About the city
Malmö, a city in transition
Malmö is the commercial and educational centre of southern Sweden. Though highly developed, it still retains some of its old, small-town charm and friendliness. An exceptionally well-developed infrastructure makes Malmö very easy to reach, whatever means of transport you use to get here.
It is an international city. This is expressed, not least, by the fact that Malmö has 270.000 residents who speak some 100 languages and belong to 164 different nationalities.
Malmö is unique in its transition from being an old, industrial city to a city of knowledge. The closure of the vast Kockums shipyard in the nineties was traumatic. But it presented the city with real scope for transformation, and a new district in the city-West Harbour, the City of Tomorrow-was created. It is now the home of Malmö University, Sweden's latest venture in the field of higher education, accommodating some 15.000 students.
Intense co-operation between colleges, science parks, and companies is instrumental for the entrepreneurship and creative development in the rapidly expanding Malmö region.
how to get there
By Plane
Malmö is situated between two international airports, Copenhagen/Kastrup Airport in Denmark and Malmö/Sturup Airport 30 km south-east of Malmö. Copenhagen/Kastrup Airport is connected to Malmö by the Öresund Bridge. Trains run around the clock from Malmö Central Station to the airport, and the journey from Malmö takes 20 minutes.
Of course, the airport can also be reached by car. The airport shuttle from the centre of Malmö to Malmö/Sturup Airport takes 40 minutes.