Malmö is flat, walkable and cheap by Swedish standards, and it does its best work in small institutions — two free or nearly free art halls, a cold-water bathhouse on a pier and one deliberately silly museum.
Ribersborgs Kallbadhus
Limhamnsvägen Brygga 1: a wooden bathhouse on a pier where you sauna and then get into the Öresund, whatever the month. Sections are gender-separated, with mixed morning bathing on Tuesdays 07:00–09:00 for 90 kr and a mixed Kallis evening on the first Monday of each month. There is a restaurant on site.
Moderna Museet Malmö
Ola Billgrens plats 2–4, the southern branch of Sweden's modern art museum. Tue–Sun 11:00–17:00 and Thursday to 19:00, closed Monday; entry is 50 kr and free if you are under 25.
Malmö Konsthall
S:t Johannesgatan 7, one of northern Europe's largest single exhibition spaces, showing large-scale contemporary work. Free entry, Tue–Sun 11:00–17:00 and Wednesday to 19:00, closed Monday, with free guided tours daily and a restaurant, Smak, in the building.
Disgusting Food Museum
Södra Förstadsgatan 2, ten minutes' walk from Triangeln station: 80 foods that somebody, somewhere, finds revolting, with smelling and tasting stations included. Daily 11:00–18:00 with last entry around 17:00; 230 kr adult, 185 kr student or senior, 80 kr for ages 6–15.
Västra Hamnen
The Western Harbour, a former shipyard rebuilt as housing, with the Sundspromenaden seafront, swimming decks straight into the sound and views across to Denmark. Turning Torso stands here but is residential and has no public viewing floor; it is about 25 minutes' walk or a short bus ride from Malmö Central.