Emporia Shopping Center — Local services in Malmö kommun

Emporia is an absolute nightmare for anyone who values their senses. If you're someone who hates being bombarded with bright lights, terrible music, and the scent of synthetic fragrances, then you'll love Emporia. The mall seems to pride itself on being the loudest and most overwhelming shopping experience in Malmö, Sweden. And let's not forget about the danger posed by the electric scooters that people insist on riding at breakneck speeds inside the mall.

The food court is no exception to the sensory assault. It's overpriced and the food is mediocre at best. You'll be paying a premium for your meal and receiving subpar quality in return. It's disappointing, to say the least.

If you're looking for a mall that embodies the worst aspects of consumerism, Emporia is the place for you. The layout of this mall is a perfect example of a Lovecraftian nightmare. Once you enter, it's nearly impossible to find your way out. It's as if the mall's design is meant to keep shoppers trapped inside forever, like some sort of retail purgatory. It's no wonder that the song "Hotel California" comes to mind when I think about this place.

I can't in good conscience give this mall more than one star. Emporia is a monument to everything that is wrong with the modern shopping experience. It's a place that treats shoppers like cattle. If you want to avoid being subjected to sensory overload, frustration, and danger, then I would strongly recommend avoiding Emporia and looking for a better shopping...

The building itself is beautiful, and it's located right next to a train station and an arena. You can go there for the scenic visage and location alone. If you enjoy wind and the distinct lack of anything but sand to the left of the building.

The main issue is the internal structure of the building.

You are essentially stuck to learning the colour code (good luck if you are colour blind) to find your way out or to a store within reasonable time. Maps help, but it's not really making it faster. if you actually need to use the elevators you have to stand in like after tens of others since it's one single person elevator near every set of stairs. if you consider using the escalators instead, they are very slim on space, making it feel high and rickety. I fell down here and injured myself despite standing completely still, and that experience stayed with me. outside of the stores, the pathways are chaotic for anyone easily stressed out. It seems really difficult to provide resting areas people actually use when the path, in both directions, is completely filled with people walking in either direction of the mob.

I do like the individual stores, but as a shopping centre it's very flawed if you spend more energy trying to maneuver the floors than enjoying the time spent. They do...

I had a terrifying experience at Emporia!

I went to the toilet with my 4 years old daughter. Two toilets were already closed even though it was before 20:00 so it took a while to find an open one. At just before 20:00 a guard knocked on the toilet door and said they were closing so I said 'Yes, we are almost finished'. However when we got out at 20:01 the steel curtain to the hallway was closed so we could not get out! Fortunately there was a lady on the other side of the curtain that said that she would help and try and find a guard. After 15 minutes nobody had come and the light in the hall was put out - everything was dark outside the toilets. So finally after 20 minutes a guard came and let us out.

What is the idea asking if somebody is there and then closing the curtain so the person (and his little daughter) cannot get out? Maybe he just didn't wait for our answer but he must have been able to figure out that someone was in there since he tried to open the door which was locked. That is unbelievably stupid!! If I did not have my phone and there was no one on the other side of the curtain we could have spent the whole night in the toilets!

It was a horrible experience - fortunately my daughter was quite cool about it although she did not like...