Sweden's third largest city and the (mostly rural) region that hosts it has had the regional government health authorities put the region into a sort of "please behave as if the region is under lock-down when it comes to non-essential leisure activities" state. With Malmo going this way until at least mid-November, it becomes more likely that more the populous Gothenburg and Stockholm area also eventually move in the same direction as Malmo and this winter will not be a normal Swedish winter for visitors.