Västra Hamnen

Västra Hamnen, literally West harbour, is the place were most of Malmö´s developments are going on. It is situated just a few km to the Northwest of the city centre. This is the site for the large Bo01 exhibition in 2001 where people actually could get inside the new houses with their daring architecture. The area is totally dominated by Scandinavia's tallest building, the 190 m tall Turning Torso, completed summer 2005. It was meant that the now world famous Turning Torso, with it's 54 floors, should be completed at the time for the exhibition, like many other buildings, but construction started a few years after the exhibtion! Turning Torso is the new landmark skyscraper of Malmö. Today, Västra Hamnen is a thriving residental area with still , in 2016, a lot of construction going on. However, very few higrises have been built around the still lonely Turning Torso. Summertime VH is a very popular place to stroll, sun and bath. here is also a popular sun and bathing spot called Scaniabadet.The east part of Västra Hamnen is a brand new district called Dockan with upscale residential buildings. Don't miss the special page dedicated to Turning Torso as well as Dockan and Hjälmarekajen that have their own pages. Today (2010), Västra Hamnen has practically grown together with the city center. Hjälmarekajen connects it with the central station area, where more highrises are being built. From Västra Hamnen there are great views over Öresundsbron, that bridge that connects Sweden with Denmark.