The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö next year, any of you fans planning a trip north might now also consider some days in Stockholm. Lonely Planet ranked the Swedish capital 5th in the list of best city destinations in 2012.
Unfortunately Stockholm is still more a six hours drive at least from Southern Malmö though.
So now we know our Eurovision destination is going to be Malmö, next year. For all those among you that had hoped for Stockholm, here is twelve points to convince you that Malmö is not that bad a destination either. Twelve points about Malmö that a tourist should know. Read more....
The line up is always kept secret, but 20+ artists from the Melodifestivalen and Eurovision history have been seen on stage in previous years. This year Lena Ph. and Kikki Danielsson are among the few artists that have been revealed for Pride. Lena (Sweden, 2004) is even responsible for this year's Pride song!
[Update 28.06] Ivi Adamou, Ott Lepland, Sean Banan, Linda Sundblad, Amy Diamond, Jessica Folcker and Håkan Lidbo have been confirmed for the Schlagerpop night as it is called this year. Schlagerpop night is organised in cooperation with Scandipop, a blog about Scandinavian pop & schlager culture.
[Update 01.07] Oikotimes.com has stated that even Eleftheria Eleftheriou is going. No official confirmation from Stockholm Pride has been seen yet.
Still doubting whether i really want to share all of them. It is kinda nice to keep them my secrets. But, ok, I'll give it a go anyway!
Summer is just around the corner and there is a great deal of summer entertainment taking place in Malmö. The summer months will offer a good mix of activities across the whole of Malmö, ranging from the Malmö Beach Event and MalmöKlassikern to rock concerts and theatre.
Experience Malmö during the summer with friends and family. Here are just a few examples of what is happening:
Where Eurovision music is trivialized in quite some European countries, in Stockholm it (still) is ruling! In Stockholm you can dance to Eurovision tunes, every weekend of the year. Or rather, to Schlager, as it is called in Sweden. Schlager being everything Melodifestivalen related, with a dash of Eurovision.