Malmö, Alnarp and Lund, Sweden

Welcome! This tour welcomes you to the very south of Sweden. Here you’ll be able to visit a diverse type of projects: summer streets for pedestrians only, a unique landscape laboratory and a Nordic jungle themed park. All the projects have local guides that have been involved in the different projects. Meet-up We meet in front of the south entrance om Malmö Triangeln Train Station. It is easily reached from Copenhagen Airport (20 minutes) or Malmö Central Station (2 minutes). Summer streets of Malmö The Summer streets of Malmö, presented at the IFLA World Congress 2019, is a green mobility program for the citizens of Malmö. Between April and October, three streets are closed off for traffic and gets a temporary design for the pedestrians and bicyclists. The summer streets create more space for people to connect – in the middle of the city. Being a temporary project in 2017, the program has extended and will be continued to at least 2021. The Alnarp Landscape Laboratory The landscape laboratory in Alnarp includes about 20 hectars of woodland stands, edges, shelterbelts, roadside plantations, meadows, wetland and waterbodies, constructed and planted close to campus from 1982 and onward. Here landscape enrichment and dynamic vegetation design measures and actions as an inspiration for urban forests, agricultural land, parks, gardens and road environments are studied and demonstrated in full scale.

The main aim is to explore and show examples of multiple use and enrichment in terms of forestry and agricultural production, recreation and ecological values. By focusing the design, construction and management of new and young landscape elements and characters, the landscape lab is rather unic in a Swedish context. The recreative profit in a densly populated area is increasingly improved, whilst students, teachers and researchers are offered an outdoor laboratory for long term following up studies as well as shorter experiments, workshops and out-door learning. Currently the laboratory accommodates some research projects such as woodland edge studies, color experience in forest environments and long term dynamics and interaction in woodland stands. The lab in Alnarp is part of a landscape laboratory network in Europe including labs in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Switzerland and England. We are very interested in a growing network and new collaboration partners in the fields of vegetation-, recreation- and art-directed research as well as about outdoor learning and learning by doing. The Nordic Jungle – in the City park of Lund This project is the last phase of the rearmament of the City park of Lund. The project is situated in the southern part of the park and is transformed with a Nordic jungle theme. Wooden decks, waterfalls and wetland vegetation frames the woodland designed area. The inauguration is set for the evening the same day we visit the park, but we are able to get a sneak peak. If you want to stay for the inauguration, it is planned to be held at 19:00 and is a part of “the Culture night” – Kulturnatten – with a lot of interesting things to see and do in Lund. https://kulturnatten.nu Bantorget Being the entrance to Lund’s old city center, Bantorget has an important role to play. The site dates back almost 1000 years but has been used as a park for the train station since the 1850s. The recent reconstruction has refined the old structure of the park, widening the pedestrian footways and create possibilities for urban life to thrive within and around the square. The site is an example of both a high-quality urban landscape project as well as being part of a strategic urban redevelopment, catering for pedestrians and bicyclists – creating a comfortable and beautiful environment in a central urban setting.

Technical information Date Saturday 21 September Schedule 10:00 We meet at Malmö Triangeln Train Station 10:15 Guided tour Summer Streets of Malmö 11:30 Lunch (not included) 12:28 Bus from Södervärn Bus Station to Alnarp Landscape Laboratory 13:00 Guided tour at Alnarp’s Landscape Laboratory 14:57 Bus from Alnarp to Lund 15:30 Guided tour at the Nordic Jungle at Lund’s City park. 16:30 Guided tour of Bantorget in Lund 17:00 End of tour If you are interested in the tour, please contact Johan Folkesson at info@johanfolkesson.com The last day to announce your participation is on the 13th of September. The maximum number of participants is limited to 25. The price of the tour is 250 SEK. How to get to Malmø (not included in the reservation) Swedish Rail, SJ, in the afternoon Bus Oslo Bussterminal – Gøteborg, departure 14.50/16.00/16.50 With connection train Göteborg – Malmö C Swedish Rail – Nighttrain Oslo – via Stockholm Central - Malmø https://www.sj.se/#/tidtabell/Oslo%2520S/Malm%25C3%25B6%2520C/enkel/avgang/20190920-1600/avgang/20190920-1700/VU--///0//

Photo: Martin Olson, Kristina Strand Larsson