Sights & attractions in Malmö
Malmö´s ancient city centre is small, cozy and intimate, grouped around Stora Torget (Big Square), Lilla Torget (Small Square), Gustav Adolf and David Hall squares.
Visitors will enjoy strolling around the idyllic steets, many of which are reserved for pedestrians, with most sights, attractions, restaurants and shops just a short walk away. In the centre, there are many interesting buildings from various historical periods, including wooden houses from as far back as the 1500s.
Malmö is one of the few cities anywhere where you can enjoy fine sandy beaches and the summer heat without leaving the city. The 2.5 kilometre long Ribersborg beach – Scandinavia’s Copacabana - is where the young, the old, the bold and the beautiful of Malmö and visitors from around the world enjoy swimming, sunbathing, or just generally lazing around the summer months.
Malmö is the epitome of a “garden city” with the stately and beautiful Folkets Park, Slottsparken, Pildammsparken and Kungsparken forming a green corridor between the beaches at Ribersborg and the Stadion area of town to the north-east.
For stage perfomances, the Malmö Opera & Music Theatre offers a most varied programme, from classical opera to musicals and children´s concerts. The opera building is a beautiful modernist classic, design by a trio of renowned architects led by master modernist Sigurd Lewerentz, and inaugurated in 1944.
Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö are modern, bustling metropolises offering all the attractions of big city living, but they all share a secret. A secret you should try to discover when you are here.