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Malmö Travel Guide

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City Introduction

Malmö is a kind of capital of Southern Sweden and it is at the same time a big city and a city, where most sights and activities are within comfortable walking distance of each other. It offers great experiences with a wide variety of opportunities, no matter where the starting point is.

Malmö’s Danish history is expressed, among other things, through distinguished buildings from this long period; these include, for example, Malmøhus Castle, central town houses and the large and atmospheric Saint Petri Church. Some of the town houses from this time form the old Malmö, and you can enjoy some of the places in good mood at restaurants that are decorated in the cellars today.

Malmö also offers many parks such as the areas around Malmöhus Castle and Pildammsparken, which were the center of the Baltiska Exhibition in 1914. The exhibition gave the city new growth in the wake of a period from the 19th century, where beautiful buildings such as churches sprang up. The King’s Park with its extensive lawns close to the center is one of the popular excursion destinations.

From modern buildings you can see the high-rise Turning Torso, which with a swinging design is Malmö’s modern landmark. The house has been erected in the port areas that in recent decades have developed from industrial areas to active urban areas by the water.

Top Attractions

Malmöhus Castle, Malmö

Malmöhus Castle
Malmöhus Slott

Malmøhus Castle is one of Scandinavia’s oldest Renaissance castles, and its history dates back to the Danish king Erik of Pomerania’s castle on the site from 1434. Erik of Pomerania introduced the profitable Øresund Fort, and in connection with this several fortifications were built along the shores of the strait; including this in Malmö.

In 1534, the Count’s Feud began, which was a civil war-like power struggle in Denmark. Like Copenhagen, Malmö was on Christian II’s side. However, Christian III emerged victorious from the conflict, and despite certain concessions to the city, in 1536 Christian III ordered the city of Malmö to build a new residence castle in the Scanian city.

The architectural and military technical inspiration came from the Netherlands, where the castle was, among other things, divided according to residence and military functions. The interior was also built with the Renaissance as the style ideal, while the exterior of the castle was characterized by late medieval Gothic.

When Denmark lost Scania with the Peace of Roskilde in 1658, Malmöhus ceased to be a royal residence. Instead, the Swedes reinforced Malmöhus’ defense and made it a significant part of the city’s defense against not least the Danish capital Copenhagen on the other side of the Øresund. This role gradually diminished in the 18th century, and in the period 1828-1909 the old castle was used as a prison.

For the past several decades, Malmöhus Castle has been set up as a museum under the city’s museums. Here you can experience parts of Malmö’s history and of course also get to know the history of the historic residence castle.

 

St Peter’s Church
S:t Petri Kyrka

St Peter’s Church is the largest church in Malmö, and its building history spans several periods in the Middle Ages. In 1269, a former church is mentioned in this place; this was built in connection with the construction of Vor Frue Church in Copenhagen on the other side of the Øresund.

During an expansion where parts of the old church were used, some vaults collapsed. As a result, external pillars and buttresses were erected to cope with the pressure of the vaults, and this version of the high altar of St. Petri Church was consecrated in 1319.

However, when the altar was consecrated, the church was not finished, and construction was being carried out on both side nave, nave and porch. The main church itself was not completed until around 1380, but already in the first half of the 15th century it had to be built again. In 1420 the church tower collapsed and it destroyed the western part of the church, which had to be rebuilt. The new tower also collapsed; it was in 1442, and the current tower was first built after that.

The 15th century was also the century when several chapels were built in the church, and you can still see some of these. Among other things, it concerns the Krämarekapellet, which contains some of the best-preserved Danish wall paintings from the late Middle Ages. The works are partly from the 1460s and partly from the 1520s.

In the 1850s, the Swedes carried out a thorough renovation of Sankt Petri Church, overseen by Carl Georg Brunius from Lund. During this, part of the church’s interior was removed or destroyed, and although the previous interior was tried to be recreated in the years 1904-1906, a part was lost. In 1890, the church also had its current tower spire, which replaced a tower hat from the 1770s.

