So I was supposed to travel to Gothenburg on Saturday morning but going out on Friday night meant I actually spent the entire day in the darkness of my room only moving when my friends came over that night. But, on Sunday morning I managed to get up at 4am was in Gothenburg by 11:30am.
Not knowing where to start I followed the path from the station into the shopping centre. This was a success as I finally purchased a new pair of black boots! #feelingswedish Once I'd picked up all the info leaflets that I could, I spent the rest of the afternoon trying to catch all the sights. Unfortunately I kept getting lost and ended up on a bridge which I'm pretty sure was leaving the city... This wasn't so bad though as I think I managed to see most of the city in the short time I had and came to the conclusion that I'd like to live there someday.
One of the biggest appeals before I arrived was the legendary kannelbulle which can can found in Haga, the old town. These ginormous ginormous cinnamon buns are made to serve 4-8 people!! I LOVE cinnamon but even I couldn't justify buying one for myself.
Malmö
As there was so much I wanted to see in malmö I decided to hire a bike. I paid 150 sek for the next 30hrs which seems very reasonable for how much I used it! Luckily the sun shone all day (unlike today) so I began with cycling along the shore and taking 143795 photos of the pretty blue sky. About 5minutes into my cycle I could hear live music coming from behind the hill. What I found was a campfire area with speakers in the grass that play music every hour from 8-23:00. Such a nice idea!
Maybe the most exciting thing I did yesterday was my visit to the floating sauna. But before that I stopped on the beach to take photos of the øresund bridge which goes from malmö to Copenhagen. The weather being so lovely actually made it more difficult to take photos because the sun was too bright for my camera!
Around 3 o'clock I reached the sauna which I was kind of wary about. I know in Sweden it's normal too sit bare naked and sweat with people you don't know, but I'm not Swedish. It cost 65 sek for a single use of the sauna and the Baltic Sea. I sat in with the hot coals for about 20mins, looking through the glass to the blue skies and sea and then finally forced myself to get up and go outside. Although it was sunny it was only about 6c so even standing was pretty chilly. This didn't seem to bother the locals who lay out on the deck. My time in the sea lasted all of 5 seconds as I felt my whole body freezing. When I came out I swear my whole body was having a heart attack. And then it was back into the sauna for another 10 mins. I swear it's good for you but I don't know how often I could do it.
Once I dried off I got back on my bike and toured the city until I'd seen most of the sights and stopped off to take pictures. Like Gothenburg I managed to get quite lost and kept going round in circles. The city is lovely so obviously that wasn't a bad thing :).
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