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. Wikivoyage

Population 98,308 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Sweden

• 112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Sweden

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Kulturen Museum · 560 m
• Krognoshuset Gallery · 370 m
• Historiska museet Museum · 570 m
• Skissernas museum Museum · 880 m
• Drottens kyrkoruin Ruins · 580 m
• Runstenskullen Archaeological site · 710 m
• Lunds Konsthall Gallery · 370 m
• Botaniska trädgårdens museum Museum · 510 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

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   May

   Lund (, US also LU(U)ND; Swedish: [ˈlɵnːd] ) 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.

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Eating nearby

• Pizza 6
• Kebab 3
• Asian 2
• Sushi 2
• Italian 2
• Mexican 1
• Middle eastern 1
• Tapas 1

All 42 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Höjeådalens naturreservat 2.9 km across 2.4 km
• Stadsparken 680 m across 920 m
• Botaniska trädgården 380 m across 500 m
• Sankt Jörgens park 380 m across 710 m

Getting around

• Bankgatan 270 m
• 1 500 m
• Lund C 1.1 km
• Lund centralstation 1.1 km
• Lund LTH 1.5 km
• Lund Universitetssjukhuset 1.5 km

More train stations: Klostergården 1.8 km, Gunnesbo 3.6 km, Hjärup 5.0 km, Stångby 5.6 km

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