 

Lilla Torg, Malmö

Little Square
Lilla Torg

Lilla Torg is today the center of Malmö’s outdoor restaurants and cafes during the season. Here, restaurants are like pearls on a string with a very nice summer atmosphere.

The square’s history goes back to the 1590s, when it was filled in to create an extension of Store Torv/Stortorget, and it quickly became the place where market goods were sold. To the east you could buy fish, to the west meat, to the south bread and to the north various groceries. All from small stalls, which in the 18th century began to be replaced by real houses. A special building on Lilla Torg was the market hall Saluhallen, which stood in a romanticized medieval style in the years 1903-1960s.

On the south side of the square, you can see Hedmanska Gården (Lilla Torg 9), which is a building complex that is partly half-timbered from 1597, when mayor Niels Hammer had it built. The other parts of the buildings are from the 1700s and 1800s; this applies, for example, to Faxeska House.

 

Boat Sightseeing
Båtsightseeing

Malmö’s canals and inner harbor can be experienced from the lake side with one of the canal boats that sail tours in the interior of the city during the season. It is a good and exciting way to experience the big city.

A round trip starts opposite Malmö’s main railway station, and from here you sail along the route Östra Hamnkanalen, Rörsjökanalen, Södra Förstadskanalen, Parkkanalen and Västra Hamnkanalen, before sailing a trip in the inner harbor back to Östra Hamnkanalen.

Other Attractions

Malmö Town Hall

Malmö City Hall
Malmö Rådhus

A city hall in Malmö is first mentioned in 1353, where it was located immediately north of Sankt Petri Church. It was moved in continuation of the Reformation in Denmark, when mayor Jørgen Kock let down the large Helligåndskloster to make room for Store Torv/Stortorget, which was Scandinavia’s largest square. With its size and location, Store Torv was the new center of the city, and therefore a new town hall had to be built here, which was on the eastern side of the square. The construction of the town hall began quickly, and after three years of construction it could be put into use in 1547.

Back then, however, it had a markedly different and medieval appearance than today, where the house wears an elegant and richly ornamented facade in the Dutch Renaissance. It was the architect Helgo Zettervall who created the facade in the 1860s as a free interpretation of how a 16th century facade might have looked. The style replaced a reconstruction in neoclassicism from the beginning of the 19th century.

Inside the city hall, the basement has been preserved as a 16th-century building, while the two actual floors are from 19th-century renovations. Special rooms and halls are the Knudssalen/Knutssalen on the first floor, which is a banquet hall and the town hall’s largest room. Its name comes from the fact that the Feast of St. Nicholas used to meet here, and the interior is from Helgo Zettervall’s conversion, which was inspired by the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles, France. In the vaults of the cellar you can eat in some of the city’s most atmospheric settings; here is the restaurant Rådhuskällaren.

 

Great Square
Stortorget

Stortorget is Malmö’s town hall square and central square in the old town. It was built from 1538, when the city’s Holy Spirit monastery was demolished. The area of ​​the monastery extended over half of the current Great Square. In the square stands a statue of the Swedish king Karl X Gustav. The statue was created by John Börjeson and put up in connection with an industrial exhibition in the city in 1896. The most important building on Stortorget is Malmö City Hall, but in addition to this there are several interesting buildings.

The Lion Pharmacy/Apoteket Lejonet [Stortorget 8] is one of the square’s distinctive buildings. The house was built in 1896 in the historicist period of the century, and the style is Renaissance. The builder was the pharmacist John Tesch, and the pharmacy’s history goes back to a letter of privilege from King Frederik II from 1571. When the city’s second pharmacy opened in 1731, the old one got a lion as a symbol, while the new one got an eagle. That way you could distinguish between them. The new building from 1896 was elegantly decorated both inside and out, and John Tesch had, among other things, an elevator built for his own apartment.

Hotel Kramer [Stortorget 7] is quite distinctive with its French style and two towers. The building was built in 1877 by Anna and Fritz Kramer according to Carl Ferdinand Rasmussen’s drawings, and the inspiration comes from castles in the Loire Valley in France.

