Skrea strand is an about two kilometre long beach

Beach

A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...

 in Falkenberg

Falkenberg

Falkenberg is a locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 18,972 inhabitants in 2005.The town has a population of 19,000 and is located at the mouth of the river Ätran. The name consists of the Swedish words for falcon and mountain...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. It has a 250 metre long pier and about 1,600 cabins. An indoor bath, Klitterbadet

Klitterbadet

Klitterbadet is a bath house in Falkenberg, Sweden. It started as an outdoor bath in 1969, but was rebuilt as an indoor bath in 1983. It is the only 50 meter salt water pool with eight lines in Sweden....

, is located close to the beach.

History

The area was originally outlaying land, belonging to Skrea

Skrea

Skrea is a locality in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 789 inhabitants in 2005.It was first mentioned in writing in 1447. Remains of houses used 100–550 have been found in the village. The nature reserve Grimsholmen is near the village....

. The number of bathers increased as it became easier to reach the beach due to road and rail connections. In 1914 the beach had tens of cabins, by 1928 their number had increased to about 300. Tuberkulosföreningen (the Tubercolosis association) had a children's camp at the beach from 1917. From the 1930s facilities such as a hotel and restaurant was built to handle the increasing number of bathers.