Sunrise is around 8.30 am here and it will set at 4pm.

We were hoping for a hair fix and found a hairdresser but will have to wait until tomorrow. So we wandered on to try and find the Turning Torso building. It was difficult to see in the fog but we found an old castle, Malmö Castle, which was once a fortress, a prison, and is now a museum. We strolled through Kings Park hoping to finally find a squirrel. No such luck!

It’s been really difficult to find somewhere traditional to eat authentic Swedish food. We walked and walked and just couldn’t not find a restaurant or cafe that was not Asian, Italian, French or Middle Eastern (we can find all of these in Sydney). We made the frustrating decision to go back to the restaurant that we had lunch in yesterday (it was delicious, just not what we wanted) and washed our frustrations away with a couple of Smoking Pot cocktails (just fancy mojitos) and another truffled mushroom pizza.

Teresa suggested that we catch the train to Helsingborg. This was originally part of the plan, as she wanted to visit the museum of Failed Designs. She has since found out that this museum is closed, but the trip looked interesting anyway.

The train is easy to buy tickets for. It is a smooth ride and the trains are clean and quiet.

The countryside was shrouded mainly in fog but there were glimpses of quaint housing, modern windmills and lovely towns. There was much construction occurring and the landscape was dotted with cranes here and there.

Since it was still daylight (albeit for another 1 1/2 hours) we decided to get on a ferry across to Helsingør in Denmark. This is a very easy process directly from the Helsingborg train station. The ferry is enormous and goes every 20mins. We walked on board, purchased some refreshments in the form of sparkling wine, and chose a spot in the lounge to watch our journey across Oresund.

The trip was smooth and coming into Helsingør we noticed a rather large castle on a point. A quick google revealed that it is actually the castle that Shakespeare’s Hamlet lived in. This also made sense of the fact that the Ferry we travelled on was named Hamlet. We walked around the castle and the grounds, quite spectacular. The museum inside was closing in 15mins at 4pm so we made the decision not to pay to go in.

It was getting dark so after a bit more exploring we found a little restaurant on the water to have a beer in. We also were delighted to meet the restaurant owner’s Australian Shepherd, names Kenzo, who offered his belly to anyone passing by.

After our refreshments we caught the ferry back across to Helsingborg in search of somewhere to eat. Once again we could not find any authentic restaurants so we settled in a little Italian restaurant instead. We both ordered a pasta dish and a vodka each, both nice but nothing to write home about. We did get speaking to the ladies at the table beside us, who once again expressed their empathy with Australia about the bushfires. We finished our meals, paid the bill and hopped on the train for the hour-long trip back to Malmö.

While we were on the train we used our app to convert what dinner had cost us..$110! We’re not in Eastern Europe anymore Toto! (Thanks for the quip Scott)

Tomorrow we have frisor appointments and will be salon-ready once again. Godnatt!