Malmö and Lund From Copenhagen: Which Day Trip Over the Øresund Bridge?

For Malmö and Lund on one day, the six-hour tour across the Øresund Bridge is the best fit. It costs €107.02, with 4.7 out of 5 from 740 reviews. The other two options suit travellers who want either Kronborg as well or a short, walkable visit to Malmö alone.

The six-hour bus tour

The tour starts at Hotel Astoria and returns there. The operator is enjoythetours.dk, and the page lists an English-speaking host and an audio guide in English, Spanish and Italian. Stops are listed as Lund Cathedral (about 1.5 hours in Lund with free time), Stortorget square in Malmö (75 minutes), then short photo stops at Malmö Castle, the Turning Torso and the Øresund Bridge. The bus legs add up to roughly three hours of the day, so this is a sampler of two towns rather than a deep visit. The page states that entrance to Malmö’s museums is not included and that the Turning Torso cannot be entered.

The nine-hour tour with Kronborg and a ferry

The Hamlet, Lund and Malmö 2-Country Tour starts at Banegårdspladsen 4, by the central station. It runs 9 hours and costs €111.37. It adds a view of Kronborg from the ramparts, free time in Helsingør and a ferry across the Øresund, with the return passing the bridge. It is the one to choose if the ferry and Hamlet’s castle matter to you. Its page says the bus is not accessible for wheelchair users. See our guide to Kronborg, Frederiksborg and Roskilde for what you do and do not get at the castle on that route.

Malmö only, by train

The half-day walking tour of Malmö by train lasts 4 hours and costs €138.99. You meet at Copenhagen Central Station and cross the bridge by train in about 40 minutes. The page includes the round-trip train ticket and a Swedish fika, and the group is limited to 12. The walk lasts two hours; the page promises a return around 1 pm, and you may stay on in Malmö afterwards. Its listed stops are all in Malmö. The operator, Go Like a Local, lists it as wheelchair accessible; confirm the route with them.

Practical points

• Carry your passport or ID card; you are leaving Denmark for Sweden. The nine-hour tour asks specifically for a passport and warns that if you forget it, your return to Copenhagen is at your own expense.
• Sweden uses the krona, not the euro. Bring a card or check the payment options at the shops you plan to use.
• The bus tours leave free time in Malmö and Lund for lunch or shopping. Food and drinks appear in the bus tours’ lists of services, but those lists mix included and excluded items, and the six-hour tour’s description points you to Malmö’s restaurants, so budget for lunch. The train tour includes coffee and a pastry.

Who goes where

• Two towns, least effort: the six-hour bus tour.
• Ferry and Hamlet’s castle too: the nine-hour tour.
• Only Malmö, walking and a guide: the train tour.

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Our recommendation

Book the six-hour tour across the Øresund Bridge for the widest sample of Sweden in the shortest time.