Today is the Saturday of the long weekend that is the Swedish National Holiday - Midsummer. Almost all the stores were closed today and the sight we wanted to see was too. But of course nobody knows this until you arrive and find the place closed. so it was that our walk to the Malmo Museum - Castle was in vain.
But the walk was not in vain entirely as we did see the largest park in Town with its meandering canals and a full size windmill.
Again tons of public art, which is nice but makes one wonder just what the budget is for this stuff and if the population really supports it.
Malmo is really compact and although the population is big - the third largest City in Sweden one wonders just where the neighborhoods are. Most of the downtown buildings are six storeys high and large - a lot of people live there, but there are few coffee shops and neighbourhood stores - the stuff that make neighbourhoods, so what do these people do in their spare time?
Anyway as we came back to the place we started it was time to get on the boat. This trip is an hour long ride around the canal that circles the downtown. As boat trips go this one was better than most, small, informative and not boring. One of the sights we did see was a number of small boats that can be rented to laze on the river.
After all this back to the library in the hotel as they supply free coffee all day. We really would recommend this hotel it is one of the best we have stayed in over the years. Then came the big decision of the day - as frequent readers can guess it was - where to eat tonight! Walking the back way we setout, we hadn't hit 10,000 steps yet, and there was a church that looked interesting from the boat to see. Hitting the steps we came back to the place where the restaurants hung out. Problem was that it was before the opening hour of 4pm and most were closed because of the holiday.
We ended up at theYello Mello I had the Swedish meatballs, on mashed potatoes and Doreen had the salmon. Both fantastic and average Swedish price. Finished it off with a couple of cheesecake takeaways (we had wine in the room) and we are now good until the included breakfast in the morning.
Must mention the breakfast. This one is the best we have had in all of our European visits - selection, quality and comfort. The breakfast room was built in 1307 and definitely deserves a mention for atmosphere - A1.
So off to Copenhagen tomorrow morning.
Again tons of public art, which is nice but makes one wonder just what the budget is for this stuff and if the population really supports it.Malmo is really compact and although the population is big - the third largest City in Sweden one wonders just where the neighborhoods are. Most of the downtown buildings are six storeys high and large - a lot of people live there, but there are few coffee shops and neighbourhood stores - the stuff that make neighbourhoods, so what do these people do in their spare time?
Anyway as we came back to the place we started it was time to get on the boat. This trip is an hour long ride around the canal that circles the downtown. As boat trips go this one was better than most, small, informative and not boring. One of the sights we did see was a number of small boats that can be rented to laze on the river.After all this back to the library in the hotel as they supply free coffee all day. We really would recommend this hotel it is one of the best we have stayed in over the years. Then came the big decision of the day - as frequent readers can guess it was - where to eat tonight! Walking the back way we setout, we hadn't hit 10,000 steps yet, and there was a church that looked interesting from the boat to see. Hitting the steps we came back to the place where the restaurants hung out. Problem was that it was before the opening hour of 4pm and most were closed because of the holiday.
We ended up at theYello Mello I had the Swedish meatballs, on mashed potatoes and Doreen had the salmon. Both fantastic and average Swedish price. Finished it off with a couple of cheesecake takeaways (we had wine in the room) and we are now good until the included breakfast in the morning.
Must mention the breakfast. This one is the best we have had in all of our European visits - selection, quality and comfort. The breakfast room was built in 1307 and definitely deserves a mention for atmosphere - A1.So off to Copenhagen tomorrow morning.
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