🇸🇪 Malmö: Where Tradition Meets Ultra-Modern

🌟 Founded in the late 13th century, Malmö was Danish until 1658, when it became Swedish. The Old Town is the city’s sightseeing heart, split into two parts: 🔸 Gamla Väster in the west, lined with centuries-old buildings. 🔸The eastern quarter, revitalized in the 1960s. 🌟 Stortorget, Malmö’s oldest and largest square, is ringed by beautiful 16th-century façades. One block northeast stands the city’s oldest structure, the 14th-century Gothic St. Petri Kyrka (St Peter’s Church). 🟦 Narrow lanes and small squares are packed with quaint restaurants, bars and cafés; in summer tables spill onto the cobblestones, buzzing with locals and visitors alike. 🌟 The city’s modern masterpiece, the Turning Torso, twists above the skyline. This neo-futurist skyscraper—Scandinavia’s tallest residential tower—rises 190 m across 54 storeys. It anchors the chic Västra Hamnen (West Harbour), a sustainable district built on a former shipyard and now a magnet for baths, parks, eateries and cafés. 🟦 South of historic Lilla Torg, the Form/Design Center celebrates contemporary art, design and architecture in a courtyard setting with its own café. ⭐️Castle lovers should head to Malmöhus Slott, Scandinavia’s oldest surviving Renaissance castle (completed 1542 on fortress ruins). One ticket grants access to Malmö’s Natural History Museum, Art Museum and Aquarium. ⭐️Moderna Museet Malmö—opened in 2009 in a converted power station—hosts local and international modern art as an outpost of Stockholm’s flagship museum. ⭐️ Malmö Konsthall, one of Europe’s largest contemporary-art spaces, offers 2,000 m² of galleries with rotating exhibitions by Swedish and global artists—three to four new shows each year ensure there’s always something fresh to discover. #SwedenTravel #NordicTravel #Malmö #Sweden