Brush off your worries and dive into a town full of vintage, cool & shiny happy people ;) Maybe this description might fit any place when you're on holiday but after arriving in Malmö I soon realised I've entered eco - lifestyle paradise with an edge.
With the make-over of Västra Hamnen, the western harbour, the city transformed un-used industrial waste land into a place of hedonistic sustainability. It's like you can live a good life and don't really have to think about it - densely built urban spaces give way to sleek apartment buildings running on 100% local & renewable energy (for example biogas from residents food waste!!) with living green roofs, cool water features / playgrounds & gorgeous seafront views. (✓, ✓, ✓) Skyline highlite is a full 90 degrees twisting sustainable skyscraper - too bad you can't go inside the turning torso since it's residential. Life must look amazing from the top.
The over all plan in Malmö is to get people out of their cars with far reaching bike lanes and green public transport (major ✓). I couldn't wait to get on my Swedish
The Konsthall is a unique place with a modern approach to art as part of daily life - its imagination reaches far beyond the curtains of the exhibition space involving the gallery windows and brilliant restaurant space featuring poster artworks and copies of art books to read through whilst enjoying one of the city's best meals.
To top things off Malmö is Sweden's first fairtrade city which means it promotes the issue of ethical consumption. As a result many shops, supermarkets, restaurants and cafés offer Fairtrade products. I was fascinated by the concepts of Malmö's casual eateries - all seeming to follow the winning formula of combining delicious & fresh food (did I already mention that 100% of the food purchased in the city of Malmö should be organic by 2020 - yep) with an eclectic mix of vintage & modern interior and always with a incredible tasty vegetarian or vegan option! May I add that the coffee never failed to impress either ;)
Here is a list of the best ones I've tried in favourite order:
Gorgeous little eco - café with a delicious vegan salad bar, cakes & vintage style court yard
Agnesgatan 11,
Mon - Frid 11am - 6pm, Sat/Sun 11 - 5pm
Supercool beer garden with fresh, homemade all day menu, best grilled steaks (according to Mikael ;) and hip & trendy crowd. It has a very relaxed vibe and is the perfect place to chill on a sunny evening with free live music - ❤
inside Folkets Park
Mon - Tue 10am - 1am, Wed - Sat 10am - 2am, Sun 10am - 12am
is a bright & cool space with a selection of delicious slow cooked food dishes to choose from, great coffee & superfriendly staff
is the hole-in-the-wall type of place which came recommended by our host and we went back for coffee every day - best brew in Möllan with a small garden & sun chairs across the road.
Mäster Henriksgatan 6
Mon - Frid 8am - 5pm, Sat/Sun 10am - 4pm
reminded me of an afternoon tea place with gorgeous outdoor seating in the middle of Malmö's castle gardens with home-made sandwiches, cakes and organic ice cream...hmmm
Malmöhusvägen 8
Mon - Sund 11am - 5pm
Most of these popular spots are located in a cool little neighbourhood called Möllan with plenty of conscious fashion spaces & vintage shops. Here I met with Arvid in his super cool ethical boutique HI ON LIFE - which deserves full attention in a separate blog post to follow...
My pleasure!
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