In Broken English

We went to see the exhibition “The city of all times – Malmö from 1850 to today” at The Science and Maritime House. It was a lovely day and we walked through Kungsparken where Peter took this photo of me. The exhibition was sort of a disappointment for me, maybe I had too high expectations. I thought it would be grandiose but it was more like … a normal museum exhibition. One thing was cool though, the museum offer 9 downloadable city guides in mp3-format on their website! I will definately try them out during my upcoming vacation!

We were invited to see how the work with Citytunneln, Malmö’s proud new building project that will take us 5 (!) minutes faster to Copenhagen with train, was progressing. I took my friend Lina with me and went to Triangeln. This is how it looked before we went underground.

Lina was excited! Me too!

Alot of people wanted to see how big Anna and Katrin (the gigant tunnel boring drills both have female names) really was.

They are big!

Me (to the right) and Lina poseing in front of Katrin.

At Citytunneln’s website there is a movie showing how it looked when Katrin arrived to Triangeln a week earlier..

View on Västra Hamnen from Ribersborg.

My hometown Malmö is number four on Grist’s list over the world’s green cities! This is Grist’s explanation:

Malmö, Sweden
Known for its extensive parks and green space, Sweden’s third-largest city is a model of sustainable urban development. With the goal of making Malmö an “ekostaden” (eco-city), several neighborhoods have already been transformed using innovative design and are planning to become more socially, environmentally, and economically responsive. Two words, Malmö: organic meatballs.

Reykjavik (Iceland), Portland (Oregon, US) and Curitiba (Brazil) is topping the list. What’s also interesting with this article is that Grist is using photos from Flickr to illustrate the diffrent cities. For a nonprofit organization living from grants and reader contributions, its a very smart and cheap way to be allowed to use a photo without paying for it.

Francis Strand and I decided to do a serie of podcasts on places to see in Stockholm that the average tourist coming here wouldn’t go to. Follow us to Mosebacke Square, the first stop on this podcasting-tour of Stockholm! (16.32 minutes, 7.5 MB)
Places which we mention:
Mosebacke Square - Mosebacke Torg
Southern Theatre - Södra Teatern
Katarina Elevator - Katarinahissen
German Church - Tyska kyrkan
Great Church - Storkyrkan
Old Town - Gamla Stan
Stockholm Palace - Stockholms slott
Grand Hotel - Grand Hotel National Museum - Nationalmuseeum
Skeppsholmen - island opposiote to Södermalm
Modern Museum - Moderna muséet
Nordic Museum - Nordiska muséet
Kaknästornet - Stockholm TV-tower
Gröna Lund - the Tivoli
Skansen - an Open Air Museum
Ropsten - part of Stockholm
Hedvig Eleonora Church - Hedvig Eleonora kyrka
Gärdet - part of Stockholm
Lidingö - Island outside Stockholm

This entry is dedicated to the person who searched for information about Greta Garbo’s grave on my Swedish blog
Greta Garbo is buried at Skogskyrkogården, Woodland Cemetary, not very far from where I live. Take Subway 18 (green line) and get off at Skogskyrkogården. The cemetary is right next to the station, you can’t miss it.

Greta Garbo’s grave is marked on the map at the cemetary entrance but a bit difficult to find anyway. The easiest way is to first find Skogskapellet, The Woodland Chapel, and from there follow the straight path on the right hand side of the building.

The Woodland Cemetary was put on UNESCO’s world heritage list 1994. It’s a very beautiful and peaceful place and definately worth a visit if you come to Stockholm.

A cable-fire somewhere in the underground system caused the trains to run on ten-minutes-traffic during the worst rush-hour this morning. T-Centralen, where all three underground lines meet in Stockholm, was crowded and I climbed on to a bench to get a better overview.

I love to commute. Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel is one of the best invention ever made. When it works…