The Dutch windmill
Moved onto the shore of the small lake.
Jorchr — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Susanne Nilsson — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Susanne Nilsson — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Susanne Nilsson — CC BY-SA 2.0
Slottsparken runs around **Malmöhus** Castle and its moat, and is the oldest in the chain of connected parks that forms Malmö's green belt. It was laid out in 1900 in the free English manner: wide lawns, groups of large trees, winding paths, and a small lake with a Dutch windmill moved onto it. What distinguishes it is that the castle's old moat became part of the design, so water wraps the park. The park connects directly to **Kungsparken** and **Pildammsparken**, so you can walk between all of them without crossing a road — which is rare in a European city. It holds the **city library** at its edge, the Malmö museum in the castle, a café and playgrounds. It is used daily for running and weekend outings, and free concerts are held in it in summer. **Free and always open.**
Moved onto the shore of the small lake.
Water wrapping the park around Malmöhus.
Slottsparken, Malmö
KungsparkenKungsparken is Malmo's oldest public park, opened in 1872 on ground that had bee3 minutes walk4.7
The Museum of Technology and Maritime HistoryThe Museum of Technology and Maritime History is part of the Malmo museum comple4 minutes walk4.5
Malmohus CastleMalmohus is the oldest surviving Renaissance castle in the Nordic countries, bui5 minutes walk4.3
Malmö City LibraryMalmö's library is three buildings in one, and that is the reason to visit: the 5 minutes walk4.8
The Form/Design CenterThe Form/Design Center sits in an inner courtyard behind **Lilla Torg**, occupyi9 minutes walk4.1A chain of connected parks that wraps the historic centre along the line of the old walls, taking in **Slottsparken**, **Kungsparken**, **Pildammsparken** and **Ribersborg** out to the beach. The whole route is about five kilometres and walks in an hour and a half without crossing a main road. Malmö is among Europe's greenest cities for its size, with a stated policy that every resident live within three hundred metres of a green space. The parks are free and always open, and they are the best of the city in summer.