Update from Malmö

The stairs going up to the Film Museum in Kristianstad (the only film museum in Sweden).  It's located in a building that was built specifically to be a film studio in 1909, the oldest in the world apparently.  But films were only made there for 2 years before the studio moved closer to Stockholm.  It has one of the original sets, along with some costumes used from those early films.

View from a bridge in Malmö.

There is currently a summer festival going on in Malmö, so there have been free concerts all over the city.  I went to one, which turned out to be less of a concert and more of a cabaret show, with performers ranging from the "human slinky" (seen here) to a guy juggling a soccer ball to people dressed up as random characters, like a spanish singer and an old lady.  The english program for the show called it a "popular, interactive and bizarre experience."  I think that about sums it up.  It was pretty entertaining though. 

  During the curtain call for the cabaret show, they brought out a cut-out of Alf for some reason.

The Öresund bridge, which links Malmö to Copenhagen.

The Turning Torso - it's the tallest skyscraper in Sweden, and twists 45° from the base to the top (I think)

Half-timbered house in Malmö.  They are very common here, but are apparently more Danish and German than Swedish.

Street in Gamla Staden, Malmö.

Another free concert, this time by a band playing Balkan music.  The musicians were great, as were all the dancers.

In the Malmö Musem.  The museum is housed in the Malmö Castle (originally built in 1434), which was a prison for a bit.  Part of the museum is a modern-artish exhibit on the prison and it's effects on prisoners.  I'm in a room full of mirrors and tiny lights.  I'm smiling, but the exhibit was pretty creppy!  Lots of weird noises, creaking doors, chains clanking, people crying out...

The Malmö Museum actually has a decommissioned submarine that was in service from 1943 until 1960!  And you could go on board too.

At Foteviken Viking Museum.  People actually live here like they did back in 1134 (late Viking/early Medieval Period).  This person here is mixing up some mud/clay to use as the final layer for the wall of a house.

Gravad lax (raw salmon cured in salt, sugar and dill) along with potatoes in a creamy dill sauce from a restaurant called Basement Cafe in Malmö.  Probably my favourite Swedish food so far!

A home-cooked meal of meatballs (bought from the grocery store), fresh potatos, green beans and carrots.  And some Nils Oscar porter.