Visitgrottan

Visitgrottan has the biggest mouth of all Kullaberg's sea caves, about 9 meters wide and 6.5 meters high, at the back of a small cove walled in by tall cliffs on the north coast, facing Skälderviken bay. It is the westernmost cave on this side of the ridge and runs 9–11 meters into the rock under a roof of jagged, hanging blocks. Climbers use the walls around the cove, and on summer evenings the light of the setting sun can reach the cave.

Calling cards and ice

When tourists flocked to Kullaberg around 1900, it was the fashion to tuck a calling card into a crack in the rock, and in time the cave was named for them. Older names include Klasa stall, recorded in 1853, and Vikingagrottan, the Viking cave, but the cave has not been excavated, so whether Vikings ever sheltered here is anyone's guess. Blocks that fell from the roof have built up the floor, so the cave was once even taller. In a cold winter, water seeping from the roof can freeze into a gallery of ice sculptures, and water trickling down the cliffs outside can turn into great pillars of ice.

Getting there

The easiest start is Golfparkeringen, opposite Kullagård Hotell and Mölle Golfklubb. Follow the path diagonally north across the meadow to the Blue trail, then head west about 200 meters to the sign for Visitgrottan, where a steep path with steps leads down to the cove. From Kullen Lighthouse, the turn-off is about a kilometer east along the Blue trail.

Good to know

• Closed 1 March–15 Julythe cave, the path down and the water below are closed to protect nesting birds, and peregrine falcons breed on the cliffs west of Ablahamn; the Blue trail above stays open
• Mind the seawhen the water is high, it can cut the cave off from where the path reaches the shore, and in a storm the surf makes it hard to reach
• Steep stepsslippery when wet and icy in winter