 

Museum of Modern Art, Malmö

Museum of Modern Art
Moderna Museet

This is a museum of modern and contemporary art, and you can see a large and varied selection of works of art from the 20th century to the present day. The collections consist, among other things, of works by Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali.

The museum is Sweden’s largest of its kind and is run by the Swedish state. Located in both Stockholm and Malmö, it was founded in 1958, where it was known from the outset as a modern and experimental museum. In 2009, the branch opened in Malmö, which is housed in a former electricity plant from 1900-1901.

 

Castle Park
Slottsparken

Slotsparken is a large park that used to be a military training area for the hussar regiment stationed in Malmö.

In 1896, a major industrial exhibition was held on the site, and after that it was decided to continue the area as a park. It was the Danish landscape architect Edvard Glæsel who was entrusted with changing the military area into a green asset for the city and its citizens.

Construction of the park began in 1897, and it could be opened in 1900. The size is 21 hectares, and here there are large tree plantings, lawns, paths, seating and the canal, which, among other things, divides the Castle Park from the King’s Park/Kungsparken.

In the Castle Park you can see several sculptures. The free thoughts are symbolized by Carl Mille’s column-supported statue Mennesket og Pegasus/Människan och Pegasus from 1950. At the park’s canal you can see Swedish-Danish Gerhard Henning’s Liggende Pige.

 

Turning Torso, Malmö

Turning Torso

Turning Torso is a 190 meter high skyscraper that has been Malmö’s modern landmark since its opening in 2005. It was erected as Scandinavia’s tallest skyscraper, and knowledge of it can also be seen in Malmö. Turning Torso is built as a residence, and is therefore not generally open to the public.

The architect behind the striking building is Spanish Sebastian Calatrava, who designed Turning Torso’s 54 floors in the form of turned cubes. There are nine of these cubes, and the top one is driven 90 degrees to the bottom one.

 

Willowpond Park
Pildammsparken

Pildammsparken is a lovely park area with lawns and planting by the site’s beautiful lake. Historically, the ponds in the park were Malmø’s drinking water reservoir, and to protect them extra, the willow trees that gave the large green area its name were planted. In its time as a reservoir, the water was led from here through wooden pipes to Store Torv/Stortorget, where the so-called Vandkunsten/Vattenkunsten distributed it to the citizens.

In 1914, the great exhibition Baltiska Utställning was held in Malmö, and it was built around the area that now constitutes Pildammsparken. At that time, part of the exhibition was placed on some of the fields near the city. After the Baltiske Utställning, the city government wanted to preserve the large exhibition area as a forest park in the city. However, with the new city engineer from 1920, Erik Bülow-Hübe, the plans were changed from a forest park to the more designed park that you can experience today.

The most well-known and highly visible building in the park Pildammstårnet/Pildammstornet, which was completed in 1903 as a water reservoir that replaced earlier solutions in the city’s water supply.

Day Trips

Lund Cathedral, Sweden

Lund

Lund is a city in the Scania region in southern Sweden. The city is full of history, and it is one of the oldest cities in present-day Sweden. It was founded as a market town by Denmark’s King Canute the Great at the end of the 900s, and he established a mint here. It was thus an important city from the beginning, and it was made capital of Denamrk in a short period by King Erik Emune in the 1130s, and the designation Metropolis Daniæ was added.

In 1104, Lund had become the seat of the Nordic archbishop, and up to 4,000 inhabitants lived here. From the 14th century, Lund lost importance in terms of trade, as the port city of Malmö had a better location. However, Lund continued as an ecclesiastical and educational center. In 1658, Lund became Swedish with the Roskilde peace, and a Swedishization began. In the middle of the 19th century, the railway came to the city, and a major industrialization then developed in Lund.

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Jakriborg

Jakriborg is one of the most different and surprising sights in the vicinity of Malmö. It is a district in the small town of Hjärup, but not just any district. Jakriborg was literally built on a plowed field in the 1990s in a medieval style known from the Hanseatic cities along the Baltic Sea.

When you walk in Jakriborgsgader you can easily feel transported to the old days in a new context, and it is an exciting experience. Gable houses and small gates are just examples from the district, which got its name from the initiators Jan and Krister Berggren’s first names.

