MALMÖ PUBLISHING DATE: 2009-06-22 | COUNTRY CODE: SE Contents: the City, Do & See, Eating, Cafés, Bars & Nightlife, Shopping, Sleeping, Essential Information, Maps
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MALMÖ PUBLISHING DATE: 2009-06-22 | COUNTRY CODE: SE Contents: The City, Do & See, Eating, Cafés, Bars & Nightlife, Shopping, Sleeping, Essential Information, Maps Copyright © 2007 Fastcheck AB. All rights reserved. For more information visit: www.arrivalguides.com Friisgatan 43 214 21 Malmö tel 040 23 42 62 www.livingroomhotel.se Population: 270 000 Currency: Swedish krona, 1 Kr = 100 Öre Opening hours: Stores are open weekdays 10.00 - 18.00, Weekends 10.00 - 16.00. Extended opening hours last Saturday of the month Internet: www.malmo.se/tourist www.malmocity.se Newspapers: Sydsvenska dagbladet Skånska dagbladet Kvällsposten Aftonbladet Emergency numbers: 112 Tourist information: Malmö Tourism Centralstation © Fredrik Tellerup / Malmö Turism October-April: Mon-Fri 9-17, Sat-Sun 10-15. May and September: Mon-Fri 9-18, Sat-Sun 10-15. June-August: Mon-Fri 9-19, Sat-Sun 10-17. www.malmo.se/tourist MALMÖ Turning Torso, the Öresund Bridge, Zlatan Ibrahimovich, exciting art environments. Malmö has gone from being a border city to being a symbol for crossing borders. 25 percent of Malmö’s residents are born abroad, which produces a constant stream of new ideas, attitudes and tastes. Malmö is part of Skåne, the Öresund Region, Sweden and Europe all at the same time. DESTINATION: MALMÖ |PUBLISHING DATE: 2009-06-22 are foundations for the newly won THE CITY #THECITY# optimism of Malmö’s residents. Copenhagen is needed less and less. But just in case you want to go there, ”the village” is still there – closer than ever - three trains per hour. Vill du nå alla © Fredrik Tellerup / Malmö Turism som reser till din destination? If it is the case that Malmö was founded in 1272 (it is much debated) then the city has Vår unika media hjälper dig! been Danish longer than it has been Contact: [email protected] Swedish. In the 14th century so many Fler än 2 miljoner Hanseatic merchants lived here that it was läsare varje månad! actually counted as a German city. In addition, Malmö was Catholic, Denmark’s DO & SEE #DOANDSEE# second largest city and was maintained exclusively by herring. Malmö became Swedish in 1658 but it took almost 200 years before the integration bore fruit. As an industrial city, Malmö flourished right up until the shipbuilding industry declined in the early 1970s – with emigration and failing self confidence as a consequence. But in recent years Malmö has lifted itself again – and with a vengeance. In June © Malmö Turism 2000 the Öresund Bridge reconnected the city with Denmark. The Housing Exhibition Turning Torso in the following year finally opened the city The Öresund Bridge was a symbol of the to the waterfront and Europe’s tallest – ”new” Malmö for five years. Now the only and perhaps most spectacular – apartment thing that counts is the twisting 54 storey block was built. Turning Torso rises up in apartment block. Turning Torso has won a the old shipyard district and attracts large large number of international prizes. numbers of fascinated spectators. In the However, at the same time the rents are surrounding district the University and 2,000-2,500 kr a square metre per year. knowledge-intensive companies are At the top of the Spanish architect competing for the palatial new offices. Calatravas’ ”totem pole” there are Accompanied by the drills that are slowly conference halls to rent and around the creating the city’s future Underground, base a more cocky, luxurious Malmö is expected to be finished in 2011. It’s a bit emerging with good restaurants, pavement chaotic but that´s OK. The city has been cafés and combined swimming and dancing rejuvenated and vitalized, immigration is places. Now new Turning Torsos are being continually breaking new records. There planned for New York and Chicago. There MAKE YOUR TRIP START AT HOME | WWW.ARRIVALGUIDES.COM DESTINATION: MALMÖ |PUBLISHING DATE: 2009-06-22 are sure to be more to come. MAKE YOUR TRIP START AT HOME | WWW.ARRIVALGUIDES.COM DESTINATION: MALMÖ |PUBLISHING DATE: 2009-06-22 Malmö Museums Address: Malmöhusvägen 1 Phone: +46 (0)40-34 10 00 The biggest Renaissance castle in Scandinavia is well-preserved and modern, ”Ribban” - the city beach including the magnificent Hall of Knights. Ribersborg – a leisure centre of gigantic The gun turret dates from the 17th dimensions – is situated close to the city century, when the castle was used as a centre and Turning Torso. Three km of fortress in the war against the Danes. The sandy beaches, two marinas and a nine modern part is home to the Malmö Art hole golf course – open all year round – a Museum, the Aquarium, the Tropicarium couple of drives away from Stortorget. (home to lizards, bats and charming