AnonyMouse’s Miniature Record Store in Lund, Sweden

Visitors to the city of should keep an eye out for an adorable record store for little rodents, but please note that you will have to cast your eyes downwards to spot it.

The new installation is the work of AnonyMouse, a collective that originated in . They started building miniature installations for mice in 2016, inspired by the stories of Astrid Lindgren and Beatrix Potter, along with the movies of Walt Disney and Don Bluth.

The collective has created over 25 scenes in four different cities in Sweden, as well as in the south of and on the . There is also an interactive mystery quest that involves newspapers, emails, maps, and answering machines.

“We think that at some point most kids like to imagine that there is a world parallel to ours, where small animals live quite like we do but recycle things that we have lost,” AnonyMouse tells iBestTravel. “So we try to incorporate as many human objects as we can – a champagne cork becomes a chair, a matchbox a desk, a seashell becomes a lampshade, and a stamp becomes a painting. Initially, it took us three months to complete a scene, but now that we’ve gotten the hang of it, it’s considerably faster.”

All of the collective’s work is installed in the middle of the night, and they never disclose the exact locations of the installations. Fans enjoy searching for clues to their whereabouts in the photos, analyzing the bricks and surroundings. The new record store follows the opening of the ‘Cicada Pharmacy’ on another street in the city in July, and it contains miniature mice-themed records and posters.

“Our main drive is to bring a little bit of everyday magic to children and pedestrians passing by, and hopefully inspire some to change their own street for the better,” says AnonyMouse. “We believe that part of the allure of the installations is that they could have been built by anyone, and also that the focus remains on the scenes and not the creators.”

Follow AnonyMouse on Instagram here.

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