Malmo Festival, Sweden
Posted by Jackie Hewett on Sat 9th August 2008 at 01:34 AM, Filed in Europe, August
This event (‘Malmofestivalen’ in Swedish) takes place in the second half of August and is the biggest annual event in Malmo’s calendar, if not southern Sweden. Admission is free and there are many concerts (pop / rock / heavy metal / jazz and more) and musical performances to choose from in addition to an amusement park, art displays, crafts, sporting events and of course plenty of opportunities to sample traditional Swedish and worldwide food. In fact the festival kicks off with an infamous crayfish party at Stortorget. Not only will you be able to eat plenty of the tasty crustaceans, but you will be able to buy crayfish decorated bibs, plates, hats, tablecloths and many other items you didn’t know you needed (or probably didn’t)!!
In 2008 the festival is running from 15th to 22nd August and usually some 1.5 million people attend. There will be many outdoor stages and music marquees and hundreds of food stalls right in the middle of the historic town centre. Malmo has a huge main square where much of the festival is centred. The festival ends with a great firework display too.
Other things to do in Malmo:
• Visit one of the parks - Malmo is known as the ‘City of Parks’
• Highest concentration of restaurants in Sweden
• In interesting architecture / engineering such as the ‘Turning Torso’ (tallest residential block in Sweden / second tallest in Europe) and the Oresund Bridge just outside town
• Visit Ribersborg - the man-made beach
• Take a stroll along the Western Harbour boardwalk
• Visit the ‘Ribersborgs Kallbadhus (open ait bath) that opened in 1890’s
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