Malmo

Malmo was actually pretty fun, if a little weird. It was about a 20-25 minute walk from the station to my hotel. A hotel that used to be a chocolate factory. O.o How cool is that?! And they have a super-cool elevator. It only has doors on each floor, not on the lift itself! I was pretty excited.


Anyway, like I told you, I spent the first day resting a bit (which I kept having to do more and more as the trip went on) and catching up on things. The second day I decided to go to the Malmohaus Castle and its associated museums. The castle houses three or four museums (depending on if you count the history museum and the castle separately, you have to go through the history museum to get to the castle) and there are several others within about five minutes walking distance that let you enter on the same ticket. I went to all the museums in the castle (history, art, animals and nature, the castle, and the special exhibits on Nelson Mandela and on Chinese pottery) and then to this little, tiny, dinky museum on transportation and mechanics. But don’t let my comments about size deceive you. It was way cool. Much better than the history museum in the castle, which really freaked me out (creepy music and sound effects, plus the fact that I was all alone). It had several airplanes and cars as well as lots of motorcycles. And a submarine!!! It was a U3 that was built by the Swedish for WWII. At least, I think it was WWII. But it was awesome, regardless.

Afterwards I went for a walk in the downtown area. I saw some of the older buildings, like the church and the oldest timber building in Malmo. I also saw the Radhaus. No Ikea, though. It’s out on the outskirts of town. You can see it from the train when you’re coming from Copenhagen, though!

And then the next day I made my way to Hassleholm, which is about an hour away. I had a little trouble finding a train but I managed to solve that little problem.