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The roots of the city Malmö [usk]

Gamla Väster, Malmö, sketch by ArtMagenta

Gamla Väster, Malmö
Finger sketching on iPad

MALMÖ. None of the houses are more than 200 hundred years old but the street has been there for 800 years. The street has seen houses being built, torn down and new houses being built up again. Not to mention all the people who has lived on this street during these times.

That Malmö street has a lot of stories to tell.

The Castle Coffee house in Malmö [usk]

The sightseeing boat passes the coffee house

The Castle Windmill, Malmö

The Coffee Garden in the Castle Park is an excellent place for recreation with coffee and sandwiches and why not have lunch. The food is excellent and the place is beautiful, especially in summer.

You can eat in the greenhouse too

Beware of the jackdaws. There are plenty of them and they are professional food thieves. Turn away from your table a few secs and your food will be gone!

It's fun to sit and watch those birds, at least as long as it is not my food they are eating. They are intelligent and know exactly when to strike.

An excellent opportunity to draw birds in motion. They are masters at flying in small spaces.

The jackdaws are professional food thieves here in Malmö

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Turning Torso, a twisted building [Usk]

Turning Torso is a sketch by urban sketcher Artmagenta

Turning Torso in Malmö

Turning Torso is the tallest skyscraper in Sweden and the Nordic countries, situated in Malmö, Sweden, located on the Swedish side of the Öresund strait. Upon completion, it was the tallest building in Scandinavia.
The building was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and officially opened on 27 August 2005.
The tower reaches a height of 190 metres (623 feet) with 54 stories.
The building is constructed in nine segments of five-story pentagons that twist as it rises; the topmost segment is twisted ninety degrees clockwise with respect to the ground floor. Each floor consists of an irregular pentagonal shape rotating around the vertical core, which is supported by an exterior steel framework.