We took a bus and 2 trains and went to Malmo, Sweden. When we were on our last train an old lady started chatting with us and all seemed quite normal. As we were getting off the train she said “Mind you down get shot”. Hmmm. Will looked at me like “where the hell did you take us to?” I assured him that i read it is a great place to visit and lots of families have posted day trips so it can’t be dangerous.

We walk out of the station and there are trucks driving by full of people in sailor hats, honking horns and screaming while holding signs written in Swedish (See below). It looked and sounded like a war zone, a protest, i don’t know but something that “mind you dont get shot” all of a sudden sounded too real.

Then i remembered reading that this is a celebration they do for graduation day! The hats aren’t sailor hats but actually graduation caps. The graduates all go in the back of trucks with whistles, signs, blasting music, etc and everyone drives around town honking at them. It was insanity.

We ended up eating lunch in Malmo and then jumping on a train back to the nice and quiet Copenhagen. We ate at an Irish pub and ironically it was the first time we all ate out since traveling. I mean we’ve picked up sandwiches, ordered a pizza, and that sort of thing but this was the first proper sit down since traveling.

Since our adventure we have learned 3 things:

1. Malmo is not necessarily crazy like we saw it. That is a one off celebration for graduates and normally all the families flee town for that weekend b/c the students take over and party.
2. “Mind you dont get shot” was actually a serious comment and people say Malmo is getting a bit of a bad rep b/c of the amount of refugees they let in but i think it is more of the older/conservate peeps that think this. It is perfectly safe and by all means safer than many other places we’ve traveled to.
3. Will is not a fan of Malmo but the girls and I got a kick out of all the honking, dancing, partying graduates. Malmo will forever be coined as Mal”no” in Will’s head. Also important to note that after going there we know it is pronounced Malmooo not Malmow but Malmow and Malno work so Malmow it is.