Jakriborg is a distinguished example in Scandinavia of the so-called New Urbanism, where entire cities are built on a small scale. The district of Jakriborg is of a fairly modest size, but due to the town planning, you feel that it has been set aside for a sense of a larger space, as the buildings are relatively tall and close.

The atmosphere in Jakriborg is also very nice in the evening, when the city’s old-style street lamps light up and create a good atmosphere.

 

Landskrona Citadel, Sweden

Landskrona

Landskrona was founded by Denmark’s King Erik of Pomerania as Danish Landskrone, and it is first mentioned at the beginning of the 15th century. The small fishing lodge Sønder Sæby was already located here at one of Denmark’s best natural harbors in this part of the country. Over the centuries, Landskrona has grown into one of Scania’s largest cities, and here there is a lovely atmosphere and several fine sights to experience.

King Christian III established a citadel (Citadellvägen) in Landskrone in 1549, and it stands today very well preserved with a large rampart. The citadel is also referred to as a castle, and it was completed in 1559. Surrounded by a ring wall and wide moats, it is well protected; there was only access over a drawbridge. From the area you can also see the city’s characteristic water tower.

The small ruins of Johannes Døberen Kirke/Sancti Johannis Baptistae Kyrka (Borgmästergatan) are also worth seeing, if you can imagine the historic church, which before a demolition in the 1750s was Scania’s largest after the cathedral in Lund. The Swedes tore it down, as from the church tower you could overlook the city’s citadel and thereby defence. The church was originally built in 1424, and the site is today marked with a cross in the old church.

Sofia Albertina Church (Kungsgatan) is the Swedish replacement for Johannes Døberen Church. Construction started in 1754 and construction was completed in 1788. Its name comes from King Gustav III’s sister.

You can take a closer look at the city’s interesting history in the Landskrona Museum (Slottsgatan), which is housed in Adolf Fredrik’s Barracks, built in the 1760s.

 

Helsingborg, Sweden

Helsingborg

Helsingborg is Scania’s second largest city, and here you can experience a fine maritime atmosphere and several sights and historic buildings. The city is one of the oldest in the area that is today Sweden. It was founded in Denmark in 1085 on the strategically important position opposite Danish Elsinore at the narrowest point of the Øresund strait. This position was a determining factor for the development, not least after the introduction of the Øresund toll in 1429.

The toll had to be paid by all passing ships, and it was one of the largest sources of income for the Danish king. With the Peace of Roskilde, Helsingborg became Swedish, and a massive Swedishization of the area was initiated. Another significant part of history took place in 1892, when railway ferries were introduced on the crossing to Elsinore, and passenger ferries are still an important part of the city’s identity linking it to Denmark many times each hour.

Read more about Helsingborg

 

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

Copenhagen
København

Copenhagen is Denmark’s capital, where the sights are many and the distances small. Copenhagen is also the largest city in Scandinavia and the center of the Øresund region, which has developed rapidly in Denmark and Sweden since the opening of the Øresund Bridge in 2000.

Copenhagen’s medieval profile with the many beautiful towers is unforgettable, and a stroll or sailing through the city is very evocative and a must during a visit. Also, walk through the small streets and alleys that often provide surprising views of the famous and new sights.

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Shopping

Caroli

Östergatan
caroli.nu

 

Emporia

Hyllie Boulevard 19
emporia.se

 

Entré

Ö. Förstadsgatan 56
entremalmo.se

 

Hansa

Stora Nygatan
hansamalmo.se

 

Jägersro Center

Jägersrovägen 151
jagersrocenter.se

 

Mobilia

Per Albin Hansson’s Road 40
mobilia.se

 

Trianglen

Trianglen
trianglen.com

 

Åhléns

Södergatan 15
ahlens.se

 

Shopping streets

Södergatan, Östergatan, Södra Förstadsgatan, Stortorget, Lilla Torg

With Kids

Playground

Sagolekplatsen
Slottsparken

 

Park

Folkets Park
Amiralsgatan 35
malmofolketspark.se

 

