This was the first thing we did in Sweden. It is a mosque on the outskirts of Malmo. There is a public primary school here where they teach Islam. Although I found the mosque to have a privileged point of view, the director told us that the mosque tries to interpret the Koran with modernity in mind and says they require their 1000 members to leave their sects and affiliations at the door.
This is the turning torso, the most famous building in Sweden. We got a perfect view of it from the park in the downtown.
A windmill from the same park.
This was on top of a casino.
This is supposed to be the castle in Malmo. Although we didnt come at it from the front, it was overall a pretty disappointing castle. However the body of water from the forefront of the castle is the moat.
In Malmo, we visited a ghetto called Rosengård. It was actually a very nice area but called a ghetto because it has cheap housing and is where quite a few immigrants live. In Sweden, each area of the city has their own area coordinators whose jobs are to organize events and work to make each neighborhood a better place. The Varda office in this picture was supposed to be one stop help for all the individuals living in the area. If you needed support or any type of help or information this office could get you what you needed.
In Gothenborg we visited the museum of world culture. There was an exhibition going on called where in the world. It was a photo submission exhibition. The portraits above were beautiful and strange. There was also a world map with photos from everywhere. I got my photo with Russia, obviously.
The museum also had a spot where you could write on a wall. It was a space where they were testing out what type of exhibitions people responded to and liked the most. I wrote this on the wall.
These are the Gothenborg University and castle respectively. (The castles in Copenhagen are much cooler!)
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