Lund

Lund is a university city in Scania, the southern part of Sweden. Lund is one of the oldest cities in Sweden and has also played an important part in Danish history. It has a population of about 94,000 people (2020), and is only a few minutes away from the larger city, Malmö and under an hour away from Copenhagen. The Lund University is the second oldest and one of the largest in all of Sweden. The city also has many high-tech companies. This tradition of world class research and high tech infrastructure certainly played a role in the decision to put the European Spallation Source (ESS) into Lund. The ESS will be the strongest neutron spallation source in the world when it opens in stages be

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Botaniska trädgården

Botanical Garden

It's very nice for walks, and there are greenhouses which house many exotic plants. Good place to take kids.

Mid Sep-Mid May: 06:00-20:00 daily; Mid May-Mid Sep: 06:00-21:30 daily. Greenhouses are open 11:00-15:00 daily

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Ingvar Kamprad Design Centrum

Part of the Lund University LTH and home of the Industrial Design program; the building was funded by Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA.

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Kulturen

An open air museum founded in 1892, encompassing two blocks in central Lund. It contains a large number of old preserved houses from the middle ages to the 1930s, and some 20 exhibitions.

May-Aug: daily 10:00-17:00, Sep-Apr: Tue-Sun 12:00-14:00May-Aug: 120 kr, Sep-Apr: 90 kr

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Lund Cathedral

Lunds Domkyrka

Built in 1103, it is the second-largest cathedral of the Nordic countries. There's a free organ concert every Saturday morning at 10:00, and the elaborate astronomical clock (on your left after entering) puts on its show twice a day (12:00 and 15:00). This clock show is highly recommended even if you're not interested in the church, due to its nostalgic value.

Mon-Fri 08:00-18:00, Sat 09:30-17:00, Sun 09:30-18:00Free

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Nasoteket

Perhaps one of the strangest exhibitions in Sweden, Nasoteket is a collection of cast noses from several different famous Swedes.

Mon-Fri 09:00-18:00 during university terms

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Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art

Owned by the university and displays sketches for various works of public art, mostly by 20th-century Swedish artists.

Tue Wed 11:00-17:00, Thu 11:00-21:00, Fri 11:00-18:00, Sat Sun 12:00-17:0080 kr

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Stadsparken

City Park

On Walpurgis Night (April 30), it's the place where people gather (about 20 000 people) to light a gigantic bonfire and revel through the night.

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The Historical Museum

Also owned by the university and was established in 1805. Has, among other things, many of the findings from Uppåkra, the nearby archaeological site of what was probably southern Sweden's biggest town during the Stone and Iron Ages.

Tue-Fri 11:00-16:00, Sat Sun 12:00-16:00

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