Bleary-eyed, clutching a black coffee and cardamom bun as if they were a life raft, I stood on the platform at Malmo Central Station, in Sweden’s third city, at 6.30am. Having spent two days hopping between saunas and the icy depths of the Øresund, I was ready to head north on rail operator Snalltaget’s newest route, travelling to Oslo, Norway’s capital.
While the journey in its entirety takes a little over six and a half hours, I’d opted to hop on and off for the next couple of days to explore two key cities along the way: the trendy hub of Gothenburg and the much less-visited Trollhättan. Even settling in for the straight-through route, the short duration is a great introduction to slow travel.
