The Malmö Opera showcases a diverse repertoire of music theatre, with a primary focus on opera and musicals. The esteemed company presents exceptional performances of beloved opera classics, enchanting musicals, and contemporary musical dramas. Furthermore, Malmö Opera is committed to promoting newly composed Swedish operas and musicals, constantly striving to support and showcase fresh talents in the field.

The Altamura Cathedral, dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was founded by Emperor Frederick II of Swabia in 1232. This is an important symbol of the town's history and one of the four Palatine cathedrals of Puglia (the others are San Nicola in Bari, Barletta Cathedral, and Acquaviva Cathedral). The Cathedral has gone through major changes and is today an interesting tourist attraction.

The beguinages of Flanders and the Netherlands are always oases of calm and stillness, where you might still expect to see an old beguine mumbling her prayers in a doorway. Two of Ghent’s three beguinages have been included on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Although the Old St Elizabeth Beguinage, in Begijnhofdries in Ghent, is no longer enclosed by a wall, making it simply part of the city, it still has a unique atmosphere. Today the Old St Elizabeth Beguinage is known as ‘holy corner’, a place of religious tolerance, because it has no less than three different churches: one is Roman Catholic, one is Orthodox and the other is Protestant. From bleachfield to orchard This open beguinage grew into something of a ‘beguine city’ in the 13th century, with a church, the ‘Grootjuffer’s House’, an infirmary, a chapel, more than a hundred houses for beguines, a bleachfield (a field where linen was laid out to bleach) and an orchard. After the French Revolution, with increasing industrialisation, the inhabitants moved to their new beguinage in Sint-Amandsberg in 1873.