheries drew merchants and fishermen to the markets of Skanör and Falsterbo. From the thirteenth to the fifteenth century these gatherings brought international trade to the shore, with Hanseatic merchants prominent among those buying fish and exchanging other goods.