Lund
Lund is a city in the province of Scania, southern Sweden.
Lund is a city in the province of Scania, southern Sweden. The town had 94,393 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 130,288 as of 2023. It is the seat of Lund Municipality, Scania County. The Öresund Region, which includes Lund, is home to more than 4.2 million people.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The Lund City Wall is mostly dismantled, but the old town's hexagonal perimeter is a nice walk through the city's history.
- 01Lund Cathedral
Built in 1103, it is the second-largest cathedral of the Nordic countries.
- 02Ingvar 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.
- 03University Hall
- 04The Historical Museum
Also owned by the university and was established in 1805.
- 05Lunds Konsthall
A modern art museum (temporary exhibitions).
- 06Kulturen
An open air museum founded in 1892, encompassing two blocks in central Lund.
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Things to do
Being a university town, Lund has good arts and entertainment for its size.
- 01Filmstaden
The main cinema which shows all the blockbusters.
- 02Kino
Movie theater which has a good art-movie schedule.
- 03Mejeriet
An arts centre and performance hall which occasionally has concerts by internationally known pop and rock performers as well as local music groups.
- 04Lunds Stadsteater
Often performing, using several stages around the city.
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Where to eat
- 01Bellini Pizzeria
A nice little pizzeria on Getingevägen near the campus of Lund University.
- 02Chop Chop Express
A fast-food restaurant serving various kinds of Asian food such as sushi, wok and poke bowls.
- 03Cyrus
This Persian restaurant is a little run-down, but their marinated grilled chicken pieces ("Juje kebab") are simple and delicious.
- 04Eatery
A lunch restaurant located in an office building.
- 05Govindas
Hare Krishna vegetarian lunch restaurant.
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Getting to Lund
- Airports
- Malmö Sturup (MMX), 22 km · Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH), 35 km · Aarhus (AAR), 174 km
- Göteborg → Lund235 km · quickest by road, 3h 56m · kr250–335
- Linköping → Lund335 km · quickest by road, 5h 48m · kr385–520
- Visby → Lund379 km · quickest by road, 9h 9m · kr435–580
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No local-transport research exists yet for Lund
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lund. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Lund
Lund is 16 km from Malmö, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.