Malmö Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Malmö[1] 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 serve Malmö.
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.
- Turning Torso, completed in 2005, is at 190m the tallest building in Scandinavia. Mostly apartments with some offices, it's located in a new zone near the waterfront and has no observation tower or other sightseeing facilities, so it's probably best to admire it from afar (visible from almost anywhere in the city). If you are visiting in the summer there is a nice waterfront promenade and a open-sea bath nearby the Turning Torso. There is also one of the state-of the art skateboarding park in the area.
- Möllevångstorget square, south of the city center, has a bustling open-air market on weekends. The surrounding neighborhood is full of inexpensive Asian and Middle Eastern shops, restaurants and grocery stores catering to the alternative side of the city, the immigrant population and people who are tired of mainstrem commerce.
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
Many places around Möllevångstorget cater to the budget option. Get a falafel (10-20 SEK), Indian, Thai, Middle Eastern or Chinese meal from 35 SEK and up. Plenty to choose from. On Södra Förstadsgatan near Möllevångstorget are a number of good places - Ganesha does tasty and cheap Indian fast food for 45 SEK and up, andrestaurant Middle East has good shawarmas for 30:-. Just off Möllevångstorget on Ystadsgatan is an unpretentious Persian restaurant which does good food.
Turkish restaurant Ankara (on Södra Förstadsgatan near the Hilton Hotel) does an excellent buffet (59 SEK daytime and 79 SEK evenings). On friday and saturday evenings they have a free belly-dancing show too.
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.
- Indian Haweli on Södra Förstadsgatan near Möllevångstorget is the best Indian restaurant in town.
- La Couronne on Södra Förstadsgatan (north of the Hilton Hotel) does excellent moules marinieres with or without french fries and mayonaisse. Nearby restaurant Brogatan on Brogatan serves oysters at 14 SEK each, which is almost what you'd pay in the shop (12 SEK).
- 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
- Möllevångstorget Any of the many bars, cafés and restaturants in this bustling part of town is good value.
- Slagthuset [2], Jörgen Kocksgatan 7A. The city's best-known nightclub, housed in a former slaughterhouse (hence the name). The facility also includes a performance theater and restaurants during the day.
- Étage[3], Stortorget 6. Popular nightclub in the Big Square.
- Gatan Bar, Master Johansgatan 15. Lively pub with darts, located just off the Little Square.
Sleep
Budget
Mid-range
- SAS Radisson [4], Ostergatan 10. Central location.
- First Hotel Garden [5], Baltzargatan 20. Central location, with a unique rooftop garden.
- Hilton Malmo City [6], Triangeln 2. A gigantic edifice towering over the Triangeln shopping center.
Splurge
Contact
Stay safe
Cope
Get out
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