St Julian's

There are many stories to tell about the beautiful island Malta. The heart of the Mediterranean sea. But before we enter the deep stories within the island, old and modern, all of us need to know the island to understand it.

Malta is often regarded as the single city-state, with 68 local councils within the small island. We won't present every single one here, since it would be way to time consuming, but a few will be selected to give you some local knowledge about the island in the middle of the sea.

We will start telling a story about the 1,6 square kilometer city St Julian's a.k.a. San Gilijan, one of the more central regions of the island. It has become the most exclusive place to live within the last few years. Many expatriates and the more wealthy Maltese can be found living in this area. Still, even these might be the most wealthy parts of the island, it is not the capital city. The capital city is Valletta and we will bring that up in our next post.

St Julian's is also the business area of many successful gaming companies from Northern Europe and Scandinavia. However, this industry has spread over the island and made Malta the capital of gaming in the world. During the last ten years the gaming industry has allowed the Maltese economy to grow rapidly and many opportunities has made Swedish, Finnish, Germans, Norwegians, Danish etc. to relocate to Malta. Many of these can be found living in St Julian's.

Young adults from Northern Europe are often traveling to Malta, taking their chance to have a good time in St Julian's and all it's night clubs, bars and night life. Also, spending time at the beach and just having a good time has made the expatriates in St Julian's a young generation. However, this does not go for the whole island.

Balluta Bay. Photo: Rasmus Orsén

However, even though the population is no larger than just above 10 000 residents in the city, there are many extraordinary things to discover when you visit. It is here you find the one and only skyscraper of Malta, Portomasso, many casinos, night life center Paceville, the beautiful harbour areas of Spinola Bay, Balluta Bay and St Julian's Bay, and much more.

There is no doubt a visit to Malta is a need to see St Julian's. And I am sure there will be plenty of time to get back to it in the future while this blog is up and running.