Destination Lund is a voluntary non-profit tourist agency with the largest amount of tourist information about Lund, the oldest city in nowadays Sweden. The city of Lund was established already in year 964 by the Danish king Harald Bluetooth and his Vikings. Lund was an important and remarkable ecclesiastical city during the medieval time, and archbishopric for the whole Christian Scandinavia.
Lund 1060 years in 2024
2024 is a special anniversary year in Lund. It is then 1060 years since Lund was inaugurated by the Danish Viking Harald Bluetooth and his men. It was the nephew of Bluetooth, called Golden-Harald, and some Vikings from the mythical Viking fortress Jomsborg that attacked the southwestern parts of Skåne, probably including Uppåkra, a hedonic large Iron Age settlement. The Vikings were Christian and built the first church at the place that have been the city of Lund since then. There will probably not be any official celebration, but if booking a greet, our greeters can show and tell about the oldest history of Lund.
Helga was an influential woman here in Lund in the 980s. She was the daughter of the ruler in
Kiev in Ukraine.
Tourist information - Planning your visit in Lund
On the page about travel information you will find useful information when planning a visit to Lund. There is also information about hotels and restaurants, which most can be reached by walking since the distances are short.
On the page about visitor guides about Lund, you find some visitor guides with information about interesting things to do during your visit in Lund. We are in contact with some guides that offer guided tours on request for a fee. We also offer free greeter service in English or Swedish, aimed at smaller groups of maximum 6 persons. If you have any questions during planning or before your visit to Lund, you are most welcome to contact us.
Our tourist information is mobile friendly, free of charged and advertising. It opens directly in the mobile phone; no app needs to be downloaded. We do not sell anything, even our greeter service is for free. We are a non-profit tourist organisation operated by locals living in Lund.
Have dinner at the oldest square in Sweden
There are places in Sweden that everyone wants to experience at least once, like visiting the Three-Country Cairn, which constitute the boarder between Sweden, Norway and Finland, or Sweden’s southernmost location Smygehuk in Skane. Another experience is to have dinner at the oldest square in Sweden. More than 1060 years ago, the place where Lund is located today probably was a hedonic sacrificial grove, maybe the grove (lund in Swedish) that gave the city its name Lund. In that time, 1060 years ago, the place was Christianized by the Danish Vikings, led by the Danish king Harald Bluetooth. They built a church dedicated to saint Clemens just west of the square. Today, the square is somewhat wider and somewhat shorter, but still located at the same place where it was established long time ago. Therefore, you can have dinner at the oldest Swedish square in Lund.
At the restaurant Torgets Taperia, located at the main square, you can eat tapas and home
brewed bear at the oldest square in nowadays Sweden.
Our recommendations are not sponsored
We are a non-profit tourist organisation, no one pay or sponsor us or our recommendations about restaurants and other things to do in Lund. We are eager to keep our independency. On questions, we can give recommendations, mainly about those who like what we are doing to increase the tourism to Lund. Then, we can be sure that you as a visitor will get a positive and welcoming response.
Discover interesting places and attractions in Lund
In Lund, there are many interesting places with fascinating history to discover. Nowadays Lund is an important student city with one of the largest and most popular universities in Sweden. The north east part is one of the largest research areas in northern Europe, still growing with the establishment of European Spallation Source (ESS) and MAX IV, the brightest X-ray source in the world, due to their homepage. With our visitor guides you can guide yourself to discover some interesting places in Lund.
Or let our greeters show you Lund
We also have greeter service for visitors, since Destination Lund is part of the International Greeter Association. For larger groups we can help you find a guide.
Since we are fully voluntary and non-profit, we have not been able to produce so much information in English yet. We do have a page on Instagram were we post photos about Lund now and then with information in English.