Technology and shipping

Teknikens och Sjöfartens Hus
Malmöhusvägen 7A

 

Boat trip

Båtsightseeing
Norra Vallgatan
stromma.se

 

Amusement park

Tivoli Gardens
Vesterbrogade
Copenhagen, Denmark
tivoli.dk

 

Zoological garden

Zoo
Roskildevej 32
Copenhagen, Denmark
zoo.dk

 

Aquarium

Den Blå Planet
Jacob Fortlingsvej 1
Kastrup, Denmark
denblaaplanet.dk

City History

City foundation

At the site of Malmö’s location, there was already a small peasant and church town from the mid-1100s on the present Triangle. The actual town of Malmö is believed to have been founded in the 1250s as a fortified berth of Archbishop Jacob Erlandsen, who resided in Lund about 20 kilometers northeast of here. The original name of the settlement was Malmhaug, which means the ore mound, and the town was located on church lands away from the early peasant town.

 

The Danish metropolis

Over time, the strategically well-located city developed, and in the 1400s, Malmö had developed into one of Denmark’s most important and largest cities. About 5,000 people lived here, and the Hanseatic League regularly traded in the city’s markets. It was not least Øresund’s rich herring fishing that was the city’s major source of income.

It was also in the 1400s that Malmö got his city coat of arms. It happened in 1437, when Erik of Pomerania awarded it in the form of two letters. The Griff still minted the city’s weapons, and it came from the king’s own coat of arms from Pomerania.

Shortly before, in 1434, a citadel had been established south of Malmö itself; it is the current Malmøhus. Malmöhus was supplemented by a number of other defense works that made it the most fortified in present-day Sweden.

 

16th century settlement

In the 16th century Protestantism came to Malmö early. The Reformation broke through in the years 1527-1529, making the city one of the first in Scandinavia to become acquainted with Martin Luther’s theses. It was Claus Mortensen who began to preach Luther’s words, and Malmö thus became the start of the Reformation in Lund’s diocese.

The Civil War-like County’s feud raged in Denmark after King Frederick Is died in 1533. Malmö was in line with Copenhagen on Christian II’s side against the deployment of Christian III; the city feared, among other things, the swelling of the nobility and the re-introduction of Catholicism. After the time of the feud in the years 1534 to 1536, Malmö accepted Christian III and achieved his goals by being able to choose his own priests within the Protestant faith and to abstain from noble rule.

 

The loss of Malmö and Skåne in the

1600s became the great time of the upheaval in Malmö. In the summer of 1644, Sweden besieged the city, which repeated itself the following year; both times without major consequences. However, they came with the Peace in Roskilde in 1658, when Denmark had to relinquish the parts of Skåne, Halland and Blekinge, and with them also Malmö. Later in the same century, Denmark tried to recapture not least Skåne, but the month-long siege of the Skåne capital in 1677 ended without success, and Malmö remained Swedish.

 

1700s and industrialization

At the beginning of the 1700s there were about 2,300 inhabitants in Malmö, but this figure dropped to around 1,500 in the first decades of the century. This was due to both the plague epidemics and the loss of wars that King Charles XII dealt with himself and the country. The 18th century, however, ended with increasing importance and thereby a greater relocation, as a modern port was built here.

Industrialization came to Malmö in the 19th century, as was the case in many other places in Europe. One of the major industries was shipbuilding. In 1840, the Kockums yard was opened and it became one of the largest yards in the world. The railway soon underpinned Malmö’s position, opening to Lund in 1856. The following years, Södra Stambanan was opened, and via 483 kilometers and the city of Katrineholm it connected with the capital Stockholm.

Several industries moved to the city, growing rapidly through the century. By 1870, Malmö had grown to become Sweden’s third largest city; only Stockholm and Gothenburg were now larger, and by the end of the 19th century about 60,000 lived in the southern Swedish city.

 

Baltic Exhibition and the 20th century

In the decades around 1900, much was built in Malmö, and many larger properties were opened up. Office and residential buildings, churches, a larger railway station and a new central post office are just a few examples from this time.

