Period Living

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Fans of the TV crime drama will be familiar with the cobbled streets and pastel-hued houses of Ystad, the picturesque town on Sweden’s southern coast where the programme is set. In reality, the town offers the kind of peace and space that city dwellers long for. The Unger family decamped here from Stockholm 18 years ago in search of a country lifestyle with space for

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