We started our day around 1pm, because we decided to have a slow start - not because Keir decided to sleep in until 10am..
We still didn't have our car (it comes Thursday) so we picked a nice local place to explore, somewhere easily within walking distance.
On Friday evening (after work) we had headed down to Triangeln (the Triangle) where there is s a big, old church - St John's Church, built in 1903. It's not quite as old as Sankt Petri Kyrka (St Petri's Church) near Central Station (built in 1300s) but it's quite impressive:
We ended up heading to Emporia at Hyllie and buying some new shoes and a soccer ball for the boys.
So for Saturday we needed somewhere local and somewhere we could kick a soccer ball. We remembered Kungsparket (King's Park) near Malmo Hus (Malmo Castle) having some nice spaces, so we thought that would make a nice work.
On the way, we came across one of Malmo's iconic sculptures "Non-Violence":
We came across a pretty cool fountain in Kungsparket, that kids enjoyed:
Heading into the entrance of Malmo Hus. Malmo Hus was founded in 143 by King Eric of Pomerania. It was demolished in the 1500s and rebuilt in 1530 and used as a stronghold for Denmark. (Skane - this region of Sweden - was part of Sweden until 1658 when it was ceded to Sweden as part of the Roskilde treaty). When it ceased being of strategic value it became a prison for w hile.
A map of old Malmo, including Malmo Hus (Closest to camera.) You can also see the spire of St Petri's church at the back.
Malmo Hus was converted into a museum and at the end World War II it was used to house survivors of the concentration camps - as commemorated in the plaque below.
We went into the Malmo museum which cost 80sek for us all (about $15) this included a taxidermy exhibition, aquarium and access to the tecknik musuem (but we didnt make it there due to time).
We couldn't take photos in the museum but we did get a couple of photos in the aquarium at a shark display (Although photos of our kids being eaten by sharks is becoming a common theme).. Until we were told off for using our flash...
The jaw is a fossil from a megalodon (an extinct dinosaur era shark) but Tomas still didn't seem phased by being eaten by it.
By the time we got out of the aquarium we were feeling a little homesick (thanks to a Cane Toad exhibit) and it was almost 5pm and getting pretty dark. The Teknik musuem (which houses a jet and submarine) was just across the road and included in our ticket, but it closed at 5pm so we didnt have the time.
We made it home in time to make a quick dinner and had an early night.
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