Malmo

The cityscape is quite pleasing and the people are very friendly!

Platinum blondes!

Platium blonde!

went clubbing over on the train while in copenhagen, quite the experience ill tell you!

Two years ago when I first saw a photo of Turning Torso, I knew I was going to live in this city – and yes, dream has come true :) I’m moving in to the city this year. It’s not a big city but not a small one either. Very comfortable just to be in the city, hanging around with your friends or your loved ones.

I found myself in Malmö during a roadtrip with a dear friend. I called an acquaintance of mine and he agreed to let us stay in his apartment for a couple days, but he did warn us that the place was kind of bohemic. People always say their homes are a mess when they have visitors, but this guy MEANT IT! Six months of dishes, bird droppings on the floor, algae in the bathtub, old stuff and garbage literally EVERYWHERE! Wow. Anyway, we slept on a dirty mattress in his art room for a couple days and spent most of our time wandering around town, meeting new friends, going to the beach… We found a cool cafe near Möllan and ate cheap falafel every day. :) I really like Malmö and in fact I plan to move there some day. But I’ll have a nicer apartment!

If you’re in the area, check it out, but not worth a special trip. The shopping is repetitive (How many H&M stores do they need???) and there isn’t really any major attractions.

The coastline over the Oresund is nice and the Brunnel (Bridge-Tunnel) to Denamrk is ace.

I work with city planning for the City of Malmö. If you have any questions concerning architecture, landscape architecture or city planning in general I’d be glad to help you get some answers. Please visit http://www.malmo.se – the official homepage of City of Malmö.

...but don’t go here in February. I’m freezing to death right now.

Malmo was a nice city, with friendly and helpful people, and though quite expensive nonetheless worth spending some time to get to know. My photos are at http://www.downes.ca/photos/Malmo