Malmö's main square
Sweden
Malmö's main square is the oldest square in the city. It was built more than 470 years ago by the order of the then mayor Cook. His former residence is near the square, a typical Hanseatic-style brown-red building. The City Hall was built in 1546 and is a Dutch Renaissance-style building. To the right of the City Hall is a beautiful brown-red building called the Lion Pharmacy, which was built in 1571 and got its name from the one-story old pharmacy. In the middle of the square is the equestrian statue of Swedish King Carl X, who defeated Denmark and completely turned Malmö into a Swedish city.