The Baltic Exhibition was held in the summer of 1914, and it was the largest event in Malmö’s history. Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Russia participated, and the gates were open from May 15 to October 4. 850,000 guests visited the site. The exhibition was an industrial fair, but there was also a part with agriculture and one with art, and there were also music and sports competitions. There were rides and restaurants in the crowd.

Many industries also shot up these years in the city, which by about 1900 had passed Norrköping in population and thus became Sweden’s third largest city. Throughout the 1900s, the Kockums yard was the most well-known workplace in the city, and the company’s large crane was a symbol of the working town.

The interwar period was also a period of growth despite depression and financially tight conditions. Malmo’s airport, Bulltofta, was one of the construction works during these years. After World War II, growth continued, and many new suburbs were constructed and erected. Several major events also came to the city, which was among other things one of the Swedish host cities at the 1958 World Cup.

 

Recent decades

At the end of the 20th century Malmö first negatively impacted. There was a recession in the country in the 1970s, which led to many business closures and rising unemployment. The former industrial spearhead in the city, the Kockums yard, also had to close over the years, and the downward spiral of declining population continued until the mid-1990s, when a major revitalization of the city was initiated. In the midst of the worst crisis in the early 1990s, however, a popular party came to town in the form of a host role for some matches at the 1992 European Football Championships.

In 1998, a new university was opened on Kockum’s former shipyard, and two years later the Øresund Bridge could be opened south of the city. With it, the road to Denmark’s capital and Scandinavia’s largest city, Copenhagen, was established, and since then the cities along with the upland have developed as the Øresund region. The former port areas of Malmö have been greatly expanded in recent years, and in 2005 the characteristic building Turning Torso was inaugurated as the city’s modern landmark and a symbol of the progressive and modern Malmö that characterizes the city today.

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In short

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Overview of Malmö

Malmö is a kind of capital of Southern Sweden and it is at the same time a big city and a city, where most sights and activities are within comfortable walking distance of each other. It offers great experiences with a wide variety of opportunities, no matter where the starting point is.

Malmö’s Danish history is expressed, among other things, through distinguished buildings from this long period; these include, for example, Malmøhus Castle, central town houses and the large and atmospheric Saint Petri Church. Some of the town houses from this time form the old Malmö, and you can enjoy some of the places in good mood at restaurants that are decorated in the cellars today.

Malmö also offers many parks such as the areas around Malmöhus Castle and Pildammsparken, which were the center of the Baltiska Exhibition in 1914. The exhibition gave the city new growth in the wake of a period from the 19th century, where beautiful buildings such as churches sprang up. The King’s Park with its extensive lawns close to the center is one of the popular excursion destinations.

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Malmö Town Hall

Malmö City Hall
Malmö Rådhus

A city hall in Malmö is first mentioned in 1353, where it was located immediately north of Sankt Petri Church. It was moved in continuation of the Reformation in Denmark, when mayor Jørgen Kock let down the large Helligåndskloster to make room for Store Torv/Stortorget, which was Scandinavia’s largest square. With its size and location, Store Torv was the new center of the city, and therefore a new town hall had to be built here, which was on the eastern side of the square. The construction of the town hall began quickly, and after three years of construction it could be put into use in 1547.

Back then, however, it had a markedly different and medieval appearance than today, where the house wears an elegant and richly ornamented facade in the Dutch Renaissance. It was the architect Helgo Zettervall who created the facade in the 1860s as a free interpretation of how a 16th century facade might have looked. The style replaced a reconstruction in neoclassicism from the beginning of the 19th century.

Inside the city hall, the basement has been preserved as a 16th-century building, while the two actual floors are from 19th-century renovations. Special rooms and halls are the Knudssalen/Knutssalen on the first floor, which is a banquet hall and the town hall’s largest room. Its name comes from the fact that the Feast of St. Nicholas used to meet here, and the interior is from Helgo Zettervall’s conversion, which was inspired by the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles, France. In the vaults of the cellar you can eat in some of the city’s most atmospheric settings; here is the restaurant Rådhuskällaren.

