Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
5
Paddy's
Kalendegatan 7
T
040 786 00.
This is a laid-
back place for a drink right in the centre of town, known for
its good Guinness. Pub quizzes on Mon, live music on Fri
and Sat with soul and funk covers.
Mon & Tues 4pm-
midnight, Wed & Thurs 4pm-1am, Fri & Sat 4pm-2am.
Tempo
Södra Skolgatan 30
T
040 12 60 21.
This
compact little bar close to Möllevångstorget is always
packed with students and would-be musicians who come
here to relax and enjoy the music chosen by the resident DJ.
Mon & Tues 5pm-midnight, Wed & Thurs 5pm-1am,
Fri & Sat 4pm-1am.
with latest appearances advertised online. Club nights,
too, are inordinately popular, especially on Wed.
Times
vary.
Malmö Konserthus
Föreningsgatan 35
T
040 34 35
00,
W
mso.se.
Classical music performances take place
here, at the home of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.
Check with the tourist office for programme details.
Times
vary.
Musikhögskolan
Ystadvägen 25
T
040 32 54 50.
Classical music venue. Check with the tourist office for
programme details.
Palladium
Södergatan 15
T
040 10 30 20,
W
palladium.nu.
A good place to see live music and dance
performances, with a variety of Scandinavian R&B and rock
bands playing in the original 1920s interior.
Times vary.
LIVE
MUSIC VENUES
Babel
Spånggatan 38
T
040 10 30 20,
W
babelmalmo.se.
The
place to see live music in Malmö
DIRECTORY
Doctor
On call
T
1177.
Internet access
Sidewalk Express have several internet
points across Malmö, for example, at Centralstation and at
the 7-Eleven supermarkets at Baltzargatan 22 and Södra
Förstadsgatan 78A. See
W
sidewalkexpress.se for complete
listings.
Pharmacy
Apoteket Gripen, Bergsgatan 48 (daily
8am-10pm).
Skanör and around
Leaving Malmö, it's barely 30km due south along the E6 and then Route 100 to
Sweden's most southwesterly point and the adjoining medieval town of
SKANÖR
, site of
a tremendous beach and nature reserve, plus a remarkable Viking-style settlement at
nearby
Foteviken
.
Skanör was once an important commercial centre and was founded as part of the
Hanseatic commercial system. In the early twentieth century, the town became a
fashionable bathing resort for wealthy Malmö families. Today, Skanör's simple pleasures
lie in wandering through the medieval streets and admiring the pretty half-timbered
houses around the main square, Rådhustorget, and along Mellangatan.
Sankt Olofs kyrka
Kyrkogatan 5 • Mon-Fri 8am-4pm
In all probability, Skanör's church,
Sankt Olofs kyrka
, dates from the early 1200s
though over the following centuries it was extended and its windows, in particular, are
High Gothic. It's also one of very few churches in the south of Sweden to have a crypt.
When the herring stocks in the Baltic disappeared in the sixteenth century, the town
lost its importance, and so the church was never updated, making it all the more
appealing today.
The beaches
There's not much to see in Skanör itself, but its
beaches
are superb: long ribbons of
white sand bordering an extensive
bird and nature reserve
. North of the town centre, a
5km-long sandy strand stretches out to a point known as
Svanrevet
, where there's a
well-known and popular
nudist beach;
simply take the footpath which leads north from
Kyrkogatan out towards the beach. Close by is the splendid
Flommen nature reserve
,
dominated by wetland meadows carpeted with blue butterfly iris, and sea-holly
sprouting between the sand dunes.
