MalmöMässan is an exhibition and convention centre in

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. The facility is located in the

Hyllie Hyllie () is an area and former city district () in the central of Malmö Municipality, Sweden. On 1 July 2013, it was merged with Limhamn-Bunkeflo, forming Väster. In 2012, Hyllie had a population of 32,998 of the municipality's 307,758. T ...

area, close to

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and has an area of 20,000 m², divided into exhibition hall, a conference centre and two restaurants. One of the major annual events held there is Skånemässan ("The

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fair") held in September and with about 25,000 visitors.

History

The former Malmömässan Convention Centre () in the west harbour area of Malmö closed on 31 March 2010. The old building had an area of 20,000 m² and was originally built as a

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hall by the

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, it was turned into a

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factory following the Swedish shipyard crisis of the late 1970s and 1980s. In the early 1990s MalmöMässan AB, earlier based in

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("The stadium area", where

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and

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are located), relocated there. A new exhibition hall was built in Hyllie, opened in February 2012 by architect

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Events

* Bröllopsmässan Malmö 2014 – February 2014

References

External links

Official site
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