Malmö

Southern Swedish metropolis

Malmö is Sweden's third-largest city, located at the country's southern tip across the Øresund strait from Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities, making Malmö part of a cross-border metropolitan region.

Once an industrial center, it has reinvented itself around education and technology: We took the train from Copenhagen to Malmö for the day.

maritime

harbor

Safe anchorage for ships

bridge · quay · fishing · Baltic · docks · marina · cargo · naval · Øresund · crossing

cosmopolitan

multicultural

Including multiple ethnic traditions

Somali · Balkan · falafel · cuisine · fusion · melting-pot · inclusive · pluralism · tolerance · integration

Swedish

krona

Scandinavian monetary unit

Nobel · IKEA · Volvo · ABBA · Vikings · dialect · hygge · Danish · Copenhagen · bridge

urban

sustainable

Able to endure long-term

architecture · gentrification · postindustrial · residential · commuter · Copenhagen · infrastructure · mixed-use · waterfront · pedestrian

Opposites
Swedish urban hierarchy

MalmöStockholm

Sweden's seat of government

Gothenburg · Uppsala

Öresund regional identity

MalmöCopenhagen

Denmark's capital city

Nordic geographic position

MalmöTromsø

Norwegian city above Arctic Circle

Murmansk · Reykjavik

Family

Malmo

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G