Copenhagen is one of the bigger Scandinavian cities, but still you can see most of the sights quite fast. Museums aren’t opened on Mondays and doing nothing is not cool either… On only thirty to forty minutes from Copenhagen, you’re back in Sweden. Today, we decided to go to Malmö.
Only one day later we are again heading to Sweden. This time, we’ll see the second biggest city in Sweden; Malmö.
A return ticket costs us 178. Just a little less than €25. I immediately noticed that one of the tickets looks slightly different than the other one. A little annoyed I go to the information desk, Because I do not want to have any problems later on. The receptionist informs me that there is a problem with the ticket machines and we need to print our tickets anew. I could be annoyed, because a lot has already gone wrong why did Copenhagen…, but the friendly face of the woman behind the desk it’s just not worth being annoying to.
She tells us that, since today, there are more controls at the borders. Trains don’t leave from Copenhagen central station. First, you now need to go to the airport and only after that you can hop on the next train. There, your identity card will get controlled.
Once we have printed our ticket, the friendly woman tells us that it is better to buy a family ticket. This would save us another 34 Danish kroner a ticket: almost 5 euros!
Wen finally, we arrive at the airport there obviously is a lot of interest in the sharpened controls. At the station there are hundreds of press mosquitoes try to film the new laws in action.
When I take out my European identity card, the guard shakes his head and gives me back my ticket. “No European Card please, only passport or drivers licences.”
The irritation that I just had starts to come up again. We are in a European country, no?
Raphael, the guy who came with me to Copenhagen, has a Swiss identity card. he gets over the border with no problems.
I start to stress a little, when I cannot find my drivers license. I also know that I did not take my visum with me, so I really start to get scared.
Just when I’m about to faint, I find my license. I must’ve folded it up and just crammed it in there. Woops!
This time, the guard looks at it and let’s me pass through. Only thirty minutes later, we arrive in Malmö.
Prices in Malmö are a lot cheaper than in Copenhagen. Yesterday, we paid €15 for a Thai cutty an today we see a lunch special with a buffet, where you can pick as much as you want. All of this for only 7,5 euros.
After stuffing our faces, we walk towards the city center. On the list of must see’s, I’ve written down about five things.
The first, and I think the most impressive thing from the list, is the turning torso. A true feat of craftsmanship.
The white construction was inspired on a spine that is twirling around. The building even got a couple of prizes for being one of the most beautiful and modern ‘skyscrapers’ in Europe. Maybe even in the world.
The turning torso stands quite far from the city center and during our walk we see a couple of other modern buildings too.
Malmö is a bit disappointing. The second biggest city of Sweden really isn’t that big. After we’ve seen the Malmöhus slott, the old part of the city, the little churches and even the shopping streets it only is two hours later.
We enter a cosy coffee shop and take out our laptops to search if we really didn’t miss anything important. No… Nothing!
Tomorrow I leave for Bergen in Norway. I hope there’s a bit more to do over there!
