A Starless Night in Malmö

Malmö has my heart! I could spend several hours people-watching on Lilla Torg and not get bored. I'd imagine how their day went, if they were rushing home to a loved one or to a pub for pint; maybe fika with a new love interest.

It rained all the while we were there but that didn't stop us wandering until we were soaked to the skin.

We went to Malmöhus and Museer. There were two very interesting exhibitions that gave us real insight into the role Malmö and the rest of Sweden have played in world crisis and refugee settlement. We saw signs welcoming Refugees at the train station, saw bags and bags of relief materials and quite a handful of people coming in the town.

During the end of World War II, the Malmö Museer was converted from a museum to a refugee camp for women, men and children who survived the Nazi concentration camps. They arrived on "The White Bus".

I took this photo at the same point those two women stood.

From survivors of Concentration camps to Afghan refugees and now Syrians, the Swedes always have their doors open. In 2014 about 81,000 asylum seekers reached Sweden; many of them came to Malmö.

There was the "Summer Sunshine and Dark Clouds" exhibition which spotlights the changes in Malmö in 1914 by focusing on the Baltic Exhibition. The pictures below are letters written by a 14-year-old girl.

There was a third exhibition depicting 100 years of immigrant women's life and work in Malmö.

I am not much of a museum goer but the Malmö Museer may have won me over.

From the museer we went to Victor's on Lilla Torg for some meatballs and drinks. Life here seems so laid back and calm, people didn't seem to be in a hurry to get anywhere.

Got lost in thoughts just staring at the starless sky. The stars add a sparkle but the night is just as beautiful without it.

I pray for peace and love, for people to stop taking lives, and for cities like this that walk the talk of love and helping people irrespective of country, colour or religion.

Thank you, Malmö!