Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia — October 2017

THE DETAILS

While en route to Wanås from

Malmö, stop in Lund, one

of Sweden’s oldest towns. It’s

filled with cobblestoned streets

and medieval architecture.

WORTH

THE

DETOUR

Located on Sweden’s southern tip,

outside the village of Knislinge,

the Wanås estate is a 90-minute

drive from Malmö and two hours

from Copenhagen.

HOTEL

Wanås Hotel Occupying 18th-

century stables, this recently

opened 11-room inn is outfitted with

a stylish mix of locally crafted wood-

and-leather furnishings and

Midcentury Modern pieces. wanasrh.

se; doubles from Kr1,613.

RESTAURANT

Wanås Restaurant Located in

a barn across from the hotel, the

restaurant serves meals in a light-

filled dining room that has an

assortment of communal wooden

tables. Working in an open kitchen,

chef Mathias Klingemann prepares

seasonal Nordic dishes, including

braised lamb with pickled fennel and

sunflower seeds. wanasrh.se; tasting

menu Kr535.

ACTIVITY

Wanås Konst More than 70

artworks are scattered across the

property’s 40 hectares, so give

Throughout his childhood, Baltzar and his

brothers were exposed to artists from

numerous countries. “They were always

curious and fun and a bit crazy,” he said,

laughing. “It meant that my brothers and I had

regular contact with alcohol and cigarettes.” He

can recount dinners with Abramović, and the

late artist Jason Rhoades was a friend. “One

day at school the principal called me in to say

that I had to leave school early to pick up

Christo and Jeanne-Claude at the airport.” And

now Baltzar would like his daughters to grow

up in a similarly inspiring environment.

Without the creative spirit that defines

Wanås, Baltzar noted, he and Kristina would

have found it difficult to move here. “We were

fortunate to have been given this inheritance,”

he said. “While some people could find it a

burden, we want to continue to make Wanås as

interesting as we can, both for us and for

others.” With the family having overseen this

land for centuries, Baltzar tries to take a long-

term view. “I hope,” he said, “that in another

eight generations the family will be happy with

what we have added to Wanås.”

your s elf a few hour s to s ee them

all. Don’t miss Ann Hamilton’s

Lignum, which occupies all five

floors of a former farm building,

and two multisensory

installations in the forest: Nathalie

Djurberg and Hans Berg’s In

Dreams and Robert Wilson’s A

House for Edwin Denby.

wanaskonst.se.

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Jacob
Dahlgren’s
Primary
Structure plays
off the
surrounding
forest.