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Sweden's mouse street-artists reveal identities after nine years

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:48:07 +0100

The two Malmö artists behind Anonymouse, the street art collective which charmed the world with mouse-sized bistros, cafés, and nut shops, have revealed their identities as they bring the viral project to an end.

Nose for a story: Malmö mouse artists open newspaper office

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 17:25:43 +0100

Ever on the scent for the next big scoop (of fondue?), Malmö's mouse journalists have opened a bureau for the Folkbladet Lindenkronan newspaper.

WATCH: Step inside Sweden's mini street art world for mice

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:10:31 +0200

Imagine a parallel universe where mice lived just like us. Mystery art collective Anonymouse have created just that, installing extremely detailed miniature buildings meant for cute rodents across different cities in Sweden.

In Pictures: Sweden's mouse street art sets up shop in university town

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 10:14:10 +0200

Sweden's mini-street art for mice, created by mystery art collective Anonymouse, have been grabbing global headlines. Here is some of their latest work.

Malmö street artists' mouse detective trail is a 'biting' satire

Mon, 20 May 2019 18:22:47 +0200

With their new immersive detective mystery Mustisk (Mousterious), the Malmö collective AnonyMouse have taken their mouse-themed street art in an ambitious and gently satirical direction.

Malmö mice hit by yet another cheese-related crime

Thu, 16 May 2019 15:31:30 +0200

A new cheese-related crime has struck Malmö's mouse underworld, famed for mouse restaurant Il Topolino, delicatessen Noix de Vie, and barber shop Hair and Furrever. But this time you can help clear up the 'mousetery'.

Hipster barber for mice opens in Malmö

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:21:28 +0100

Rodent realtors AnonyMouse have returned to Malmö, this time with Hair and Furever, a mouse-sized addition to of the city’s ever growing cadre of hipster barber shops.

Malmö mouse artists open 'Sacreblues' jazz club in Bayonne

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:01:56 +0200

Two years after the runaway success of their bistro and nut shop ventures, 'Il Topolino' and 'Noix de Vie', Sweden's mouse entrepreneurs are seeking new territory, opening a travel agency and jazz club for mice in the French town of Bayonne.

Sweden's mouse-sized mini street art comes to Stockholm for the first time

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 13:29:52 +0200

A guerilla street art group behind a mouse-sized universe has created its first tiny artworks in the Stockholm area: a hotel and cafe for mice on the archipelago island of Gustavsberg.

Mini bookstore for mice opens in Malmö

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 09:21:23 +0100

A year after they first wowed the world with their anonymous(e) mystery mini artwork, Sweden's most famous mice have opened a tiny bookstore in Malmö just in time for the Christmas holidays.

Sweden's AnonyMouse packs up from Malmö to start afresh in Borås

Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:06:35 +0200

Sweden's most famous "mice", AnonyMouse, have created new mini street artwork, after they left Malmö to start an antiquity and textile business in Borås.

In pictures: Malmö's famous mini street art gets new mouse-sized attraction

Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:45:12 +0200

A mystery mouse-sized universe which grabbed global headlines after a mini restaurant and shop popped up in Malmö last year has been given a new addition: a tiny funfair.

Malmö's mouse restaurateurs take to open road

Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:49:03 +0100

A photo of a mysterious mouse wagon has been posted by the Malmö street art group Anonymouse. What can it mean?

Malmö's famous mini mouse restaurant destroyed by vandals

Fri, 30 Dec 2016 11:10:13 +0100

Sweden's world-famous tiny mouse restaurant has been vandalized just days before the new year.

Anonymouse promises next artwork will trump hit Malmö mouse cafe

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 17:46:09 +0100

If there is one Swedish story that has captured the attention of the world more than any other this December, it is probably the heart-warming tale of a miniature restaurant and store for mice which popped up on a busy Malmö street at the start of the month.

VIDEO: Watch what happened when a real mouse visited Sweden's world-famous mouse restaurant

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 18:04:48 +0100

Sweden's famous restaurant for mice may just have reached its peak after it made an appearance on one of America's biggest talk shows and received an important visitor in a matter of only 48 hours.

Ten new additions to Sweden's hit mouse restaurant

Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:06:49 +0100

Earlier in December The Local wrote about how anonymous artists had created a detailed slice of a mouse-sized world in Malmö, hiding a tiny shop and restaurant at ankle level on one of the city’s streets.