Experience Swedish hospitality – meet the Malmö locals for supper
Photo: Oskar Falck©Malmö Turism Now you have a unique opportunity to get a glimpse of Swedish culture when you travel to Malmö next time. A Slice of Swedish Hospitality is a network of Malmö locals who open their homes to visitors for supper. You will meet the host families in their daily lives, and share their top tips for Malmö. You might even make a few friends for life.
- A Slice of Swedish Hospitality is a unique experience for visitors who want to get to know Malmö for real. Perhaps do something a bit special and not go down the traditional "tourist route". During the evening you get a taste of Swedish hospitality, and you can ask all your questions about Sweden, the Swedes and useful information you need for your stay in Malmö, says Maria Klitte, who is the creator of the concept.
What is A Slice of Swedish Hospitality?
”A Slice of Swedish Hospitality” gives you the chance to meet Swedes behind the scenes during your vacation. It includes:
• A visit to a Swedish family and a glimpse of Swedish culture while participating in their daily routine.
• A traditional Swedish supper of two courses, that is main course and hors-d’oeuvre or dessert. The meal includes the drink generally served in the house which may vary between water, milk, soft drink etc.
• Coffee or tea.
The first and foremost goal of the service is to offer a genuine feeling of Malmö and give an experience out of the ordinary.
Good to know
• All visitors are welcome to participate; singles, families or groups. There is a maximum of five people per group on each occasion.
• ”A Slice of Swedish Hospitality” offers a range of host households. All with great interest in cooking as well as people and culture. The households consists of people in all ages and are located in different areas of the city.
• Each family is free to organise the evening to their daily life routine and serve what ever meals they find suitable. However, the standard has to be of what they would serve family or friends when having supper together.
• There might be time for a stroll in the area or some party games.
• The conversation during the evening will be in English and participants might even learn a word or two in the local dialect of Malmö, called ”malmöitiska”.
We wanted to create a sustainable product in many ways. The host families love Malmö and its goals towards a sustainable city they also want to offer a sustainable product. As an example of this, the host families are accessible via public transportation and the meals composed with the local and organic ingredients of the season Maria concludes.
If you want to know more about the concept, please contact:
Maria Klitte, Mication AB, info@mication.se
Anna Wittgren, project manager leisure travel, Malmö Turism, anna.wittgren@malmo.se
Comments
Re Malmo promotion video
This was brought to my attention by Ryanair have been toying with the idea of a low cost flight so that I can visit "Wallander country" at Ystad. The idea of a meal in a private house is attractive - but what will it cost?
The video did not show me anything that interested me and seemed to be about a lot of bland young people doing things in a modern city that they could do almost anywhere in the world. Where is there anything about the history or culture of Malmo - or is it a recently built city? Aren't there any quirky quarters to explore. Other posts suggest that there are immigrant areas which must add a touch of the exotic?
I feel myself to be essentially Nordic (I am a Scot) so should feel at home in Sweden. Also I live in East Anglia where the coast looks a bit like that near Ystad. I would not be landing at the airport and hiring a car to take me to an expensive hotel, as the video suggested but looking for cheap accommodation and public transport where I might strike up conversations with Swedish people.
Beautiful Sweden .... I visited with my parents as a child, a holiday for all ages'....
Sweden is beautiful, and I would love to go if I can fly from Eindhoven.
this is a very interesting concept because Sweden is still a closed country probably because of language differences and i think this idea should help to open sweden to the outside world especially English speaking developing countries
Looks like a tempting idea - however, unfortunately you are not quoting typical prices for a meal like this. From my experience you may also have a great meal with locals if you look for basic restaurants in local housing estates, they do not look like much, are often set in the ground floor of an appartment block, but are extremely good value for money! Takes a bit of driving around, but you do not have to commit to an advance booking and you can take groups larger than 5, like any restaurant!
Dear Kerstin,
A slice of Swedish Hospitality focus on the interaction and the meeting between people, the meal is to gather around and a bonus taste of Sweden :)
sorry, I like votka! In Sweden is far too expensive, although the cold. For events with us Swedes came with his vodka and they offered us it is not. I did not recognize the Swedish hospitality
I really like the idea, I think it is a great way to get to know a country and its people from within. Talking with the locals is one thing that everybody wants when visiting a foreign country, but not everybody is at ease to strike up a conversation with total strangers. Opportunities for exchange visits could also develop.
I think there should be a system to match visitors with similar-minded (for example vegetarian, or retired, mixed-ethnic background, smokers, etc.) hosts and vice-versa.
I would also consider participating in a similar scheme in my home country as a host.
A slice of Swedish Hospitality has a matching system and it would be great to work with you with exchange visits!
Hope soon in Rome-Malmö. From Malmö to Copenhagen it takes just about 30-40 min. with train. Now I always take Norwegian, Sterling or SAS to Copenhagen fom Rome!
Thank you for your comments everyone - it's very nice to hear your thoughts on "A Slice of Swedish Hospitality"!
We have holidayed as a family in Sweden for the last 6 years - every year we go either in the early summer or for Halloween.
We have flown into Malmo and to Goteborg - both with Ryan air and always for under £400 for the four of us. Ryan air is the worst thing about going to sweden!!!
Sweden is lovely - we have been right to the Norwegian borders - gosh it is so different when you cross - so expensive and not so friendly.
We went up to Eds Dals and saw orphaned Moose being reared, saw iron age dwellings, we visited the arcipelagos on the west coast - loving Mollosund and senungstrand.
Gothenborg was lovely to visit the old city was really nice - lovely museums and old trams. Eating out is expensive but self catering is about the same as at home.
Further down in Skane there are beautiful beaches, wildlife parks and Malmo. Down further south east is Olund a wonderful place where we saw Sea Eagles flying around the Kings summer palace.
Cars can be a little more expensive to hire but are always larger and good quality - no hidden extras. Hotels too can be what you want from cheap to expensive! We use a company called NOVASOL who have a wide range of self catering accomodation - we found a brilliand place near Melbystrand on a huge farm complete with pets, football nets and trampolines and a wonderful family who continuously make us things! We have celebrated Halloween like no other here for two years now - the kids adore them!
Don't believe a thing about the language barrier - every swede I have ever come across when asked says that they speak a little english which translated means that you understand everything that they say to you!
It is not a place full of man made attractions but a place of tranquility and friendliness and very laid back.
As far as the vodka goes - yes alcohol is hard to come by and sold by government shops system bolinget - which in effect helps with the problem of alcoholism they had many years ago which does not seem to exisit now.
They are open 5 days a week during set times and in my experience most things are of a similar price to RRP at home especially if you purchase local produce. The more we go the more they seem to stock.
We have used hotels such as the Skandic in Lund and Goteborg - very different to hotels here but very nice too!
We have looked at Stockholm but just like London you pay Stockholm prices and I do not think it worth it when you have a young family. The water makes it take a long time to get from A to B too!
My kids always want to return to see Ingrid and Bjorn - infact they have now visited us last year!
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