Visiting Malmö (Sweden)

When I realized in Copenhagen, that Malmö is just 40 minutes away by train, I spontaneously decided also go to Sweden and so I did. The train was crossing the sea by "Oeresundsbron"-bridge, it's the worlds longest combined car/train cable-stayed bridge. Malmö, Swedens 3rd largest city, is a lovely city by the sea. It's very old and historical and nice to visit!

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My story

After crossing the sea by Oresund Bridge, I arrived at Malmö central station

Malmö Central Station
Malmö Central Station

Typical for Scandiva, also many buildings in Malmö are bricks-and mortar-built. One of the most famous buildings of Malmö isn't, it's made of steel and glas, the "Turning Torso":

Turning Torso
Turning Torso

As Malmö has a very big port, it also has a historical fish-market:


Historical fishmarket
Historical fishmarket

But as many of you know, I don't like fish, so I continued to "Kommen danthuset". There I had some vegetarian fair-trade food, which was pretty good. In this house was a small trading-museum.

Kommen danthuset
Kommen danthuset

Only a few meters away from that, was the castle "Malmöhus"

Malmöhus
Malmöhus

There was also a museum I visited: A kind of "Sweden of the past" museum.

Malmöhus protected by moat
Malmöhus protected by moat

Like in Amsterdam, there was also a windmill :-)

Windmill
Windmill

City library
City library

A house in the city center
A house in the city center

How a callbox looks like in Malmö
How a callbox looks like in Malmö

City hall of Malmö
City hall of Malmö

Houses on the mainsquare
Houses on the mainsquare

Swedish policecar
Swedish policecar

Malmös oldest "Kocky house" from 16th century, where the famoust restaurant "Arstiderna" is located in.
Malmös oldest "Kocky house" from 16th century, where the famoust restaurant "Arstiderna" is located in.

A sunset in Malmö
A sunset in Malmö

Overall experience

Malmö is a nice place to visit. I think a day is enough for it, if you don't visit any museums. There were some more point of interessets I didn't visit, because they were to far away to walk from city center, so the city has still some secrets ;-)

Photo gallery

See all pictures on my photoblog:
Malmö, 14.03.2008

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