{"id":3652,"date":"2020-10-13T12:20:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T11:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.storytourist.com\/?p=3652"},"modified":"2022-08-25T10:24:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T09:24:38","slug":"wallander-crime-stories-put-quaint-coastal-town-on-the-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.storytourist.com\/fi\/wallander-crime-stories-put-quaint-coastal-town-on-the-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallander crime stories put quaint coastal town on the map"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The self-guided Wallander Ystad audio walking tour is based on Henning Mankell\u2019s short story The Death of the Photographer and takes you through the picturesque streets of Swedish coastal town Ystad.<\/strong><\/p>

Please note that the Ystad StoryTour<\/a> based on Henning Mankell\u2019s The Death of the Photographer is only available in Swedish. It will be localized to English and German at a later date. Sign up to our newsletter<\/a> for more information and updates.<\/em><\/p>

Henning Mankell\u2019s books about Kurt Wallander have been translated into 40 languages. They’ve sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. The popular crime stories have been adapted to films and tv-series in both Swedish and English. This has put the southern coastal town Ystad on the map and made it an international tourist destination. The new Wallander StoryTour, based on the 1996 short story\u00a0The Death of the Photographer,<\/em> was released this fall.<\/p>

World-famous crime stories<\/strong><\/h5>

The first book about Kurt Wallander was published in 1991. Since then, another 11 books about the skilled detective have been published in more than 100 countries. The succeeding 44 films and four tv-series have attracted international attention.<\/p>

Ystad \u2013 an international tourist destination <\/strong><\/h5>

The books are set in the picturesque coastal town Ystad \u2013 its cobbled streets and timbered houses a stark contrast to the violent crimes. When asked about his choice of location, Henning Mankell simply replied that murders also take place in small towns. Perhaps he wanted to explore the contrast between the quaint small-town aesthetic and the brutality of the murders.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Walk in Wallander\u2019s footsteps<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Stroll the cobbled streets of Ystad, walk past Wallander\u2019s house on Mariagatan, pop into Fridolf\u2019s<\/a> confectionary for a pastry or order the superintendent\u2019s favourite whiskey at the King\u2019s Head<\/a>. While many of the movie locations are an actual part of Ystad, some scenes were shot at Ystad Studios<\/a>. For the BBC series, a 500 square meter police station was built at the studio. The Wallander films and series have been the catalyst for a flourishing local film industry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Top cast<\/strong><\/h5>

Throughout the years, Kurt Wallander has been portrayed by some of Sweden\u2019s most famous actors. Krister Henriksson played Wallander no less than 32 times. Before him Rolf Lassg\u00e5rd featured in nine films.\u00a0In 2007, Gustav Skarsg\u00e5rd played a young Wallander in The Pyramid. In September this year, the Netflix series Young Wallander was released with Adam P\u00e5lsson as the main character.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Wallander \u2013 the numbers<\/strong><\/b><\/h5>\n

\u2013 12<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0books<\/p>\n

\u2013 Translated into more than\u00a040\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>languages<\/p>\n

\u2013 Published in\u00a0100<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0countries<\/p>\n

\u2013 40<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0million copies sold<\/p>\n

\u2013 44<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0movies<\/p>\n

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New StoryTour this fall!<\/strong><\/h5>

A photographer is found murdered at his studio, along with an album of public figures whose photographs have been manipulated and distorted. What did he have against those people? Why is his widow so reluctant to contribute to the investigation? And who is the woman who visits his daughter?<\/p>

The\u00a0Wallander self-guided Ystad audio walking tour<\/a> is based on Henning Mankell\u2019s short story The Death of the Photographer. Download the app and walk between the key places of the story to map out the whereabouts of the suspect, collect clues and gather evidence \u2013 until you\u2019re able to piece everything together and reveal the murderer.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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