June 7th, 2009
Malmo urban design slideshow
By Matthew Blackett // 1 Comment
Fred Sztabinski, Spacing's Amsterdam-based correspondent (that has a nice ring to it, eh?), had a great post about Malmo, Sweden's waterfront development the other day. We were both in the city within a few weeks of each other and we seemed to have seen similar things and had very similar observations.
In order to complement Fred's post and respond to some of the comments that arose from our readers, I've added this slideshow of my own photos from Malmo that highlight the city's urban design elements. Travelling to Malmo's western waterfront and Toronto's Port Lands are similar distances from the core of the city. The city's waterfront is vast, and includes canals, rivers, parks and beaches. Another commenter also suggested that Malmo's waterfront is aimed at the wealthy; while this may be true from a property ownership perspective, the variety of people using Malmo's waterfront didn't have to spend a cent to lay out in the sun, and the area seemed to be programmed to provide entertainment and amenities that were certainly not cost-prohibitive.
Also in the slideshow, you'll see photos of Malmo's street furniture, pedestrian malls, and bike infrastructure. The city seems to want to keep up with it's big neighbour Copenhagen, and rightly so. If you don't want to views the images in a slideshow you can see them static on Spacing's Flickr set.
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I'll add some of my photos of Malmo to complement this post: http://www.flickr.com/photos/astuteobserver/tags/malmà ¶/
I enjoyed your posts about Copenhagen. I agree with everything about their bicycle culture. I love their coin-return bikes.
If you're still in the region, you should make a trip to Stockholm. I found it nicer than Copenhagen (politeness and friendliness of people, cleanliness, language etc.) They have really nice urban infrastructure, and they have a good mix of modes of travel as well. In my opinion, their model of urbanity is a lot more compatible with ours, and a lot more achievable by us as well. I guess I'll post here when I get around to posting my pictures of Stockholm.
Comment by Sarosh K
June 7, 2009 | 5:39 am