Malmö
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Malmö is Sweden's third largest city. It is a port city located on the southern tip of the country.
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Understand
Malmö, along with the southern parts of Sweden, belonged to Denmark until 1658. Malmö has a large part of its inhabitants born abroad, thus contributing to a rich cultural life and many exotic and fine food opportunities.
Get in
By plane
Both Sturup airport and Copenhagen Airport serves Malmö as airport.
By train
Trains from Copenhagen cross the bridge in around twenty minutes. There are about ten daily X2000 trains to Stockholm and roughly 100 daily departures for the nearby university town of Lund (17km north).
By car
If you don´t take the train cross the bridge (and tunnel), you can drive for yourself. It is a pay bridge, you pay to enter Sweden, after you go through the tunnel and cross the bridge. The view is much less obstructed if you choose to go by car as compared to train.
By bus
Gråhundbus, Swebus Express, and Säfflebussen have routes to Copenhagen and other places. To Copenhagen the buses take longer but are cheaper than the train, especially for daytrips.
By boat
There is a ferry link from Travemünde, Germany to Malmö.
Get around
Use the green Skånetrafiken buses to get around town.
See
At the heart of Malmö lie two squares, called appropriately, the Big Square (Stortorget) and the Little Square (Lilla torg), and directly connected at one corner.
- At the center of the Big Square is a statue of King Karl X Gustav of Sweden, who took the city from Danish dominion. The ornate Malmö City Hall (built in 1546) is on the east side, and in the northwest corner is Kockska Huset, the house of Jörgen Kock, a German immigrant who became mayor of the city and achieved wealth simply and directly: by taking control of the city mint.
- The Little Square is the place for socializing and dining, with the edges taken up by various restaurants' outdoor tables. In the winter the square becomes a skating rink.
Malmöhus Castle, located west of the old city core, was built in 1437 by Erik of Pomerania, inhabited by the kings of Denmark in the 1500s, and used as a prison until 1914. Currently it houses a history museum, art museum, aquarium, and terrarium. Sharing the castle grounds are other Malmö Museums facilities such as the Science and Maritime House and the Commandant's House.
Itineraries
- Malmö is the end of the itinerary 'Sixteen days in Götaland and Svealand'
Do
Learn
Work
Buy
Malmö offers two shopping plazas in the centre, HansaCompagniet and Triangeln. Both offer the usual mixture of town shopping with clothes, cameras, jewelry, electronics, books, movies etc. blended with eateries, both international fast food chains and local ones. World famous Swedish glasware can be bought in either place.
Eat
Budget
Möllevångstorget square, south of the city center, has a nice open-air market on weekends. The surrounding neighborhood is full of inexpensive Asian and Middle Eastern restaurants and grocery stores catering to the immigrant population.
Mid-range
There are a lot of restaurants in the Little Square with outdoor seating (with heating year-round).
- Mello Yello, +46 40304525. A good mix of Swedish and European food.
- Victor's, +46 40127670. Swedish and international cuisine.
- Izakaya Koi, +46 4075700. Not quite like a Tokyo tavern, but it still manages to attract visiting Japanese businessmen.
- Steak House. +46 40973497.
- Indian Side, +46 40307744.
Nesta on the main shopping street (at the corner of Baltzar gata) is an excellent mid-priced Italian café, with good snacks and Malmö's best coffee.
Splurge
Drink
Sleep
Budget
Mid-range
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Contact
Stay safe
Cope
Get out
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