 

Great Square
Stortorget

Stortorget is Malmö’s town hall square and central square in the old town. It was built from 1538, when the city’s Holy Spirit monastery was demolished. The area of ​​the monastery extended over half of the current Great Square. In the square stands a statue of the Swedish king Karl X Gustav. The statue was created by John Börjeson and put up in connection with an industrial exhibition in the city in 1896. The most important building on Stortorget is Malmö City Hall, but in addition to this there are several interesting buildings.

The Lion Pharmacy/Apoteket Lejonet [Stortorget 8] is one of the square’s distinctive buildings. The house was built in 1896 in the historicist period of the century, and the style is Renaissance. The builder was the pharmacist John Tesch, and the pharmacy’s history goes back to a letter of privilege from King Frederik II from 1571. When the city’s second pharmacy opened in 1731, the old one got a lion as a symbol, while the new one got an eagle. That way you could distinguish between them. The new building from 1896 was elegantly decorated both inside and out, and John Tesch had, among other things, an elevator built for his own apartment.

Hotel Kramer [Stortorget 7] is quite distinctive with its French style and two towers. The building was built in 1877 by Anna and Fritz Kramer according to Carl Ferdinand Rasmussen’s drawings, and the inspiration comes from castles in the Loire Valley in France.

 

Museum of Modern Art, Malmö

Museum of Modern Art
Moderna Museet

This is a museum of modern and contemporary art, and you can see a large and varied selection of works of art from the 20th century to the present day. The collections consist, among other things, of works by Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali.

The museum is Sweden’s largest of its kind and is run by the Swedish state. Located in both Stockholm and Malmö, it was founded in 1958, where it was known from the outset as a modern and experimental museum. In 2009, the branch opened in Malmö, which is housed in a former electricity plant from 1900-1901.

 

Castle Park
Slottsparken

Slotsparken is a large park that used to be a military training area for the hussar regiment stationed in Malmö.

In 1896, a major industrial exhibition was held on the site, and after that it was decided to continue the area as a park. It was the Danish landscape architect Edvard Glæsel who was entrusted with changing the military area into a green asset for the city and its citizens.

Construction of the park began in 1897, and it could be opened in 1900. The size is 21 hectares, and here there are large tree plantings, lawns, paths, seating and the canal, which, among other things, divides the Castle Park from the King’s Park/Kungsparken.

In the Castle Park you can see several sculptures. The free thoughts are symbolized by Carl Mille’s column-supported statue Mennesket og Pegasus/Människan och Pegasus from 1950. At the park’s canal you can see Swedish-Danish Gerhard Henning’s Liggende Pige.

 

Turning Torso, Malmö

Turning Torso

Turning Torso is a 190 meter high skyscraper that has been Malmö’s modern landmark since its opening in 2005. It was erected as Scandinavia’s tallest skyscraper, and knowledge of it can also be seen in Malmö. Turning Torso is built as a residence, and is therefore not generally open to the public.

The architect behind the striking building is Spanish Sebastian Calatrava, who designed Turning Torso’s 54 floors in the form of turned cubes. There are nine of these cubes, and the top one is driven 90 degrees to the bottom one.

 

Willowpond Park
Pildammsparken

Pildammsparken is a lovely park area with lawns and planting by the site’s beautiful lake. Historically, the ponds in the park were Malmø’s drinking water reservoir, and to protect them extra, the willow trees that gave the large green area its name were planted. In its time as a reservoir, the water was led from here through wooden pipes to Store Torv/Stortorget, where the so-called Vandkunsten/Vattenkunsten distributed it to the citizens.

In 1914, the great exhibition Baltiska Utställning was held in Malmö, and it was built around the area that now constitutes Pildammsparken. At that time, part of the exhibition was placed on some of the fields near the city. After the Baltiske Utställning, the city government wanted to preserve the large exhibition area as a forest park in the city. However, with the new city engineer from 1920, Erik Bülow-Hübe, the plans were changed from a forest park to the more designed park that you can experience today.

The most well-known and highly visible building in the park Pildammstårnet/Pildammstornet, which was completed in 1903 as a water reservoir that replaced earlier solutions in the city’s water supply.

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