Malmö: top attractions & road trip guide
Malmö is Sweden's third-largest city, at the southern tip of the country facing Denmark across the Öresund strait. A former industrial shipbuilding town, it has reinvented itself over the past two decades with striking modern architecture, a diverse population, and a compact, walkable center around its medieval main square.
As the southern endpoint of a classic Stockholm road trip, Malmö is linked to Copenhagen by the Öresund Bridge, a combined road and rail crossing that makes it easy to continue into Denmark. The drive south from the Swedish lake country flattens into the open farmland of Skåne before reaching the coast.
Top attractions
Öresund Bridge
An 8-kilometer combined road and rail bridge, part tunnel, connecting Malmö to Copenhagen across the Öresund strait, completed in 2000.
Turning Torso
A 190-meter twisting residential skyscraper designed by Santiago Calatrava, the tallest building in Scandinavia and a symbol of Malmö's redevelopment.
Malmöhus Castle
The oldest surviving Renaissance castle in Scandinavia, built in the 15th and 16th centuries, now home to the Malmö Museums complex.
Lilla Torg
A small 16th-century cobbled square lined with half-timbered buildings, now the center of Malmö's restaurant and nightlife scene.
Malmö Central Station
A 19th-century railway station on the harbor front, the terminus for trains crossing the Öresund Bridge to Copenhagen and Denmark.
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