‘I used my precious annual leave to volunteer at a circus hotel in Sweden - here’s how it went’The Grand Circus Hotel provides the perfect base to explore Malmö, and one of its most loved attractions is its gregarious ownerFionnuala outside the colourful ‘The Clown’ wagon at The Grand Circus HotelFionnuala Walsh Today at 06:30When I asked for a lift from the train station on my first day in Malmö, I was told the driver would pick me up in the “big pig”. I quickly spotted a bright red van, spray painted to look like a huge pig, with “Grand Circus Hotel” emblazoned in flames on the side.

Source: Irish Independent December 20, 2025 14:31 UTC