There is also a waterfowl lake here, monkeys). The history of Malmö from the perhaps the most exclusive dog park in the Stone Age and onward is presented here, world, an inline skating track, some ten along with an exhibition on the birth of football pitches and facilities for cricket, Skåne. Malmö Museums also shows and American and Australian football. temporary exhibitions on a variety of themes. The Science and Maritime House EATING #EATING# is a dream come true for technology buffs: cars new and old, a flight simulator, trams, ferries, a submarine and much more. At the Knowledge Fair, you can conduct experiments in the worlds of physics and chemistry. Address: Malmöhusvägen Phone: +46 (0)40 34 44 37 Internet: www.malmo.se/museer © iStock Möllevången The complete opposite of Turning Torso. In Two or three years ago residents of this southern oasis the cultural proletariat Copenhagen came on pilgrimages over the live cheek by jowl with shops run be Sound to enjoy the culinary arts of Malmö immigrants, increasing numbers of cool and many of the country’s best restaurants entertainment places and hibernating are here. Most of them within a radius of a speakeasies. But it is the Chocolate few hundred metres from Stortorget. Factory’s recently opened restaurants, However, Salt & Brygga in the Western clubs, bars and theatres that top the scale Harbour-area has the most beautiful view. of trendiness. A well-known Swedish restaurateur has said that where plum tomatoes are used in Malmö Konstmuseum (Malmö Art Museum) Stockholm, root vegetables are used in Skåne. If the city’s restaurants get the The Swedish museum that currently buys chance they prefer to use potatoes, carrots most art. During the last 15 years the and parsnips. Finding a traditional dinner museum has built up the world’s largest of goose or eel is however more difficult, collection of contemporary Nordic art. but many of the restaurants serve these There are also over 2,600 drawings and 25 local specialities during season. paintings by the country’s leading 19th century artist – Carl Fredrik Hill. MAKE YOUR TRIP START AT HOME | WWW.ARRIVALGUIDES.COM DESTINATION: MALMÖ |PUBLISHING DATE: 2009-06-22 Trappaner city’s most delicious and imaginative range Possibly the most amiable restaurant in the of bread guarantees a superb breakfast city, Trappaner is charmingly nestled in an buffet. Lunch is especially a good value. old cellar vault with large windows. Situated somewhat off the beaten track, Captivating cuisine, excellent service. The but it is close to the Stadsteatern (City French tasting menu is magnificent, and Theatre) and easy to park. Lots of trendy the prices match. mothers, in the age range 25 to 40, with Address: Tegelgårdsgatan 5 their buggies. Phone: +46 (0)40-57 97 50 Address: Ö. Rönneholmsvägen 26 Phone: +46 (0)40-97 34 70 Atmosfär The best food in the city at the moment. CAFÉS #CAFES# The cuisine is a blend of Swedish and Mediterranean and it is highly imaginative. Repeatedly selected as one of the best restaurants in the country. When the former Prime Minister, Göran Persson, lived in the quarter he was often seen here. Address: Fersens väg 4 Phone: +46 (0)40-12 50 77 © Jan-Erik Andersson / Malmö Turism Gazpacho A small restaurant which is also a Espresso House delicatessen. The bar is one of the smallest Café chain with a feeling for good in the world. Wonderful tapas. Despite the locations. The open-air café in the Bo 01 name the cuisine leans more in the area is superb, sometimes a bit windy. direction of Italian than Andalucian. Not Address: Sundspromenaden Phone: +46 (0)40-24 08 70 many hot dishes but good quality and value for money. Café Siesta Address: Västergatan 16 Phone: +46 (0)40-12 09 08 Café, bar and restaurant and each one rocks. The large open-air section is usually Café Pizza Amore full of 50 and 60 somethings with links to Some of the very best pizzas in the culture. country are created here. The man with Address: Hjorttackegatan 1 Phone: +46 (0)40-611 10 27 the deft fingers is from Naples and 99 percent of the ingredients are fresh and Ribersborgs Open-swimming-pools imported directly from Italy. Completely Both the open-air cafés are situated a free of tinned and dried ingredients, but mere 200 metres west of Malmö but when with lots of mozzarella and extra amore. A the wind is blowing from the north or west bit more expensive, and worth it. they are located in another, almost Address: Köpenhamnsvägen 5 Phone: +46 (0)40-26 45 34 tropical, climate zone. On hot summer days it can be the only place in Malmö Systrar & Bröder where there is a light breeze. Concerts and Braided sofas and genuinely pleasant. The stand-up in the evenings. Salt water, MAKE YOUR TRIP START AT HOME | WWW.ARRIVALGUIDES.COM DESTINATION: MALMÖ |PUBLISHING DATE: 2009-06-22 sauna and a lot of fresh air make it the and unusually good value soups.