Malmo’s large collection of parks make it a popular destination with family visitors and outdoor enthusiasts alike, providing spaces for picnics, relaxation, games and sports. On wet, cloudy or especially cold days, a trip to the city’s Toy Museum is a popular option. If you plan your visit for the summer season, it’s the beach at Ribban that’ll be your number one daytime destination.

Toy Museum (Leksaksland)
Adults and children alike will appreciate the exhibits and displays at Malmo’s Toy Museum, a famous attraction in the city since 2005. The museum’s collection is diverse and includes dolls and figurines of characters from popular culture as well as model railways, toy cars and various mechanical objects. The museum has one room in which the toys are not in display cabinets and are available for younger visitors to play with. 
Phone: +46 40 66 10 700; http://www.leksaksland.se/233-204-homepage.htm

Parks
Known as the ‘City of Parks’, Malmo is packed with greenbelt areas that are ideal for families to enjoy summer picnics in or for active visitors to enjoy a variety of sports or physical pursuits. Among the best parks in Malmo are Kungdparken, the oldest in the city; Pildammsparken, the largest in the city and Slottsparken, famous for its sculpture collection.

Folkets Park
Otherwise known as the People's Park, this park is worthy of a mention in its own right on account of the mixed selection of attractions it offers. Besides a small selection of traditional fairground rides, the park offers various theatrical performances on the Children’s Stage, as well as a modest zoo that’s home to spiders, crocodiles, snakes, monkeys and kangaroos among other animals. For very young visitors, the park offers pony rides. 
Phone: +46 40 34 21 44

Golf
Malmo comes with a good selection of golf courses and play is possible at any time of the year provided you are prepared for the possibility of rain or ready to wrap up warm in the winter season. 18-hole courses are available at Malmö Burlov Golf Club (phone: +46 40 29 25 36), Kvarnby Golf Club (phone: +46 40 49 23 39) and Ronnebacks Golf Club (phone: +46 40 54 25 50), while a nine-hole course is on offer at the Hylliekrokens Golf Centre (phone: +46 40 16 18 50).

Ribban
Located a short walk from the city centre, Ribban consists of a large nature area with trees, ponds, open spaces and sport pitches and Ribersborg Beach, which is immediately next to it. The beach features an open-air swimming pool, for those fancying a proper swim, while the promenade that runs along its edge is the ideal place for joggers, cyclists and rollerbladers.

Malmo is by no means short of attractions suitable for visitors with cultural leanings and whether it’s art in its many forms or local history and heritage that most captures your attention, you’ll find this popular visitor destination has something of appeal. The premier cultural venue has to be Malmohus, the city’s historic castle, a building that’s home to a variety of fascinating museums and galleries.

Malmo Art Museum
Situated inside Malmohus, the city’s castle, is the Art Museum, a facility that features the country’s largest permanent collection of Nordic art, as well as hosting a variety of temporary and visiting exhibitions. Highlights in the international displays include the collection of Russian oil paintings, while notable Swedish works include those by Lars Arrhenius, Henrik Olesen, Olafur Eliasson and Annika Strom. 
Phone: +46 40 34 44 00

Malmofest
Plan your visit to the city for the second week in August and you’ll get to attend the popular summer festival known as Malmofest. Visitors and locals alike assemble in the city streets to enjoy live music, performance art, sports, film, comedy and dance.

Malmo Konsthall
One of Europe’s largest art spaces and a feature of the city since 1975, Malmo Konsthall is an impressive gallery that features a permanent collection as well as up to 10 temporary exhibitions per year. Genres represented range from classical to contemporary. 
Phone: +46 40 34 12 93; www.konsthall.malmo.se/o.o.i.s/2741

Malmo Museum of Natural History (Malmo Museer)
Also housed inside of Malmo Castle, Malmo Museer is the city’s premier museum and boasts something to interest visitors of all ages. A large selection of exhibits focus on the main historical events and era of the area, while an aquarium features reptiles, mammals and a variety of fish and sea creatures including electric eels and piranhas. 
Phone: +46 40 34 10 00

Municipal Theatre
Located in Linnepladsen, the famous square in the southwest corner of Slottspark, is the city’s Municipal Theatre, a historic building constructed between 1942 and 1944. Presenting a wide range of performing arts shows and productions, this is one of the city’s premier cultural entertainment venues and with a capacity for 1,700 people, is also Scandinavia’s largest theatre.

Science and Maritime House (Malmohusvagen)
Within Malmo Castle’s grounds, this combined facility is a mixed bag of themes, with exhibits featuring everything from old steam engines, classic cars and early aeroplanes to interactive displays illustrating interesting principles of physics and chemistry. A ride on an old-fashioned tram is the highlight for many visitors, while for others the massive U-3 submarine in the maritime section is the biggest attraction. 
Phone: +46 40 34 10 00

Local cuisine is hearty fare based heavily on protein, fat and carbohydrate-rich foods prepared without abundant herbs or spices and offering appeal in its simplicity. The smorgasbord is a popular feature on many restaurant menus, offering diners the chance to enjoy a wide variety of foods in a single platter. Typically, a smorgasbord features fish such as salmon and pickled herrings, meatballs, fried potato, eggs and chunky slices of bread.

Malmo offers a wide selection of restaurants, in spite of the fact that dining at home is more the norm for its residents. The Old Town district is one of the best areas to head to find eateries, with establishments located here offering everything from local fare to the cuisines of countries such as Iran, India, China and Japan as well as a variety of European countries. For the most concentrated selection of eating venues, try the city squares of Stortorget and Lilla Torg.

Stortorget and Lilla Torg are also good places to head to for shopping and together with Sodergatan, Gustav Adolfs Torg, Sodra Forstadsgatan and Triangeln, comprise the city’s main retail district. With most of this area pedestrianised, shopping is a pleasurable experience, especially in the summer season when the weather is fine and the outdoor bars and eateries in the squares add a lively atmosphere.

Shops in this district are many and varied, covering everything from major department stores to unique independent retailers. Prices are typically European so you’re unlikely to find any major bargains but don’t let that put you off trying all the same. A short distance from this main shopping district is Mollevangen, another retail and dining area that’s renowned for its colourful décor and pleasant ambience.