Roadtrip: Malmö in 1962

Here is a short montage of footage shot in Malmö, south Sweden in the summer of 1962. You can really feel the warm sunny weather and happy-go-lucky people going about their business or just enjoying the nice weather. Everything seems more colorful, happy and better back then. I wish Malmö still looked like this, but I guess it's a thing of the past. The footage was taken from Mitt Hjärtas Malmö - Volume 5 available to buy on DVD here.

The last day of the trams

Trams are a thing of the past. Nowadays, they have been replaced by buses, subways or cars. Sweden have had its share of trams. I can name at least five major cities that had them. Stockholm was one of them, but the Stockholm transport authority decided to remove them when Sweden switched from left side, [...]

NK in Malmö

Here are two postcards showing the old NK department store in Malmö, Sweden. NK (Nordiska Kompaniet / The Nordic Company) is one of the oldest merchandise companies in Sweden. The first, and biggest store opened in Stockholm in 1915 and featured Sweden’s first escalators. Soon NK also had stores in Gothenburg and Malmö. The department [...]

Malmö in the 1960s

I have decided to continue posting old postcards from Malmö. Here are four more which depicts how the central parts of Malmö looked in the 1960s, notice how vibrant everything looks and feels. I lived there myself for almost two years between 2002 and 2004, can’t really say I appreciate the changes the city went [...]

Anonymous

Great clip - love seeing old film of Sweden from the 60's. Thanks!
janepeepshow

OoOoOohhh!
janepeepshow

oh & you forgot the ö in the first Malmö :)
Charles

I love the speed of the images how they appear slightly slowed down in some places along with the music because it feels dreamy and nostalgic.
Charles

Check out the great Googie look of the Civic Auditorium in Bakersfield California:

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Vinyl Room

I love clips like this.
Thank you for the opportunity to see this.

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