There’s a month to go before the eyes of the sailing world will be directed towards Malmö when, for the first time ever, the spectacular and high-tech America's Cup yachts will be racing in Sweden.

Preparations are well advanced and the America's Cup Harbour has just been finished. A completely new dock has been constructed in the main “Västra” harbour area. A 270-metre dock has been built with 670 metres of floating landing stages and a large area by the old helipad has been paved with asphalt.

The final inspection has been made in the area that constitutes the nucleus of the Malmö-Skåne Louis Vuitton Acts 6 & 7, as the races will be called. It is within walking distance of both the Central Station in Malmö and Malmö City itself. And it’s also within walking distance of Turning Torso, one of the highest apartment blocks in Europe with 54 storeys and 190 metres high, which has its grand opening appropriately during the America’s Cup visit.

It has been designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, born in Valencia, which is the venue for the 32nd America’s Cup and where the first compulsory rounds were held in June, where all of the rounds will be held next year and where the challenger series Louis Vuitton Cup and the America’s Cup final will be held in 2007.

And it’s in Port America’s Cup, Valencia, where all the teams have their bases. From there, all the America’s Cup yachts will be transported to Malmö early in August.

They aren't expected to arrive in Malmö until mid-August. But still the harbour has been finished, on schedule. The newly paved area will be the site of the teams’ bases as well as the America’s Cup Park itself, to which the general public will have free access, and the VIP Foredeck Club. The media centre will be housed next door.

The America’s Cup organisers have chosen the perfect venue after they finally decided to stage one of the rounds in northern Europe.